In 2002, the corporate opened 5 shops in Canada and six years later made inroads into the US market by buying and re-branding 17 stores from Whitehall Jewelers. The first detailed analysis of the Australian jewelry trade was published in 2003. While Anthonys, with 5 stores, continues to be outlined as a ‘chain’, the same cannot be mentioned for Brisbane-based Pascoe Jewellers or Melbourne-based Dio Oro Jewellers. It was listed with eight shops within the 2010 SOIR, however at present it has been decreased to 5 across Brisbane. Owned by Queensland Wholesalers, the corporate additionally operated three Kings Jewellers stores in 2010 – all of which have ceased buying and selling.
The “jewellery as artwork” motion was spearheaded by artisans similar to Robert Lee Morris and continued by designers such as Gill Forsbrook within the UK. One instance of that is bling-bling type jewellery, popularised by hip-hop and rap artists …
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