Title

JewellerSpring26flatplan

View Spring 2026 Issue

Cover image: Bonhams

Jeweller In this Issue

  • Store Refurbishments
  • Pantone Colour of the Year
  • Spring Fair Preview
  • Jewellery Festival Preview
  • CMJ Spring Preview
  • Valuers' Conference
  • NAJ Chair's Award
  • Member Profiles
  • Better Business
  • And much, much more...

Jeweller Notes from the Editor

Happy New Year!

I hope you enjoyed a healthy, heady mix of manic busyness, cosy R&R and jolly partying over the festive period. Got a fully functioning 2026 mojo? Ready for the full-on new season of trade shows? Great – let’s go!

In readiness for your unfettered enthusiasm, we’ve packed this issue with previews of the key events cued up for the next three months – Jewellery & Watch (p14), Inhorgenta (p28) and Retail Jeweller Festival (p26) – as well as an overview of Vicenzaoro (p46), which was first off the starting blocks earlier in January. As always when collating info and images for these features, it makes me itchy to see all these new collections in the flesh.

Should you feel the need for a little advanced inspiration, may I direct you to my annual jewellery interpretation of the Pantone Colour of the Year on page 20. The decision-making process and reasoning behind each year’s colour choice is a mysterious business; the explanation generally errs on the side of esoteric. This year the colour in question is Cloud Dancer, which is… white. I know – is that even a colour? (Apparently, it is.) Initially underwhelmed, I totally embraced the implied purity to deliver a sophisticated assembly of lovely jewels that convey the message. Yay!

Another heartfelt hurrah goes out to a few of the winners and finalists in the NAJ Awards 2025. On page 43, we tell the story of jewellery designer (and new NAJ member) Maiko Nagayama, and on page 37, it’s the turn of designer jewellery brand Lenaginarium. The Last Word on page 74 goes to Charlie Betts of the Betts Group, another NAJ Award winner. We also get to know members Lulu & Boo (p36) and Deil Isac (p42). Meanwhile, in the store design feature on page 30, you can discover why Diamond Setter collected a gong and pay a visit to two beautiful new stores: Jessops and Wongs.

While I’m still in the mood to sing some praises, I must draw your attention to page 12 where we announce the NAJ Chair’s Award 2025 was presented to Gary Wroe during The Benevolent Society’s Christmas Ball. Then head to page 48 where we mark the sparkling career of Peter Taylor, director of the Goldsmiths’ Centre, who retires this February. And as we bid farewell to one luminary, we say hello and welcome to another – Purvi Shah – who, the same month, joins the Responsible Jewellery Council as its executive director (p9).

Finally, a huge shout out (and my heartfelt admiration) goes to Judith Lockwood (Mesmeric Distribution) and Naomi Newton-Sherlock (Domino Jewellery), who completed a daunting 100km trek across the Sahara, raising funds for The Benevolent Society – a rousing cheer went out for them during the Christmas Ball, just as they were striding across the finish line. Blimey, we make them tough in this industry!

See you in the aisles.