Luxury brand Catherine Best partners with e-commerce firm ICO3

Guernsey-based Luxury Jewellery Brand Catherine Best has entered into a business partnership with Devon-based e-commerce company ICO3, who are based at Plymouth's Tamar Science Park.

ICO3 forecasts that by the end of 2013 it will have reached over 50 e-commerce partnerships, covering numerous market sectors, with Catherine Best as the only luxury jewellery partner. ICO3's CEO David Gadd comments: "Catherine Best represents a significant opportunity for both companies to grow and develop online in partnership. They produce some of the best exclusive jewellery ranges and their tie in with Born Free and celebrities such as Amanda Holden and Joanna Lumley makes them a particularly attractive proposition for the UK gift market. We will be conducting extensive online PR and social media campaigns promoting the brand as well as rolling their products out worldwide through their website, Ebay, Amazon and other third party platforms."

Catherine Best jewellery is based on contemporary design and the finest craftsmanship. The family run brand also have a workshop and studio located in an old windmill in Jersey and many of Catherine Best designs have been inspired by the Channel Islands. Catherine Best herself is a Fellow of the Institute of Goldsmiths and was awarded this prestigious accolade in 2012.

Ben Carr, Catherine Best Business Development Manager, believes the online partnership will be a great success: “We believe the partnership has enormous potential to grow our online business and brand. We share the same visions and ICO3's abilities, ideas and knowledge of the online market is exceptional. Our passion has always been to source the rarest and finest of precious materials and bring them to life with intricate design and workmanship. So much so that throughout our 25 year history our clients from the Channel Islands, the U.K. and beyond have fallen in love with our jewellery time and time again and we believe that through our partnership with ICO3 we can now introduce our brand to the online market with great success.”