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ONLINE RETAILING FORUM
July 29, 2008 - New York, NY
Are you getting your slice of the growing $5 Billion online jewelry market?
The National Jeweler Network Online Retailing Forum is an invitation-only event for independent jewelry retail executives. The academically-based forum is geared to foster thought leadership and forward-thinking ideas to help retailers solve current and future business challenges. The event is positioned to address the strategies, processes, and technologies/services surrounding key online transactions for jewelry retailers including distribution, marketing and merchandising. >>>
Visit GemFind at Booth 2287
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LVMH wins $63M in eBay counterfeit lawsuit
National Jeweler June 30, 2008  Paris-A French court has ordered eBay to pay LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton 40 million euros (about $63 million), ruling that the online auction giant did not do enough to prevent the sale of counterfeit goods on its site, according to a report on Monday from Bloomberg. >>>
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House of Taylor Ends Operations
Jewelers Circular Keystone
June 19, 2008
 Under the weight of more than $11 million in debt, without access to operating funds, with the loss of its two brand icons, and without even a name to operate under, the former House of Taylor executed a "Peaceful Possession of Collateral" with the lending company that has been financing its survival. >>>
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The network that lets consumer search for diamonds online and then see it in person at a Local Jewelry Store
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Fortgangs fight back in Fabrikant case
National Jeweler Junio 27,2008
New York-Members of the Fortgang f
amily, the former owners of now-bankrupt diamond company M. Fabrikant and Sons, have won the right to a hearing and were granted access to a monthly "personal allowance" a week after a judge ordered all of their assets seized, court papers said.
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Know - How
James Allen: Is It Safe To Buy Diamond Engagement Rings Online?
By Herb Brandon Israel News Agency
 It has only been 14 years since the first secure Internet shopping transaction took place in August 1994 - the sale of a CD in the US. By the time the dotcom gold rush peaked in 2000, Internet sales had reached over one billion dollars annually. Despite fears over the future of the Internet after the dotcom bubble burst, and corresponding consumer concerns about the safety of shopping by credit card online, e-commerce sales have exploded over the past six years, growing by a whopping 3,500 percent. >>>
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World Gemological Institute Shares Consumer Research on Diamond Grading
By Press Release June 26, 2008
RAPAPORT... The World Gemological Institute (WGI,) an international diamond grading and research center which is part of the Israel Diamond Institute Group of Companies, recently completed a large consumer research study with the Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council (JCOC,) the research division of MVI Marketing Ltd. (MVI.) >>>
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How to finance an engagement ring
By Jay MacDonald July 1, 2008 You may have seen promotions aimed like Cupid's arrow at your highly emotional state of mind. "Hey buddy, this platinum solitaire here will only set you back six months' pay and we're currently offering zero percent financing for a year! Now here's where you sign >>>
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$1M in Diamonds Stolen from Traveling Dealers in Three Days
By Jeff Miller June 27, 2008
RAPAPORT... Authorities now say robbers attacked two diamond dealers working on calls in Arkansas and Tennessee in the past three days, and reportedly the theives made-off with $1 million in diamonds in what is being described as similar circumstances.
One dealer from Los Angeles was hit in a shopping center parking lot at a Pine Bluff, Arkansas, mall yesterday, and a dealer from New York was hit in a hotel parking lot on Tuesday evening in Nashville. >>>
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Fashionable Ring Things
By Alexandria O. June 25, 2008
Rings have been a sign of fortune, wealth, and admiration since the beginning of time. We give rings to show love and friendship, promises and admiration. More importantly, we don't think twice about buying our own rings to celebrate our independence and accomplishments, and the popularity of the "right-hand" diamond ring is at an all-time high. The following designs are some of the hottest, most current trends in the world of jewelry. >>>
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Consumers Aware of Grading Importance But Confused About Labs, Survey Finds
IDEX Online Staff Reporter June 29, 08
Only 13 percent of American consumers would not accept a diamond if it's lab was unfamiliar to them, a recent study commissioned by the World Gemological Institute (WGI) found. The other 87 percent said they would accept a report as legitimate even if they were not familiar with the lab, or they were unsure whether they would accept it. >>>
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Should You Network on the Net?
By Ivan Misner Entrepreneur.com June 27, 2008  Over the past few months, I've been doing quite a bit of research about online networking. And the more I read (and work on the net), the more I realize that if you're in business today, you definitely need to be on the net (in addition to good, old-fashioned, face-to-face networking)! The problem is, an entire technology, vocabulary, culture and marketplace have been born in only a few short years.>>>
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Marketing Is Buying Customers
By Derek Viveiros and Jim Ackerman Ezine Artcles
Marketing your Jewelery business is nothing more than buying customers.
That's all it is, and the sooner you understand that, the more comfortable you'll be investing money in everything from advertising to sales training and from PR to Customer Relationship Management tools. >>>
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Call (ph.) 800-516-6242 and tell them you are calling about
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Super Rich still into Luxury - Particularly Fine Jewelry
By Rachel Lieberman, Israel Diamond Industry Portal
 According to the 12th annual World Wealth Report from Merrill Lynch and Capgemini, the world's high-net-worth individuals and ultra-high-net-worth individuals continued to acquire luxury items last year despite the shaky economy. >>>
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How to Create a Marketing Plan
Entrepreneur.com
Firms that are successful in marketing invariably start with a marketing plan. Large companies have plans with hundreds of pages; small companies can get by with a half-dozen sheets. Put your marketing plan in a three-ring binder. Refer to it at least quarterly, but better yet monthly. Leave a tab for putting in monthly reports on sales/manufacturing; this will allow you to track performance as you follow the plan. >>>
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