GemFind: Diamond Search, Web Development, JewelCloud , ring builder, stud builder, pendant builder 2010-12-14

What's new?

For the past 10 years,
GemFind has held a distinguished place in the jewelry industry as the oldest and most trusted name for providing website and e-commerce solutions to brick and mortar retail jewelers.

In January 2011,
GemFInd will introduce the first of series of new strategic alliances and vendor collaborations (some of which will be unprecedented in the jewelry industry).  The aim of these  alliances
will be drive real and measurable value to the retail jewelers and vendors in the
GemFind Network to capitalize on the benefits of utilizing the web as a major channel for advertising and marketing at both the retail and trade levels.   

We welcome you to contact us for more information if you want to get a jump on our 2011 website and network initiatives.

Best wishes for a steady and strong holiday season.   

GemFind  

By Catherine Dayrit and Michelle Graff          National Jeweler            Dec. 13, 2010

Holiday
sales continue to pace ahead of last year for retail jewelers, with consumers more upbeat and willing to part with their money. Is the downturn completely done? Will this momentum carry into the new year? That's hard to say at this point. But what retailers
do know is this: they're merrily ringing up a lot more jewelry sales than they were at this point last year. >>>

Reviving Consumers Snap Up Tiffany Keys, Blue Nile Pearls  

Justin
Rosenblatt plans to fork over $2,000 this month for a Roberto Coin stackable ring, Sonya Renee monogram necklaces and Wendy Mink hoop earrings for his wife and friends. That's twice what he spent on sparkle last year. "It's a more extravagant and personal
gift," said 37- year-old Rosenblatt, the Los Angeles-based vice president of the CW Network, which airs "Gossip Girl." >>>

Marketing Jewelry

By Tim Malone                         JCK                Dec 13, 2010

The
skills required to be a jewelry marketing manager continue to change.  The business-analytics skills needed are becoming more significant. Today's jewelry marketing managers need to exhibit the ability to communicate well with multiple levels across multiple
functions. This is making the requirements far more complex than in the past.
>>>

Five Rules for Fixing Customer Service Slipups

By Daniel Kehrer                          Business.com                               

Companies
both large and small often spend time and money on big customer service ideas intended to woo new clients in the door only to lose their regular customers over little service slipups. "Customer relationships are made or broken when something goes wrong," says
customer service expert Maribeth Kuzmeski, founder of Red Zone Marketing in Chicago. >>>

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Every week, JCK's Big Picture Monday rounds up the most intriguing stories about trends in retailing:

Consumers
buying
for themselves again.

Ten merchandising insights

for the holidays.

Leveraging

wish lists and gift registries.

How to respond

when trashed online.

An increase

in "bar code shopping."

>>>

Fraud protection is the top concern for online shoppers

By Thad Rueter                   Internet Retailer                       Dec. 9, 2010

Consumers
are more interested in ensuring their online transactions are secure than in being able to quickly find what they're looking for via a site's product search when they shop at eBay.com,
Overstock.com28Overstock.com Inc.Mass MerchantOnline Sales:$876,769,000
Growth:5.7% and Zappos.com, suggests a report released this week from uTest Inc., a software testing company.
>>>

There
may not be snow on the ground yet on Bay Street, but Christmas could come early this year for Canada's diamond miners who are among the few with the gems to supply growing global demand for high-end jewelry.

In the world's largest diamond market -- the United States -- upscale retailers like Tiffany & Co (TIF.N) and Harry Winston (HW.TO) are seeing higher
sales as demand for $50,000 engagement rings rebounds. >>>

Remodel your way to profits

By Catherine Dayrit            National Jeweler               Dec. 9, 2010       

Jewelers
may offer over-the-top customer service and a carefully curated selection of jewelry, but if their merchandise is not displayed in the best possible light-literally-the other efforts might be all for naught. Remodeling the store, whether that means adding
new, cost-effective modular display cases or installing modern, energy-saving lighting,...
>>>

Email Marketing or Social Media?

By Erika Morphy                        E-Commerce Times                           Dec. 10, 2010

Email
marketing has been a mainstay marketing tool for 10 years or more. When social media's clout with consumers became apparent -- Facebook now has 500 million users and counting -- there was much talk about whether email marketing was even still relevant. >>>

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