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Juliet Rowe, freelance PR consultant

Juliet Rowe, freelance PR consultant

A consultant reveals the true side of PR in the jewellery industry

Ogdens of Harrogate invests considerable resources into PR events including polo matches co-sponsored by luxury watch brand Longines

Put your story across: public relations

Whether you’re on a budget or poised for a blow-out, there’s a PR strategy that will boost your business profile and profits. Kate Donovan investigates

Matt Cole makes jewellery from bowling balls

What's the story?: Stories behind brands

A brand’s most powerful selling tool is its background story, which can capture the consumer’s imagination to form a lasting bond. Kate Donovan shares some brand stories with happy endings

Deck the stores: Christmas store displays

Getting creative with windows and in-store displays will produce a jewellery winter wonderland that is sure to get customers spending this Christmas

Break out the bubbly: in-store events at Christmas

Drive sales this Christmas by raising a glass to Saint Nicholas with your customers, says James Knowles

Bremont

The works: Bremont

Bremont’s stylish new headquarters is a slice of the Swiss Jura in the British countryside, and the brand has plans to make its own movements there. Retail Jeweller gets the guided tour

Trollbeads

Trollbeads launches Aurora Bangle

Trollbeads has launched a special, limited edition Aurora Bangle Set.

Georg Jensen

Georg Jensen grows its rose gold options

Georg Jensen will launch the rose gold, pavé-set Fusion collection and add rose gold options to its Magic collection.

The Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic

Panerai launches Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic

Officine Panerai has released the Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic – the first from the watch brand to introduce a combination of the  Luminor 1950 case, 42 mm diameter and a white dial.

Lord Sugar wearing Piaget in the teaser for The Apprentice

Lord Alan Sugar wears Piaget Altiplano in teaser for The Apprentice

Lord Alan Sugar can be seen wearing a Piaget Classic Altiplano in a teaser for the 2013 series of The Apprentice.

Bremont

Bremont wins HSBC Global Connections Regional Final award

British watch brand Bremont has triumphed as a winner of HSBC’s South West and Wales Regional Global Connections initiative, which seeks out the UK’s most innovative and forward-thinking companies. 

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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