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Greetings from the Centurion Jewelry Show in Scottsdale, AZ. The atmosphere is super exciting, the place is mobbed with people doing business and we're having a great show. 2012 truly is the transition year for jewelers and suppliers to adopt technology into their business infrastructures-- from new inventory and point of sale systems to new RFID inventory tracking tools to new virtual inventories and a website to new social media and marketing techniques. 2012 is the year to adapt and change with these new technologies. It doesn't all have to be done at once, but you do need to start. Call us today for a free consultation. 800-373-4373
It is 100 years since the decadent poetry of René Lalique's jewelry was abandoned by its creator in favor of sculpted crystal objects.But this week the sleeping beauty of the Lalique world was woken with a new collection based on the love of nature and a fiery imagination that created mythical creatures from peacocks to dragonflies. track="off" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/fashion/31iht-rjewel31.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1327957281-xB9OvsRoCaHM2hkAhrotFA" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">>>>
Jewelry Information Center (JIC), the consumer education arm of Jewelers of America, is launching its third annual Ultimate Proposal Contest on February 21, 2012, at www.JIC.org. JIC's Ultimate Proposal Contest is a nationwide search for the best engagement proposal story.
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India's recent imposition of a 2 percent import duty on polished diamonds seems to be an unfortunate necessity. In this day and age, the normal response would be to see such a move as an imposition on international trade. After all, we've long since learned the lessons of the havoc market protectionism can wreak on an industry or, on a larger scale, an economy. linktype="1" target="_blank">>>>
Jewelry owners and managers and employees clearly all have a passion for jewelry or they probably would be working in a different industry. Here are seven tips to a more fulfilling and rewarding approach to leading your business, employees, and customers. track="off" shape="rect" href="http://www.jckonline.com/blogs/memo-to-merchandisers/2012/01/30/how-jewelers-can-be-leaders-passion?utm_source=JCK+eNewsletters&utm_campaign=4a7aafd677-2012_01_30_Big_Picture_Monday1_30_2012&utm_medium=email" linktype="1" target="_blank">>>>
The credit card landscape has changed significantly since the Credit Card Act took effect in February 2010. Overall, this piece of reformatory legislation increased transparency and consumer rights in the general-use (personal) credit card space, curing many of the ills that pervaded prior to the Great Recession. linktype="1" target="_blank">>>>
When you give a history nerd access to 140 years worth of archives, this is what happens. My compilations of the top 50 JCK covers and the 50 most memorable jewelry ads of all time were popular with our readers, so I decided to dive back into our archives and see what I missed the first time. As it turns out, there were plenty of other gems waiting to be mined (witty jewelry puns are an added bonus). shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">>>>
Omega brand ambassador George Clooney wore an Omega De Ville Prestige in his performance as Matt King in film The Descendants.
Clooney has already won the Golden Globe for Best Actor and his nomination for an Academy Award was announced on January 24.
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One of the highlight features of the new Ring Builder is that the consumer, while shopping on the local retail jeweler's website, can virtually superimpose any one of 10 different shaped loose diamonds directly onto one of more than 400 prospective engagement ring styles from Unique Settings of New York. After the ring is virtually configured, the user can then select from tens of thousands of certified loose diamond being supplied from any number of diamond vendors within GemFind.net. New settings and diamond suppliers will be continually added. track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=4gtm49n6&et=1109171527898&s=0&e=001Cp8-o1pKkFkW_j8K221bzV4G52cwQVPSZlNmx3U1eoDz-5TE5j7rRHtk8t9EfnGM_cRnncj1Ic0U5m3kctAPHYzHipRG9W15NYbDTs6ZRf3OJ-m-4jDQtcIxSk54bObl6T_ua5q_ZgKE56Vnv3LtD22bmQpPwPHc" shape="rect" linktype="link" target="_blank">more...
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Bridal: Internet Diamonds Meet Brick-and-Mortar Mountings
By Jennifer Heebner &nb sp; January 2012 issue of JCK magazine & nbsp; &nbs p;
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The 2012 SAG Awards brought out the typical range of luscious jewelry, mostly on ears and wrists. Some celebrities chose diamond jewelry mixed with colorful gemstones, like the long pendant earrings Natalie Portman is wearing in this photo. Breeze through the gallery for a close look at the jewels other celebs wore to the event. Several accessorized with vintage pieces, many from Fred Leighton. linktype="1" target="_blank">>>>
By Suzanne Lucas
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Readers told me about their worst experiences with co-workers. I selected these 10 tales of colleagues no one should ever be forced to work with again. The Exhibitionist Gillimmott: One of my co-workers showed me her bare chest (after a full 5 days on the job!). linktype="1" target="_blank">>>>
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Here's what the psychologists think about praise: "Positive reinforcement works better than punishment." Here's what the management experts think: "Employee recognition leads to profit." Here's what the neurologists think: "Dopamine, which is released in the brain any time we hear something we like, is a powerful chemical." linktype="1" target="_blank">>>>
By stonechicky The Israeli Diamond Industry Blog ; January 30, 2012
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