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Brand battle: Pandora, Alex and Ani to fight it out 19.8 k views | Posted January 18, 2016 | By Coleby Nicholson The battle between Pandora Australia and Alex and Ani appears to have escalated, with the matter garnering attention from the wider jewellery industry and mainstream media. As first reported by Jeweller in December 2015, the trouble started when Pandora Australia and New Zealand president Brien Winther advised the brand’s retail stockists against simultaneously stocking US jewellery range Alex and Ani. The newcomer, Alex and Ani, was introduced to the Australian and New Z...

Buying Groups through the Pandemic - 2020 State of the Industry Report: In-depth update of Australia's jewellery buying groups over a decade 3.2 k views | Posted January 11, 2021 | By Jeweller Research Following a year of unprecedented upheaval, Jeweller revisited the four jewellery industry buying groups profiled in our March report to explore how they have adapted and supported members throughout COVID-19. BY THE NUMBERS Buying groups offer retail jewellers a myriad of benefits, beyond supplier discounts. Group members access marketing and business strategies and support, sophisticate...

POCATELLO — A recent donation of about 1,000 pounds of dog and cat food to the Bannock Humane Society in Pocatello was a godsend for the organization, according to society President Danielle Ekstrom. Animal activist Shannon Leavitt of Pocatello, who has for the past eight years sat in the entry to Albertsons supermarket during the holidays and collected cat and dog food for the Bannock Humane Society, recently collected the pet food and delivered it to the society’s building on Barton Road. Leavitt’s efforts this Christmas season filled the building’s back room with over $...

Trade Update: Australian jewellery sales data during COVID reveals surprising trends Posted December 04, 2020 | By Arabella Roden • Editor Sales reports indicate Australian consumers have embraced jewellery spending over the past four months, with diamond-set pieces the leading product category. Data compiled by Retail Edge Consultants, a retail management and POS software firm, jewellery sales across products and services increased 20 per cent in November when compared with the same period last year. The results continue a positive trend which began in July. “It's like consum...

Buying groups throw support behind new industry Trade Day events Posted December 21, 2020 | By Jeweller Staff As a sign of unity to ensure the 2021-year begins on a positive note following a year of upheaval, the jewellery buying groups have thrown their support behind the upcoming Expertise Events Trade Days. Scheduled across Australia early in the New Year, Nationwide Jewellers, Showcase Jewellers, and Independent Jewellers Collective (IJC) have organised a variety of activities surrounding the newly created retail buying events. Colin Pocklington, managing director Nationwide Jewel...