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Manchester jeweller Nick Withington, owner of William May Jewellers, Mays Pawnbrokers and Jewellers, and co-owner of online jewellery brand Wolf & Gypsy, has been given a national industry award for his outstanding work in 2020.
Withington was given the award of ‘Retail Titan’ in the jewellery industry’s trade magazine Professional Jeweller’s Power List 2021, specifically in recognition of the outstanding sales figures that his company, William May Jewellers, has seen over the past year of lockdowns.
William May Jewellers, which has grown to become the UK’s biggest online pre-owned jewellery business, saw sales jump by 100% during the first lockdown in March 2020, rising to a massive 250% uptick throughout November and December last year.
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December 22, 2020
Francis “Fran” Zimniuch (pictured), the East Coast sales manager for
InStore and parent company SmartWork Media for 16 years, died on Dec. 17, of complications related to COVID-19. He was 66.
Zimniuch was born in Philadelphia and attended Temple University. His first foray into the jewelry publishing world was at
Accent magazine, where he worked from 1985 to 1988. Following that, he sold for
Professional Jeweler, from 1998 to 2002.
He began at SmartWork in 2004, following a recommendation from former
JCK publisher Charlie Bond, who had worked with him at
Professional Jeweler.
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