Signet Group plc is the world ’s largest speciality retail jeweller and operates in the US and UK.

Signet is the second largest US speciality retail jeweller having an approximate 3.5% market share of the $54 billion total jewellery market, with 1,156 stores in 50 states at 29 January 2005. Its mall stores trade nationwide as Kay Jewelers (“Kay”), and regionally under a number of well established and recognised names. The destination superstores trade as Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry (“Jared”).

In the UK Signet is the largest speciality retailer of fine jewellery with 602 stores at 29 January 2005 and an approximate 17% market share of the £3.5 billion total jewellery market. Primarily situated in prime “High Street ” locations (main shopping streets with high pedestrian traffic) or shopping malls, the stores trade as “H.Samuel”, “Ernest Jones” and “Leslie Davis."

As of 29 January 2005, Signet operates a total of 1,758 speciality retail jewellery stores.