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Albert decided to keep the name “Shiels” to nurture the trust that already existed between the consumer and the business. He then led Shiels into being the first company to introduce “genuine discounting” in the
Australian jewellery industry with his notorious advertising slogan, “No Hoo-Haa”. Albert
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Jewellers (known colloquially as Shiels) is an Australian jewellery retailer headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia. It sells bridal and diamond jewellery in a variety of metals, leather items, gemstone jewellery and watches for women, men and children. Shiels Jewellers is renowned for its
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In 1969, Albert married and he and his wife Nyra took off on a working holiday to Europe. They travelled on a motorbike for a year and then they decided to come home via Canada. They intended to work for a month in Canada but ended up living there seven years. In 1977, after extensive work experience
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Bensimon family, Shiels Jewellers has earned a reputation for consistently making beautiful, unique and long-lasting jewellery pieces. It’s this reputation that enabled the business to expand from just one small store in Adelaide, to all the major shopping centres
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Albert would then go on to purchase Shiels
Jewellers, a local jewellery store in the city from the recently widowed wife of Jack Shiels. When Albert took over Shiels, the business had a turnover of around $ 100,000 per year. Using his knowledge of marketing and sales from his experience selling
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pharmaceuticals and computer software, Albert decided to expand Shiels' product range to include more precious jewellery such as gold, silver and diamonds. The gift lines were dropped with the aim to establish a reputation for quality, value and range in the jewellery sector; especially in
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Albert's son, Toby
Bensimon took over as Shiels' managing director in 2013. Following the work from his parents, Toby is committed to offering expertly crafted jewellery for the best price and an enriching customer service experience.
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Bensimon's decided to return home to Australia. And after many years in marketing, Albert decided to turn his hobby for marketing jewellery into a career and decided to open up a jewellery store.
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Australian jeweller Jack Shiels, the business initially had a single store which operated out of Adelaide's Central Market Arcade selling jewellery, giftware and silver-plated merchandise.
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south, the centre was the
Westfield Group’s first suburban shopping mall in South Australia. He followed wherever Westfield went until he had approximately 10 stores in Australia.
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