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| The bridal category remains solid as a rock By Michelle Graff National Jeweler April 12, 2010
 While consumers may remain hesitant to splurge on fashion jewelry, nothing seems to stop them from falling in love and getting married, the results of National Jeweler's Product Panel on bridal jewelry show.Nearly half (47 percent) of the retail jewelers who took the survey reported that their loose diamond, diamond engagement ring and wedding band sales have increased over the last three years, while 36 percent said they have remained steady.>>> |
Retail Jewelry Innovators
By Paul Holewa JCKOnline April 12, 2010
 Ronda Daily, owner of Bremer Jewelry, with stores in Bloomington and Peoria, Ill., wants to make jewelry shopping convenient for "guests." (Daily doesn't use the "C" word-customer). In 2008 she opened her Peoria store on Sundays from noon to 4:00 p.m., but later discontinued the Sunday hours for six months. "That's what we call our stupid phase," says Daily. "We noticed a 5 percent drop-off in our business during those six months.">>>
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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 an
d 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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Survey: Small businesses bullish on economy
National Jeweler April 12, 2010
 Waltham, Mass.--Small business owners are feeling more positive these days, with 79 percent of those polled for a new survey describing their attitudes toward the U.S. economy over the next 12 months as falling within the range of confident to neutral, a new survey shows. According to a news release, e-mail marketing company Constant Contact received more than 6,800 responses from small business owners to its survey >>>
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GIA Mini Jewelry Career Fair Returns to Las Vegas
JCK Online April 09,2010
 The Gemological Institute of America announced Thursday that it will host its second GIA Mini Jewelry Career Fair in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 6 during the JCK Show. The Mini Jewelry Career Fair, sponsored by JCK Events, is a condensed version of the Institute's popular career coaching and job search events that have helped place candidates in the jewelry industry for the last 19 years.>>>
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| De Beers' 'Millenium Blue' sells for $6 million
National Jeweler April 08,2010
 Hong Kong--A 5.16-carat fancy vivid blue diamond, once part of De Beers' Millennium Jewels Collection, sold for $6.4 million at Sotheby's Hong Kong on Wednesday, as diamonds continued to show strength in the auction market. According to a news release from the auction house, Moussaieff of London emerged as the winning bidder for the pear-shaped diamond...>>>
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The Anti-Aging Effect of a Beautiful Ring
By Cynthia Sliwa JCKOnline April 08, 2010
 Many of us learned in high school science class that one can determine something of the age of a tree by inspecting and counting its rings. To vastly oversimplify the scientific principles of dendrochronology, the more rings, the older the tree. According to the April 2010 issue of Allure magazine, however, one can reduce the appearance of one's age by adding a ring.>>>
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| What jewelers say about GemFind
"I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Gemfind for the fine job they did in developing my new website. I personally had very little knowledge in the computer industry, and with the help of Anthony Arechiga of Gemfind, I have a full running and successful website. Anthony was good enough, and patient enough, to help me through not just developmental problems but also guiding me through simple computer challenges. I would recommend Gemfind to anyone, at anytime for a so
lid, professional website development program."
-Mark VanBerschot,
President Of My Diamond Experience(MDE)
(630)355-8168
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6 Reasons to Avoid Piercing Guns
By Carly Wickell, About.com Guide
If you've walked through a mall, you've seen the signs: free ear piercing with the purchase of earrings. Retail locations offering that incentive use piercing guns to get the job done, and although the guns have been around for a very long time, there are good reasons to avoid them.A piercing gun looks like handgun, but with a piercing apparatus at the end of its barrel. >>>
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| By Roe Kalb The Israeli Diamond Industry Blog April 09, 2010
 The history of one of the most famous diamonds once part of the Dutch Crown Jewels is somewhat ambiguous: the diamond in question - dubbed the "Queen of Holland", after Queen Wilhelmina, who ruled between 1890 and 1948 - was a 135.92-carat cushion-cut diamond owned by Dutch firm F. Friedman & Company, which cut it in 1904 and named it "in memory of one of the greatest rulers of modern Netherlands.">>>
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| Rogue ad gives Minn. jeweler some bad publicity National Jeweler &n
bsp; April 08,2010
St. Paul, Minn.--A rogue R.F. Moeller Jeweler ad that shows a man holding a gun to his head with his finger on the trigger was not crafted or approved by the St. Paul, Minn., jeweler, but it drew some negative attention to the store from those concerned about impacts on the mentally ill.>>>
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Guide to Building Customer Loyalty
By Frances Sharpe Business.Com
Over three-quarters of U.S. consumers carry at least one loyalty card, according to business intelligence company Jupiter Research. Is that card yours? If not, don't fret. A business can't buy its customers' loyalty - it must earn it. Building trust among customers and clients will keep them coming back for more. And when they do, your business will see big results. Unlock loyalty with:>>>
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Build Your Brand, Part 1: Lay the Foundation
Jewelers of America April 09,2010
There is a common misconception that branding is merely a logo. While visual identity, including your company name and logo, is a large part of branding, there are a host of other elements to consider. Consistency between these elements is key to maintaining an effective brand presence. >>>
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Ten Tips on How to Write a Professional Email
By Richard Nordquist, About.com Guide
Email is the most common form of written communication in the business world--and the most commonly abused. Too often email messages snap, growl, and bark--as if being concise meant that you had to sound bossy. Not so. Consider this email message recently sent to all staff members on a large university campus: >>>
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