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GemFind Begins Online Marketing Campaign
JCK-Jewelers Circular Keystone, 7/29/2008
GemFind.net and Gemfind.com has retained the Luxury Brand Group to help launch an online marketing and branding campaign.Luxury Brand Group is a Newport Beach, Calif.-based marketing, advertising, and public relations firm. "We believe GemFind's new tools and services will allow jewelry retailers and manufact
urers to effectively and efficiently compete in today's competitive luxury consumer market," added Frank Proctor, co-founder and principal of Luxury Brand Group. Read On
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Long's Jewelers Wins Platinum Contest
Jewelers Circular Keystone, 8/4/2008
 Platinum Guild International and Martha Stewart Weddings announced the winner of the 2008 "3-Platinum Bridal Ring Display Challenge," a national platinum merchandise display contest. The award was presented to Long's Jewelers, in Boston at the 2008 JA New York Summer Show in New York City.The contest challenged retailers to create an innovative display for merchandising the 3-platinum bridal rings (engagement ring, and his and her wedding bands) as a set, while communicating platinum's pure, rare and eternal qualities.
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The who's who of US retailing
By Pedro de Gouveia Aug. 04, 2008
 The USA's National Retail Federation's venerable retail trade publication, Stores magazine, announced the results of its 2008 Top 100 Retailers Study in July. This study reflects many of the changes that will ultimately define this era. For the first time, the retailing of digital downloads and personal telecommunications devices by non-traditional retailers are included. Technology companies such as Dell, Apple and its iTunes Store are represented, as are wireless communications providers and handset sellers AT&T and Verizon. >>>
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Bush says goodbye rubies, Tuesday
By Teresa Novellino july 31, 2008
 Washington, D.C.-President Bush has signed off on legislation that makes it illegal for rubies and jadeite from Myanmar, including stones that were processed in third-party countries, to be imported into the United States.
The "Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE Act of 2008," was signed by Bush on Tuesday and is to take effect 60 days later.
The act is designed to diminish a funding source for Myanmar's ruling military junta, which profits from state-run gemstone auctions but has a long history of human rights violations. >>>
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Know - How
Top 9 Myths of Retailing
By Shari Waters, About.com
 In retail, there are many misconceptions about what it takes to be successful. Whether our understanding of customers, marketing or other retailing information came from bad advice, myths, or elsewhere, negative information can have a profound impact on our business decisions. The following examines common (and some not-so-common) retail myths.>>>
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H. Tracy Hall, 88; GE chemist invented process for creating diamonds
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times
July 25, 2008
H. Tracy Hall, the physical chemist who invented the first reproducible process for making diamonds in the laboratory, kicking off a multibillion-dollar industry, died Friday at his home in Provo, Utah. He was 88 and had Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. The feat, considered on a par with converting lead into gold, had been a goal of chemists, alchemists, physicists and scam artists for more than two centuries when Hall -- ostensibly part of a team at General Electric but working primarily on his own -- pulled it off.
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San Diego Jewelry Buyers Sees Gold Rush Going Green
By JewelryNews July 31,
2008 California (and the entire country) has seen a gold rush over the past year-with consumers cashing in on exploding gold prices to sell their outdated and unwanted gold jewelry to ease the burden at the pump, take a holiday, or modernize their fine jewelry boxes. But San Diego Jewelry Buyers reports that it is not just $900+ dollar spot prices for gold that is sending customers through their doors.>>> |
Online Jewelry Sales -10% in 2Q 2008
By Avi Krawitz
Aug. 03,2008
RAPAPORT...Online jewelry sales in the United States fell 10 percent in the second quarter of 2008, Comscore, which monitors online trends, reported.
Total online retail sales (excluding travel) rose 13 percent to $31 billion during the three months ending June 30, 2008. The strongest growth for the year so far was seen in April with growth of 15 percent. Online retail sales in May grew 12 percent and in June by 11 percent despite government stimulus checks which were expected to boost spending.
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The tide turns against the platinum price
By Allan Seccombe 04 Aug 2008
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Harmonizing Anti-Money laundring Rules
By CHAIM EVEN-ZOHAR July 30, 2004 The publication earlier this month by the OECD's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of its risk-based-approach document titled "Guidance for Dealers in Precious Metals and Stones" has gone largely unnoticed in the diamond industry. This is rather strange considering that organizations such as the Diamond High Council, Jewelers Vigilance Committee, World Federation of Diamond Bourses, CIJBO and others all claim to have had input in the consultation process leading up to the publication of this remarkable text. >>> |
50 Marketing Ideas for Retailers
By Shari Waters, About.com
Small business owners can easily get too involved in the day-to-day operations of their retail stores to spend any time brainstorming marketing ideas or promotional events. Some retailers worry that marketing is too expensive, others may find it too time consuming. Without announcing who you are and what you sell, how will anyone know? Here are 50 marketing ideas for retailers. >>>
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Wealthy Feeling Financial Pinch As Well
Hints Point To Crimp In Lifestyles Of Rich August 4, 2008
The rich are sharing your financial pain - and contributing to it.
It may have taken longer and it may not be as acute, but there are early hints that the economic slump is crimping the lifestyles of the wealthy.
They are investing more conservatively, spending less on luxury goods and are being more thrifty with their credit cards. Many are asking their personal shoppers and private-jet travel providers to seek the best deals rather than over-the-top extravagances. >>>
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