Costume Jewellery and Fashion Accessories


The Jewelry and Style business has remained fairly buoyant all through the final two years regardless of the worldwide downturn. I will element the explanations for this and focus on the prospects for 2011 and past.

Costume jewelry (or vogue jewelry, because it additionally recognized), might be outlined as any jewelry constructed from non-precious metals reminiscent of gold. Usually it doesn’t include any treasured or semi-precious stone or pearls both, though in some excessive finish circumstances, it would, notably the designer jewelry market. This isn’t to say that it’s all the time cheap, Kenneth Jay Lane’s (generally known as the god father of costume jewelry) classic items, have been recognized to promote at Christie’s and Sotheby’s for hundreds of kilos, though new items are far more reasonably priced. Typically nonetheless, mass market objects can promote for something between $1 and $100. Sorts of Costume Jewelry embody earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, cuffs and rings.

‘Style equipment’  Novelty Bolo is a broader time period that features not solely costume / vogue jewelry, but in addition consists of luggage, hair equipment reminiscent of fascinators, scarves and belts. Jewelry is alleged to account for over 30% of the general vogue accent market with purses the opposite huge contributor, at round (or simply beneath), this degree.

After years of regular development inside the business, the worldwide downturn contributed to a 3% fall in retail gross sales for 2009 to $30.7 billion. Projected figures for 2010 are extra constructive with gross sales rebounding to $32.2 billion [Source: Accessories Magazine]. Heavier than anticipated snowfalls, and decrease temperatures throughout Western Europe within the run as much as Christmas, might result in a slight downgrading of this estimate, as retailers misplaced essential promoting days. The properly documented issues with the postal service notably within the UK, might have affected take up charges inside the on-line jewelry business, as shoppers fretted over supply dates. Nonetheless, taking into consideration that development in the important thing costume jewelry markets of North America and Western Europe has been sluggish in 2010, any type of constructive development is an achievement.

Firms inside this sector needs to be bullish in regards to the prospects for 2011 onwards; constructive indicators that the business will develop are as follows:

• As beforehand talked about regardless of sluggish development in key US and European markets, the business managed to not solely recuperate retails gross sales from the 2009 fall, however returned to pre credit-crunch development ranges.

• Austerity measures throughout a lot of Europe are more likely to preserve shopper spending in examine. Nevertheless good retailers can reap the benefits of this, advertising and marketing to shoppers who’re buying and selling down. Worth for cash is more likely to be the important thing driver within the age of austerity; within the UK, ALDI thrived from clients who traded down from Marks and Spencers. While I am not evaluating the Costume Jewelry business to ALDI, you may hopefully see my level.

• Following on from this, manufacturers that may provide reasonably priced luxurious are more likely to prosper. For a lot of Style Jewelry manufacturers, reasonably priced luxurious is without doubt one of the key promoting factors. An instance from exterior the business of reasonably priced luxurious thriving throughout robust financial occasions, is Costa Espresso, who skilled robust outcomes over the previous couple of years as many shoppers proceed to purchase as a ‘deal with’.

• Rising markets reminiscent of China and India, provide huge potential from robust manufacturers. Progress in these economies remained robust in 2010 and is more likely to proceed, albeit at a barely decreased charge. As a lot of the world’s mass produced costume jewelry and vogue equipment are manufactured in these new economies, firms want to look at their provide chain and advertising and marketing, to greatest capitalise on this chance. Reducing out the freight prices and promoting straight on the level of origin is definitely a aim price striving for.

• The worth of gold and different treasured metals continues to be very excessive, Gold has been rising all through the final decade from $255 per ounce in 2001 to a excessive of $1422.60 this 12 months. Silver is an analogous, if not as dramatic story. Which means costume jewelry is best worth in opposition to the normal jewelry metals.

These positives and alternatives apart, there are particular challenges the business face within the quest for development:

• The important thing problem confronted by the business and certainly by many elements of the retail sector. is the rising world extensive materials prices. From copper to wheat, costs are rocketing because the rising economies, notably China and India, allow their populations to maneuver out of poverty.

• Wages in China are additionally on the rise, placing extra pressures on manufactures which is able to finally filter all the way down to retailers and clients.

• Worldwide strain about their commerce surplus and the looming risk of inflation, might see China finally improve the worth of the Yuan main once more to elevated buy prices.

• Style Equipment, specific mid-market spends, are boosted by a excessive proportion of impulse buys. Replicating this spend within the on-line jewelry area is a problem that retailers have to resist. There is no such thing as a easy reply, the likes of Amazon and ASOS spend a whole bunch of hundreds a 12 months on net improvement, to allow linking of merchandise, and ideas to their buyer. Smaller retailers have to additionally think about how they’ll innovate to maximise their gross sales.

General this can be a difficult however thrilling time for the Costume Jewelry and Style Equipment business, I anticipate worldwide shopper spending on this sector to develop by between 4% and 5%, a number of new entrants to affix the business and the continued development of on-line jewelry and equipment’ gross sales. I will probably be revisiting this weblog later within the 12 months to see if I’m appropriate in my evaluation.


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