Gerald Online
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| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003  |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Key people | Gerald Ratner (CEO) |
| Products | Jewellery |
| Website | www.geraldonline.com |
Gerald Online was an online jewellery retail store operated in collaboration with Gerald Ratner and a Mumbai-based jewellery exporter SB&T International Ltd.[1][2]
In 1984, founder Gerald Ratner inherited his family business, Ratners. About 10 years later, Ratners was one of the biggest jewellers in the world.[3] However, due to several ill-advised jokes from Ratner during his 1991 speech to the Institute of Directors at the Royal Albert Hall, Ratners went into bankruptcy.[4]
In 2003, after rebranding Ratners as Signet Jewelers, Gerald Ratner founded the online business Gerald Online[5] in collaboration with SB&T.[6]
Gerald Online ceased trading around 2014.