The awards committee commented:
"The UK's largest middle market specialty retail jeweler, was heralded as a fabulous recovery story that redefined the market by the judges. It was seen as a rare example of a UK company that had moved successfully into retailing in the US... Its compound annual growth rate of total shareholder return was 117% over five years."

Further information on the awards can be found at www.best-of-european-business.com.

Press commentary: 'Bright stars across the Continent' by Brian Groom, Financial Times, 6 October 2005