GemFind: Diamond Search, Web Development, JewelCloud , ring builder, stud builder, pendant builder 2007-11-27

Written by Alex | November 27, 2007
  GF Weekly Newsletter
                                                                                                                  Nov. 27, 2007

In This Issue
What·s New?
$531 Million Spent Online on Black Friday
Black: The Color of Jewelry This Season
Popping the Question: Today's Brides Covet Square Diamond Rings
U.S. Jewelry Prices Rise Sharply in October
Color Diamonds from Shenoa
South Sea Pearls
12 Jewelry Tips
Selling Jewelry Is Mostly Pitfalls, Not Much Glitter
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Top Stories
$531 Million Spent Online on Black Friday
JCK-Jewelers Circular Keystone, 11/26/2007 
 

More than $9.3 billion has been spent online during the holiday season-to-date, marking a 17-percent gain versus the corresponding days last year, according to comScore, Inc. Online retail spending was strong on both Thanksgiving Day (up 29 percent to $272 million) and "Black Friday" (up 22 percent to $531 million), outpacing the season-to-date growth rate. >>>


Black: The Color of Jewelry This Season
By S. Brown/Titanium-Jewelry
 
 
Titanium-Jewelry.com, a leading online retailer of black titanium rings, tungsten rings and unique black titanium with black diamonds for men and women, announced that many of their black diamond jewelry pieces and black titanium anniversary rings have experienced increased interest and
inquisitions as black on black heats up retail stores. >>>


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Popping the Question: Today's Brides Covet
Square Diamond Rings

By Cotten Timberlaken, Nov. 26 (Bloomberg)

 

For today's brides, diamonds are still forever; they're just not always round anymore.
In the $6 billion market for diamond engagement rings, square-cut designs, notably worn byactresses Ashley Judd, Brooke Shields and Reese Witherspoon, are booming in popularity.Witherspoon sported an Asscher square-cut stone,distinguished by long, slender facets and beveled corner. Judd and Shields flash a cushion style,with curved sides,rounded corners and triangular facets. >>>




U.S. Jewelry Prices Rise Sharply in October
IDEX Online Research November 26
 

Jewelry prices spiked upward at both the retail level and the supplier level in the U.S. market during October, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Both jewelry retailers and suppliers have been fighting higher costs for much of the year, and it is clear that those higher costs are now being passed along the distribution chain, all the way through to the consumer. >>>


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Know - How

Color Diamonds from Shenoa & Co. the hottest trend this holiday season

 
The infamous 6.5 carat plush pink heart shaped diamond engagement ring worn by Jennifer Lopez drew the attention of the rich, famous and fashionable across the world and color diamonds are now available at Shenoa Diamonds the diamond wholesale e-tailer.
Natural Color Diamonds can be found organically in every shade of the spectrum and each and every stone is unique onto itself. The physical conditions required to form these miracles of nature occur so rarely that only one diamond in 10,000 possesses this natural color. >>>


South Sea Pearls 
Jewelry News November 25,
 
South Sea Peals refers to pearls from Pinctada maxima -a large oyster also called the silver-lip or yellow-lip (gold-lip) oyster depending on the color of its shell lip. They are extensively cultured in areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including Myanmer, Indonesia, Philippines, and Northern Australia. The color of south sea pearls is white to golden. Their sizes are normally large than 9mm, sometimes can reach 19mm. >>>


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12 Jewelry Tips

Jewelry News at Tuesday, November 20

Top 12 jewelry tips:
1. Cut up those layered gold chains.
The trend is moving toward 'statement' jewelry...that's one standout necklace. Maybe it's a dramatic medallion. Or a rich textured chain. Or a thick choker that screams for attention. If you have a long layered necklace, you can clip off some of the chains to turn it into a solitary piece. Just use a wire cutter to cut near the clasp. >>>


Selling Jewelry Is Mostly Pitfalls, Not Much Glitter
CAITLIN KELLY November 24
 

IT may be a cameo handed down from your grandmother or your father's 1940s Hamilton watch or a ring you bought years ago that you no longer wear and now want to sell. While buying jewelry, whether at department or specialty stores, craft fairs or on eBay, is quick and easy, selling it is often slow, difficult and confusing. >>>


Diana Adams on Wednesday, November 21st
 

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Insert a "read on" link at the bottom of your article to
drive traffic to your website. Links are tracked, allowing you to see which articles create the most interest for your readers. >>>
 

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