11/10/2022
Events such as the International Jewellery Fair provide crucial opportunities for emerging businesses. SAM DER BEDROSSIAN AM shares the keys to success.
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26/11/2020
With the acceleration of e-commerce during COVID-19 lockdowns, the time is right for retailers to integrate and invest in this side of their business, writes JOHN ROSE.
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02/07/2020
Consumer behaviour has changed due to COVID-19, writes CATHERINE CRANER, who advises watchmakers and jewellers to adapt and take advantage by focusing on watch services.
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09/07/2019
The big brands want us watchmakers to repair their watches, but they make getting the necessary spare parts maddeningly difficult, prohibitively expensive, or completely impossible.
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09/03/2019
Over the past few years, I’ve visited and spoken to many jewellery retailers who have been the victims of crime – ranging from theft to break-ins and armed robberies. I’ve seen too many simple security steps overlooked, ignored or neglected. Jewellery businesses need to take security seriously and continually budget for upgrades and improvements.
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04/08/2017
We have just returned from our buying group conference where bespoke manufacturing was one of the main subjects of discussion. Given general retail is slipping, most agree that bespoke is a major area of growth.
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17/02/2017
• Martin Foster
Following troubled market conditions, new Swiss watch export figures coupled with sentiment at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) indicate a return of some industry confidence. MARTIN FOSTER reports.
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26/09/2016
• Graeme Eckert
I made a big decision in late August while attending the Sydney jewellery fair. You see, our store sells more men’s watches than women’s watches but the issue is that we definitely have more women entering the store than men. Why does this part of the business fall behind and what are we doing about it?
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08/02/2016
• Tony Peters
Security is always top of mind for people in jewellery, yet it seems as though incidents of theft are at an all-time high.
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08/08/2014
• Michael Grimaldi
I have been in this industry for 30 years. My father was in the industry for 60 years and his father was in it before him. Times change and so too do shopping habits.
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22/01/2014
The most hated job in our store probably is changing watch batteries. I suppose it’s not surprising really; most of the watches are dirty and yucky to touch.
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29/10/2013
• Deryck Noakes
There was a time when every home, office and public space had a clock. Some were fashion statements; most were functional. People wanted, needed to know the time.
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26/06/2013
• Mario Basso
My wife Sonia and I have been in the jewellery industry since 1971. In fact, we’ve worked in the same street, Smith Street Collingwood (inner city Melbourne), for all that time.
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21/02/2013
• Anita Kornmehl
The history of hallmarking in the UK dates back more than 700 years and in all that time its purpose hasn’t changed: to protect the public against fraud, and the trader (supplier) from unfair competition.
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25/06/2012
• Nicholas Hacko
The Tasmanian Tiger is one of the most fabled animals in the world, and yet it remains one of the least understood. The Tasmanian Tiger may be “recreated” from a remnant of DNA in the near future. Unfortunately, recreating a master watchmaker from DNA would be impossible!
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