GF Weekly Newsletter
June 17, 2008
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AGS boosts members' business through sales training
National Jeweler June 16, 2008
 Seattle-The American Gem Society (AGS) has partnered with a national sales training firm to establish a program customized to address the obstacles specific to selling jewelry.
Introduced during the AGS Conclave 2008 held in Seattle in April, "Custom Sales Training: Measured Results" officially launched from June 4-5 during the Las Vegas shows. >>>
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Know - How
Top tips: How investors can take advantage of booming gold prices
By Michael O'Kane June 15, 2008
 What is the current price of gold and what has driven its growth?
One ounce of gold will cost you about US$872 ($1101). After hitting a record high of US$1032 in mid-March, the price has come back because of an improved US dollar, a stronger US economy and profit-taking.
However, over the medium term, the precious metal has risen more than 300 per cent since 2000, and last year the price of gold increased 30 per cent. >>>
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How gold will perform in a U.S. recession
By Natalie Dempster June 11, 2008  NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Macro economic data and the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank's swift loosening in monetary policy underline the risk that the U.S. economy is on the brink of, or already in, recession. Not surprisingly, consumers are distinctly less confident now than they were just one quarter ago and leading indicators suggest that worse is to come. >>>
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E-retailers trying to suit online experience to buyers
By Donna Kato San Jose Mercury News June 16, 2008
Online retailers never meant to offer highly customized service when virtual stores were a new concept. But a decade later, it's that personalization that sets some sites apart from the thousands of others selling clothes, shoes and gifts.
An increasing number of retailers have distinguished themselves from the pack by giving users a little something extra beyond intuitive navigation and easy checkout. >>> |
GIA's 18th Jewelry Career Fair Provides the Gem World's Star-Studded List of Speakers and Panelists
GIA, 11June 2008
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced the date of its 18th Jewelry Career Fair in New York to be Friday, July 25, 2008 and held at the Jacob Javits Center. The event brings together the jewelry industry's most distinguished leaders, influential executives, and visionaries to successfully bridge the gap between leading companies looking for resources and talented individuals seeking a profession in jewelry. >>>
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$2M Jewelry Heist Includes Super Bowl Rings
JCK-Jewelers Circular Keystone, 6/11/2008
 Thieves broke into an Attleboro, Mass., jewelry company sometime between the evening of June 6 and the morning of June 8, and stole up to $2 million in gold, gems, and other valuables, including Super Bowl rings made for New York Giants staff members, The Associated Press reports. >>>
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Yves Saint Laurent fashion to be auctioned off
(Agencies) June 06, 2008
 A month after the death of Yves Saint Laurent, Christie's is auctioning seven pieces of the legendary French fashion designer's clothing and jewelry representing nearly every decade of his career.
The items at the July 2 auction include a 1958 cocktail dress for Dior and a 1970s Rive Gauche camel cable-knit sweater trimmed in fox fur similar to one Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wore. >>>
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Thefts add risky facet to gem sales
By JENNIFER LATSON , Houston Chronicle June 10, 2008
LAS VEGAS - Most of their stories end the same way: with slashed tires, broken windows, a few paralyzing moments of panic, and then hundreds of thousands of dollars in glittering merchandise gone in a flash. >>> |
JSA issues robbery alert for Calif.
National Jeweler June 11 2008
 New York-The Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA) has issued a crime alert for California after a series of robberies in which traveling jewelry salespeople visiting the United States from Asia were targeted.
The most recent incident happened on May 28, in the southern part of San Francisco, according to a JSA alert released on Tuesday. >>>
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Retailers, credit card companies war over rates
Kane County Chronicle June 16, 2008
 Stan Jaskowski doesn't mind swiping customers' credit cards.Without the ability to process payments by plastic, Jaskowski knows his shop, Suburban Tire in St. Charles, would suffer."It's how the majority of my customers pay for the work, by credit card," Jaskowski, store manager, said.He, like most other retailers, just would prefer if his customers paid in cash. >>>
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NRF: Tax rebate checks benefit May retail
National Jeweler June 12, 2008
Washington, D.C.-Retail industry sales for May, excluding automobiles, gas stations and restaurants, jumped 0.9 percent seasonally adjusted from April and 3.8 percent unadjusted over last year, due mostly to tax rebate checks, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). >>>
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Jewelry.com, 06/10/ 2008
Can a worm really turn into a pearl? Jewelry.com follows the worm and squeamishly uncovers how some of the little critters really do turn into perfect pearls. It's hard to believe that such a luscious, beautiful gem comes from such humble origins. >>>
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Study: Consumer spending perks up in June
National Jeweler June 13, 2008
New York-Tax rebate checks coupled with a decrease in the tax burden and a lower decline in real wages has put a break this month on the freefall in consumer spending seen since October 2007, according to the Deloitte Research Leading Index of Consumer Spending. >>>
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