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Signet squeezed by price of gold

By Tom Braithwaite in London

Published: November 28 2007 02:00 | Last updated: November 28 2007 02:00

Signet, the world's biggest jeweller, is to increase its prices in the US even in the face of weakening sales as the soaring cost of gold and diamonds starts to bite.

Shares in Signet - which operates H Samuel in the UK and Kay in the US - fell sharply yesterday after the company announced lower profits on increased sales in a third-quarter trading update and warned of weakening sales in the last few weeks.

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