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Hastings jeweller creates necklaces for a cause close to his heart
10 Feb, 2021 10:55 PM
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Having a heart condition himself Hastings jeweller Richard James has created a necklace to raise funds for Heart Kids. Photo / Warren Buckland
Having a heart condition himself Hastings jeweller Richard James has created a necklace to raise funds for Heart Kids. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hastings jeweller Richard James has created necklaces to raise funds for a cause close to his heart, literally.
James, a jeweller of 20 years, had been wanting to do some sort of longer-term national sponsorship that had meaning to him for a while when his partner, Geri, brought up Heart Kids Little Heart Day on February 12.
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 Zealand market about one week prior by House of Brands, which is owned by former Pandora Australia and New Zealand president Karin Adcock.
Despite a decrease in rough diamond prices, De Beers has announced $US650 million ($AU854 million) in provisional sales for its first reporting period of the year.
Pandora jewellery in hot water over Alex and Ani
19.6 k views | Posted December 16, 2015 | By Coleby Nicholson In what can only be described as an unusual move, Pandora has taken steps to prevent its retailers from simultaneously carrying jewellery from US newcomer Alex and Ani.
Brien Winther, president of Pandora Australia and New Zealand, has advised the brand’s retail stockists that, “Pandora would not consider allowing you to distribute Alex and Ani products from your store whilst you are an authorised Pandora retailer.”
In an email, headed ‘Competing products’, sent on Monday night, Winther reminded stockists about the terms and conditions of the Pandora Authorised Retailer Agreement.