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    • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
      Watches & Jewellery
      Personal touches elevate luxury digital shopping experience

      ‘Chat commerce’ and VIP sites seek to rival high levels of customer service found in physical retail

    • Monday, 1 July, 2019
      Special ReportThe Business of African Fashion & Design
      African jewellers pair craftsmanship with sustainable materials

      Jewellery designers are championing an ethical approach — but will customers buy in?

    • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watchmakers heed women’s demands to dial up size

      As female buyers tire of small and dainty watches, luxury brands spot a growth opportunity

    • Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
      Watches & Jewellery
      Luxury brands target Chinese tourists before they board plane

      Tour guides bringing busloads of big spenders are being replaced by smart marketing

    • Thursday, 31 May, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Stella & Dot: a fun way to earn or a path to financial loss?

      The jewellery brand says it ‘democratises entrepreneurship’, but critics argue it obfuscates likely income

    • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Sexual harassment fightback gathers pace in jewellery industry

      The trade is facing its #MeToo moment after stories of degrading behaviour emerge

    • Saturday, 2 September, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      The billion-dollar grey market in watches upsets big brands

      Manufacturers are fighting unofficial sellers, but they may finally have to embrace them

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2017
      Retail sector
      The long fall and curious rise of the pearl industry

      Fashion and science revolutionised — then destroyed — it, but it is having a revival

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Cartier talks about cracking China with WeChat

      Western luxury brands are taking big steps into Chinese ecommerce

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Inside the luxury world’s commission culture

      Paying guides ‘kickbacks’ is one way brands attract wealthy Chinese tourists

    • Friday, 11 November, 2016
      UK retail results
      How Bicester Village retail outlet became a new luxury destination

      Outlet malls used to be pile-’em-high hotspots. So why are fine jewellery brands setting up shop in them?

    • Monday, 26 September, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      On the floor with the daigou, China’s overseas shoppers

      Young women can make a living sending luxury goods back home

    • Saturday, 3 September, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      Tech companies like Incopro and Netnames fight online counterfeits

      Online fraud costs luxury brands billions of dollars, but they have new ways of combating it now

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