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Ruth is an experienced and award-winning B2B editor, journalist, and communications professional, with a breadth of experience covering the jewellery, watches, retail, luxury, lifestyle, fashion, footwear and FMCG sectors, although the majority of her recent experience has been in jewellery, watches and retail. She joined industry-leading B2B jewellery and watch title Retail Jeweller, part of Emap, as editor in June 2014. Since then the brand has gone from strength-to-strength under her stewardship and the Retail Jeweller portfolio now encompasses a monthly print magazine, a daily news website, a market-leading awards programme - the UK Jewellery Awards, a two-day trade event - the UK Jewellery Festival and various other events, awards, special reports and bespoke projects. In August 2022, in recognition of my work, she was promoted to Managing Editor of Retail Jeweller with overall responsibility for editorial strategy and direction, commercial activity, events and marketing. Ruth believes passionately that the purpose of a trade publication is for the betterment of an industry as a whole, be that through learning, information sharing, or networking opportunities, and she continues to work with those in the jewellery and watch trade to ensure that Retail Jeweller maintains its position as the most-respected industry title in its field.