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Retail jewellery sales have increased significantly compared with both April 2020 and April 2019, data from Retail Edge Consultants show.
Retail jewellery sales have increased significantly compared with both April 2020 and April 2019, data from Retail Edge Consultants show.

Jewellery sales rise more than 250 per cent in April

The latest jewellery sales report compiled by Retail Edge Consultants revealed that sales in dollars for April 2021 increased 252 per cent compared with the same period last year and 40 per cent when compared with April 2019.

Sales in April 2020 were significantly depressed by the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns and trading restrictions. As a result, the report’s authors included the 2019 figure to create a more “realistic” indication of jewellery sales performance.

Michael Dyer, Retail Edge Consultants
Michael Dyer, Retail Edge Consultants
"It has been a continuing, very strong, and beneficial trend for the jewellery industry and that has been coupled with positive consumer sentiment"
Michael Dyer, Retail Edge Consultants

Michael Dyer, sales manager at Retail Edge, told Jeweller the figures were "heartening".

He attributed the results partially to the "redirection of where money is being spent" – consumers diverting discretionary income away from other luxury categories, like travel, towards jewellery – as well as "sentimentality".

"Consumers are saying, 'We want to enjoy nice things and buy something a little more permanent – leave a legacy for our children and grandchildren – rather than something that's more fleeting, with a lesser degree of permanence,'" Dyer explained.  

Adding to the positive news, jewellery sales in units increased by 7 per cent when compared with 2019, while the average sale price jumped 31 per cent.

These figures were roughly in line with Retail Edge’s March 2021 sales report, which listed sales in units as increasing 4.5 per cent and average sale price lifting 35 per cent compared with the same period in 2019, indicating consumer demand for jewellery remains elevated.

"There has been a spasmodic, see-saw impact for six or seven months, where some months [higher sales in dollars is] driven by quantity of units and some months by [an increase in the] average retail price," Dyer said.

"Certainly, looking at the 2019 numbers, we would tend to say that now more people are buying jewellery as a preference."

As with the March figures, changes in the gold price may account for the increased average sale price; gold traded above $US1,680 per ounce throughout April 2021, but was hovering at approximately $US1,270 per ounce in April 2019.

Dyer added, "Hidden in the background amongst the numbers is also the impact of the exchange rate and other factors where there would have been a correction on retail pricing, which may have driven up the numbers a bit. But there is, importantly, an increase in the actual volume of items sold as well."

"Coloured gemstone-set precious metal jewellery increased 64 per cent compared with 2019 – and almost 400 per cent compared with 2020"

In April 2021, no-stone set precious metal jewellery increased 66 per cent compared with 2019 and 292 per cent compared with 2020, while coloured gemstone-set precious metal jewellery increased 64 per cent compared with 2019 – and almost 400 per cent compared with 2020.

Diamond-set precious metal jewellery once again accounted for the largest proportion of overall sales in dollars, and increased 49 per cent compared with 2019 and 361 per cent compared with 2020.

Jewellery sales have had a "steady momentum" for more than six months: "It has been a continuing, very strong, and beneficial trend for the jewellery industry and that has been coupled with positive consumer sentiment," Dyer explained. "They see jewellery as a better option for spending money than they have done in the previous 18 to 24 months."

He added, "We are now in that phase of 'post-enthusiasm' from being let free from COVID-19 lockdowns, so it'll be interesting to see how long this lasts and how careful retailers are in reinvesting capital back onto the shelves in new product ranges and new product mixes."

Retail Edge data is gathered from POS software across more than 400 Australian independent retail stores.

 

Retail Edge Sales Data - APRIL 2021

Jewellery sales in dollars, April 2021, compared with 2020 and 2019.
Jewellery sales in dollars, April 2021, compared with 2020 and 2019.
Jewellery sales in unit numbers, April 2021, compared with 2020 and 2019.
Jewellery sales in unit numbers, April 2021, compared with 2020 and 2019.

 

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