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With less than 20 weeks until Christmas, now is the time to take advantage of the last of the slower summer months and prepare your website for a successful holiday season. Designed exclusively for the jewelry industry, GemFind's applications and tools keep your website fresh, engage customers and lead to an increase in overall sales.
Contact GemFind at 1-800-373-4373 to learn more about digital marketing, jewelry websites and interactive tools to reach and engage your customers for a successful 2014 holiday season.
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Why jewelry sales are like the weather Michelle Graff National Jeweler August 12
Retail today is comparable to the weather: the forecast depends largely on where the store is located and, just like weathermen and their wildly varying predictions, whom one asks for the outlook. >>>
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Why Retailers Should Care About What's Happening Upstream
EDAHN GOLAN
IDEX Aug. 07
This column often discusses issues that are very "upstream." Upstream is the term describing the initial part of the jewelry pipeline - mining, manufacturing and their related issues.
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How LUXURY Privé Catered to the Jewelry Cognoscenti
Victoria Gomelsky JCK August 11 
In early July, I received an email inviting me to a bloggers-only preview scheduled for July 29 at the LUXURY Privé show at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel. For a moment, I wondered if I was even qualified to attend.
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Arrests for jewelry crimes hit record level
Michelle Graff National Jeweler
August 11
Crimes against jewelers dropped in the first half of the year while the number of criminals being apprehended nearly doubled, Jewelers' Security Alliance statistics for Jan. 1 to June 30 show.
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Agatha Christie's Lost Jewels to Be Auctioned at Bonhams
Logan Sachon
JCK August 11
The pieces, hidden in a locked strongbox in a traveling trunk, were purchased by a fan for £100 in 2006 at an estate sale at Greenway, Christie's home in Devon, England. The fan who purchased the trunk did not open the strongbox for four years; when she did, she found the jewels and gold coins.>>>
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Spotlight on Shree Raj Mahal Jewellers at India Couture Week 2014
Shree Raj Mahal Jewellers at India Couture Week 2014 - Traditional Red Bridal Gown and stunning Jewels!. photo via Vogue India
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In an Age of Bad Customer Service, Good Jewelers Have an Edge
Everyone who works in a customer-facing business should listen to the viral audio of a tech writer who calls Comcast and tries-in vain-to cancel his Internet service. During the eight-minute call, we hear the hapless retention rep on the other end refuse to cancel and repeatedly talk up Comcast ("Why do you not want the best Internet?" he keeps asking)
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Jewelry: Beacon & Lively Smart Bracelet
Raymond Lee Jewelers August 11
A few months ago, the technically functional, yet undeniably chic Ringly finally broke down the barriers between smart jewelry and aesthetically pleasing jewelry.
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All About Peridot, the Beautiful August Birthstone
Celeste Perron Brilliant Earth Aug. 5
According to government stats, the month of August had the highest birth rate for ten years between 1990 and 2006. It was barely beat out by July for the other six years! >>>
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The reasons behind the big diamond finds
Michelle Graff National Jeweler August 07
I feel as though I've written a fair number of "large rough unearthed" stories in recent months, so many, in fact, that I began to wonder: Has this been an unusually active year for finding rough diamonds that are 100 carats or larger?. >>>
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Beware of a New Kind of Business Identity Theft
Joe Ross
Entrepreneur August 11
For many business owners, avoiding identity theft means taking steps to prevent the loss of data that could lead to financial fraud. But there is another type of business identity theft emerging: >>>
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Matching Jewelry to People
Rena Klingenberg 
Have you ever noticed that a particular style of jewelry may look fabulous on one person - but not on someone else? Here's a style concept that may explain this phenomenon:
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What Goes Up Must Come Down - Even Diamonds
stonechicky The Israeli Diamond Industry Blog August 11
In 99% of cases, those hoping to acquire a diamond without walking into store and paying for it need to keep their eyes trained on the ground while they walk through fields of kimberlite. >>>
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Could You Be Hit With a $10 Million Email Marketing Fine?
Christopher Litster OPEN Forum August 08
The Canadian government is handing out million-dollar fines to marketers who spam their customers. Seems like a good time for a refresher on the 5 principles of email marketing.
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