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GF Weekly Newsletter June 15, 2010 |
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| How ruby and sapphire markets have transformed
By Russell
Shor for GIA National Jeweler June 11, 2010
 Ruby and sapphire are among history's most coveted gems, with fashioned stones dating back to ancient Greece, India, and Asia. Traditionally, they have been scarce and expensive. The past 25 years, however, have brought radical changes in the market for rubies and sapphires, stimulated by huge increases in supply. >>>
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| Zimbabwe 'Blood Diamonds' Should Spur Suspension, Group Says By Thomas Biesheuvel Businessweek.com June 13, 2010
 June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwe should be banned from selling diamonds to members of the Kimberley Process, created to end trade in stones mined to fund conflict and war, after claims of smuggling, rape and assault by the country's army and police at its Marange gem fields, Global Witness said.
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In-store jewelry crimes up in 2009
By Michelle Graff National Jeweler June 14,2010 <
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 New York--The number of jewelry crimes saw a slight increase last year, but the disturbing news for brick-and-mortar jewelers is that they were increasingly the prime target. After a nearly 17 percent spike in 2008, industry crime climbed more modestly in 2009, U.S. data gathered by the Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA) shows.The JSA 2009 Annual Crime Report found that industry crimes totaled 1,557 in 2009, up from 1,505 in 2008, a 3.5 percent increase. >>>
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Bad times are good times for gold
By Patrick May Mercurynews.com June12,2010
 Sinfully seductive, gold almost looks good enough to eat. It shimmers in bullion. It coos like a songbird perched on her wedding finger. It inspires melodies and mayhem. And when the going gets tough, as the going has gotten in financial markets all over the world these days, gold gets ever more golden. >>>
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Oil and jewelry don't mix for Gulf-area stores
By Michelle Graff National Jeweler June 11, 2010
 Gulf Shores, Ala.--Jeweler Don Goodman went for a walk on the beautiful white sand beaches of Gulf Shores, Ala., Wednesday night and came home with his feet coated in an oily film.Sadly, this will likely be a common experience this summer at beach destinations all along Gulf Shores, as the seemingly un-pluggable oil leak continues to spew thousands of gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico. >>>
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| The Silver Lining
By David Brown JCK Online.com
 The Edge Retail Academy uses proprietary technology to gather data from jewelry stores, which it analyzes and then organizes into actionable information. Key performance indicators-sales, gross profit, stock turn, markup, average sale, quantity of sales and other measures-allow participating retail jewelers to compare their stores against industry averages on a month-by-month as well as a rolling 12-month basis. >>>
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Most small business owners have only a vague idea of what their businesses would really be worth if they wanted to sell. And most of the ones who think they know what the business is worth are probably wrong. Professional appraisers who regularly conduct business valuations say that owners are on both ends of the spectrum. >>>
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By Michelle Graff National Jeweler June 09, 2010
 When Bob Wahl, owner of R.C. Wahl Jewelers in Des Plaines, Ill., first started carrying natural colored diamonds in his Chicago-area store in the 1960s, the customers who spotted them in his display case had no idea that the brightly hued, bewitching stones they were looking at were diamonds. >>>
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| EGL USA to move to World Diamond Tower
National Jeweler June 14,2010
 New York--Gemological laboratory EGL USA has announced that it will be relocating headquarters and New York laboratory to 580 Fifth Ave., the World Diamond Tower, in New York City's diamond district.The move to the district's long-prominent address for diamond and jewelry businesses was initiated to provide greater customer convenience, and will provide enhanced security and efficiency for those customers, as well as EGL USA. >>>
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FIFA Fever: Jeweler Unveils Life-Size Diamond Football
By Roe Kalb The Israeli Diamond Industry Blog June 10, 2010
 With football fever a mere hours away, and as soccer fans worldwide count down to the kickoff of the FIFA World Cup games in Johannesburg, it seems it was only a matter of time before "Splendor in the Grass" would go from being a classical American film to a description of a the ultimate mesh between diamonds and soccer. >>> |
| Africa's Legacy
By Avi Krawitz Diamonds.net June 10, 2010
 Rapaport... Not since Nelson Mandela's release from prison has the world been so focused on Africa. This week, the World Cup soccer tournament - often dubbed "the greatest show on earth" - kicks off at Soweto's Soccer City. After an almost decade-long build up, we now have assurances that Africa is ready. >>>
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Credit jewelers learn to cope with crunch
By Michelle Graff National Jeweler June 11,2010
 New York--Not many consumers walk into a jewelry store prepared to plunk down thousands of dollars in cash for an engagement ring
--especially not these days. But somehow, each hopeful groom-to-be finds a way to walk out with a ring, and jewelry retailers continue to find a way to help bridal and other consumers pay for their purchases...>>>
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