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New federal limits regarding the amount of lead allowed in children's products, including jewelry, took effect on Friday, dropping from 600 parts per million (ppm) to 300 ppm, Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America (MJSA) noted in a media release.
New York--The Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC) is reminding jewelry retailers that those who offer customers credit through in-house financing, branded credit card programs, layaway facilities or any other credit arrangements, must have an identity theft prevention program in place by Oct.1 
The son of a Scottish gemstone expert murdered by a mob in Kenya has told the BBC News website how he tried to fight off the attackers who ambushed them. Bruce Bridges, 30, witnessed the murder of his father Campbell Bridges, 71, by a gang armed with spears and machetes."They were screaming, 'We'
According to images taken by the security surveillance cameras at luxury jeweler Graff Diamond Jewelry, a previous attempt to carry out the biggest jewel heist in Britain's history was made before it was pulled off about a week ago. 
At noon on Tuesday, April 21, Daniel Gordon, a fourth-generation jeweler in Oklahoma City, held a diamond giveaway drawing on behalf of Samuel Gordon Jewelers on Ustream.tv, a Web site that allows anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to broadcast live interactive video to a global audience of unlimited size.
When you venture into the online world, especially with e-commerce, your website's design and usability are pieces of the overall puzzle. Good security can be the glue that holds it all together. Consumers who shop on your site need to know that the trust and confidence they place in your brick-and-mortar experience hasn't been compromised online.
Here's a horror story about fluorescent diamonds that illustrates the critical problem they pose to jewelers-and why it must be solved: A jeweler obtained two highly fluorescent top quality carat size diamonds for 
earrings, both graded D-GIA's top-of-the-totem color grade reserved for the most colorless stones.The customer was delighted, especially when she was informed and shown the blue-white nature of these diamonds in daylight.
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Discounting stinks. As a marketer whose job is to create preference and profitability for my clients, I don't like discounting. In fact, I hate it. I call it the D-word. It's distracting. It's demeaning. It's destructive and depressing. And yet I see companies do it all the time. 
Luxury brick-and-mortar retailers go to great lengths to welcome shoppers, give them close personal attention, and make each visit an experience rather than a mere transaction. Online retailers looking to offer the e-commerce version of luxury retail face certain physical limitations, but they also have unique opportunities in terms of site design and special services offered to visitors. |
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