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GF Weekly Newsletter January 26, 2010 |
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"Walter Bauman Jewelers has been very pleased with our relationship with Gemfind. We are delighted with the website that they developed for us. They were very responsive to our deadlines and any issues that we have had. They were also very sensitive to working with the limited time that we were able to devote to the project. They are skilled and professional. It has been wonderful to work with someone within the industry who knows our questions before we ask them!"..
Margery Bauman
Director of Advertising
Walter Bauman Jewelers Learn More
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Jewelers Speak: How I Won My Spouse's Heart
Compiled by Jennifer Heebner and Paul Holewa JCK Online January 25, 2010
There's a little-known criterion for anyone selling diamond engagement rings: Your own personal proposal story has got to be good! How else can you dispense advice to others about to pop the question? If you don't have a good tale, relax. We won't tell. But to inspire future awesome engagement stories, JCK queried your peers nationwide to give you a glimpse into how other jewelers have made their own memorable engagement moments. >>>
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Vicenza show revisits natural, geometric designs
By By Catherine Dayrit National Jeweler January 20, 2010
Vicenza, Italy--"Renewal," a term 2010 Vicenzaoro First show organizers use to describe the mindset at the show, might be applied to the jewelry designs, too, as most of the new offerings appeared familiar, the fruits of designers who either extended popular collections or came up with updated versions of previous strong sellers.>>> |
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#999977'>UK consumer watchdog probes 'Cash for Gold' firms
Israel Diamond Industry Portal Jan.25, 2010
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in Britain is investigating alleged business improprieties by five "Cash for Gold" companies in an attempt to ensure they meet consumer protection laws. According to the Big Pond website, the consumer watchdog began looking into the booming 'cash for gold' industry following several complaints from consumers, who claimed the gold-buying companies offered "shockingly bad value" for their gold. >>>
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Shield your store from data breaches
By Suzan Flamm National Jeweler Jan.21, 2010
With identity theft an ever-growing problem, companies are increasingly at risk for having records in their possession--particularly those records that contain personal identification data on customers and employees--disclosed, either inadvertently or by someone with malevolent intentions. >>>
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Increase sales in 2010
Sell More Through Virtual Inventory
1. Manufacturers and Diamond Dealers upload their merchandise to GemFind.net
2. Retail Jewelers will select from the Manufacturer's or Diamond Dealer's inventory and markup the merchandise...
3. Retail Jewelers will link to GemFind's search engine and showcase their selected Virtual Inventory on their own websites...
4. Consumers visit websites and purchase the Retail Jeweler's Virtual Inventory.
Virtual Inventory gives:
1. Manufacturers and Diamond Dealers the opportunity to sell more to Retailers....
2. Retail Jewelers the ability to sell something they don't have in their stores...
3. Consumers the ability to view the merchandise at a local jeweler or to buy online...
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the sparkliest ring of all? By Roe Kalb The Israeli Diamond Industry Blog Jan. 21, 2010
This Valentine's Day may be extra special for us - rumor has it that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to propose to Israeli model/girlfriend Bar Refaeli - and on the most romantic day of the year too. The British media reported that DiCaprio was prompted to pop the question by his mother, who apparently never quite got over her son's faux pas with catwalk queen Gisele Bundchen.>>>
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Online searching strengthens for luxury watches National Jeweler January 21,2010
Geneva--Despite a backdrop of difficult market conditions in 2009, interest in the top end of the watch market continued to strengthen, according to the IC-Agency's World Watch Report 2010. According to the study, which analyzes online searching for 25 luxury watch brands, Blancpain, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Audemars Piguet led search growth among the brands analyzed, with global search volume for the brands increasing by 115 percent, 114 percent and 81 percent, respectively.>>>
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| Finding a Balance (Between Your Business & Your Jewelry Art)
By Annie Osburn jewelryartistmagazine.com
When you're an artist, you have to look at the context of your profession as something that lasts a lifetime," says Lainey Papageorge, jewelry designer and former owner of the Illumina gallery in Atlanta. "It's not just something that pays the bills. You have to nurse it, take care of it, and treat it like something that's valuable and worthy. >>> |
| Control Your Website's Destiny Jewelers Of America January 22,2010
For many independent business owners it can be easy to cede power to web designers -- who have the expertise they lack -- when creating and operating a website. But Mikal Belicove, of Entrepreneur.com, warns businesses to avoid "being held hostage" by programmers and designers (link to: ). He offers the following tips to protect your business down the line: >>>
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Can jewelers break out of their worst habits?
By Ellen Fruchtman National
Jeweler January 22, 2010
"Habit is a great deadener."
Vladimir in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
This Sunday, or whichever day your local newspaper runs its largest real estate section, do me a favor and take a look at the advertisements. I defy you to find a "home for sale" listing that doesn't feature a headshot of the realtor. >>>
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| Jewelry Trends on the SAG Awards Red Carpet, 2010
By Carly Wickell About.com Guide
Kate Hudson pulled off one of the best jewelry looks on last evening's SAG red carpet by turning her Cartier diamond sautoir spotlight necklace around so that it drapeed along the open back of her Emilio Pucci gown. Kate was one of many celebrities who chose white metal/white diamond jewelry for the event.>>> |
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Six Success Tips for Business Social Networking
BUSINESS.COM
In case you've been off-planet for the past several years, "social networking" has become the talk of the Internet. And more to the point, it's now an essential tool for business, having moved from experimental curiosity to business networking necessity. >>>
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