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provided a lifeline for some colleagues through these severe business conditions.”

The jeweller sees nothing wrong with the brand’s approach. Wes Suter - who runs the shop with his father and owner Steff Suter, and sister Elli

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Posted: Aug 27, 2010
Updated: Aug 27, 2010
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But some retailers are concerned that shop-in-shops are consuming their independence. One retailer in the Southeast, who wished to remain anonymous, has three shop-in-shops in his store, and said they work well but begin to fall down when a brand saturates a market with multiple points of sale within <a href="http://pandora-jewelry-shop.com/pandora-bangle-c-1.html">pandora Bangle</a> geographic areas. “With wide uniformity and standardisation, the shop-in-shop point of differentiation erodes,” he said. “It’s not special or exclusive anymore and the financial and space costs begin to impinge on the benefits.”

He advises those retailers looking at shop-in-shops to consider their application judiciously, and to try to maintain



Many jewellers agree with this philosophy. Sue Sinton, a director of Richard Sinton Jewellers in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which has a Links of London shop-in-shop, believes people are more likely to buy from those brands if they look as they do elsewhere.

She said: “We are used to seeing Chanel and Hermès in cosmetics halls in Harrods and Harvey Nichols, and they look the same wherever you buy them. I think consumers expect to see jewellery displayed like this.

The brands maintain it is the best way to maintain sales momentum. Pandora UK managing director Peter Andersen said: “One of the successes of Pandora is that as a brand, we have not gone this way or that way, but have stuck to our path. This is why we have invested in the brand, and why we have done so well.”

Fair play
Steffan’s the Jewellers, <a href="http://pandora-jewelry-shop.com/pandora-bracelet-c-2.htm ... Bracelet</a> another Independent Retailer finalist, which has branches in Market Harborough in Leicestershire and Northampton, has Thomas Sabo, Pandora and Links of London shop-in-shops. The jeweller sees nothing wrong with the brand’s approach. Wes Suter - who runs the shop with his father and owner Steff Suter, and sister Ellie - said: “The watch brands have been doing this for years, and now jewellery brands are doing the same thing.”

Vanessa Burkitt, owner of Catherine Jones Jewellery in Cambridge, believes shop-in-shops can be hugely beneficial in tough economic climates. She said: “Shop-in-shops have provided a lifeline for some colleagues through these severe business conditions.”

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