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They don't reveal the successful bidders nor do they reveal the prices they paid, but the folks at Rio Tinto assure us that the 24th annual Argyle Pink Diamond Tender was a success. Billed as the "world's most exclusive diamond sale" featuring the "world's rarest pink diamonds" from Rio Tinto's Argyle mine in Australia, the sale attracted approximately 100 dealers who personally viewed the diamonds during an international tour with stops in Perth, New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Sydney, Rio Tinto said in a statement.
Washington-With the weakest holiday season in six years looming, the National Retail Federation (NRF) has asked Congress to consider a second round of tax rebate checks, or other direct relief, for consumers.
New York-Suspects in jewelry store robberies in Maryland and Texas were shot and killed in two separate incidents that occurred within days of each other, according to local news reports.In the first incident, a 40-year-old man allegedly stole a gold necklace worth about $500 from Kay Jewelers in the Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick, Md., according to a report on the Web site for WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, Md.
Ask most people what they like about working with small marketing firms and you'll hear answers such as "their personal approach" or "I'm not just a customer number to them" or "I get to work with the heavy hitters instead of some trainee just out of school. 
Filing the appropriate UCC forms for consignment merchandise is a necessity in today's business climate, two legal experts told a capacity crowd at a recent Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association meeting.Brooklyn Law School professor Neil Cohen, and Edwin Smith, a partner in law firm Bingham McCutchen, both authorities on the Uniform Commercial Code, noted that many of the forms the industry currently uses do not offer the proper protection.
With only days left before America selects its next president, jewelers have told JCK who will receive their vote. A JCK national survey of hundreds of jewelery industry members (including jewelers, associations, wholesalers, manufacturers, and designers) find a solid majority are for the McCain-Palin ticket (58 percent), while the Obama-Biden ticket got more than a third (38 percent). Another four percent voted for "other." A total of 220 persons responded to the survey.
According to recent studies, consumers say they are less likely to purchase jewelry th
There's an old adage among jewelers that says the industry is one of the first sectors to slow when the economy softens, and it is one of the last sectors to recover when the economy perks up.In truth, it's not that bad. Simplistically, when the economy slows, jewelry demand typically weakens; when the economy rebounds, jewelry demand typically soars. Jewelry sales have higher peaks and lower valleys than economic cycles, but jewelry demand doesn't necessarily soften early - it has remained relatively strong in the current cycle - and it will come back along with the economy.
Online spending grew 6 percent in the third quarter of 2008 versus the same period last year, a slowdown compared to the year-over-year growth rates of 12 percent in the first quarter and 13 percent in the second quarter of 2008, according to comScore Inc. Total U.S. online retail sales (excluding travel) were approximately $30 billion in the third quarter.
Consumers will likely need more persuasion to purchase gifts this year as they
Over the summer, while I was shopping in an upscale vacation town, I overhead an interesting conversation between two middle-aged women.
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