IJL 2010 kicks off

So this week begins my final countdown - signing off as editor-in-chief of Retail Jeweller and handing over to the brilliant Laura McCreddie, who takes over as editor on Thursday. It’s going to be emotional, with every day a day of goodbyes at IJL. But I shall try not to let emotion get in the way of informing you about exactly what is going on at Earls Court.

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Thomas Sabo

Fast Facts on
Wedding rings

  • 860 AD:The year Christians started using rings in marriage ceremonies.
  • 4th:The finger the ring is placed on.
  • 2,200BC:The year of the oldest recorded exchange of wedding rings in ancient Egypt.
  • 1854:The year in which the manufacture of 15ct, 12ct and 9ct became legal.

Photo from William Cheshire