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Solid Holiday Sales Point to Increasing Consumer Confidence

Retail TouchPoints

year-over-year alongside gains in hard goods categories apparel ( 3.6% ), jewelry ( 4% ) and electronics ( 3.7% ). At the same time , in-person shopping and spending also saw gains , with Mastercard remarking on what it called consumers balanced basket: restaurant spending grew 6.3% and 105.8% , respectively, compared to 2024 daily averages.

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How Data and Tech Power Jewelry Brand Pandora’s Mission to ‘Give a Voice to People’s Loves’

Retail TouchPoints

Source: Pandora) Best known for its charm jewelry, the “affordable luxury” brand sells more than 100 million pieces every year, making it the largest jewelry brand in the world by volume. Globally, 80% of women are familiar with the brand and 30% of them own a Pandora item, so the stakes for the brand’s digital transformation are high.

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Mastercard Data: Holiday Sales Climb 3.1% YoY

Retail TouchPoints

As in previous years, ecommerce grew at a faster pace than brick-and-mortar retail, but the latter still accounts for the majority of all sales. and grocery increased 2.1% , while jewelry and electronics sales declined by 2% and 0.4% Spending at restaurants saw a significant jump, increasing 7.8% compared to 2022. respectively.

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How Daniel’s Jewelers Designs Stores and Shopper Experiences for Hispanic Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

Joseph Sherwood founded Daniel’s Jewelers in 1948 to make jewelry more accessible for all families. This has allowed the company to establish a unique value proposition that speaks to the Hispanic community, which is 62 million people strong and accounts for 19% of the U.S. population. population.

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How to sell jewelry online

Clover - Retail

Online jewelry sales are competitive, and it’s important to have strong strategies in place to help your business succeed. Maximizing the potential of social media can also help generate a level of visibility and brand loyalty that can help sustain your jewelry business long-term. Are your products handmade?

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As more jewellery brands embrace lab-grown diamonds, some fear oversupply

Inside Retail

However, at this point in time, the diamonds were considered too small and unrefined to be sold in the fine jewelry market. As predicted by MarketandMarkets, colourless diamonds are projected to account for the largest share of the market through 2027. A notable increase from the 1.7

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How Jewelry Brands Can Be More Sustainable

Independent Retailer

From electronics to clothing, consumers around the world want products that are more environmentally sustainable and ethically produced, including the jewelry they wear. In fact, many shoppers are now asking the jewelry industry how they are making their merchandise, where the materials come from, and whose lives the process might affect.

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