Times had, certainly, modified not just for the retailer like Ern, but it had additionally changed for his local wholesalers. Sighing when asked if he stocks one of many popular jewellery brands and glancing around his retailer jewelery news as if to admire his craft, “Not here,” he replies to the younger lady. He has recognised many occasions before the ‘disconnect’ between his enterprise and the model new buyer in his retailer, so he instantly returns to his bench.

• A decade in the past, about 5% of engagement rings have been coloured gemstones, according to Daga.
• In 2010 Shiels, owned