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                            Montana's Goldsmith Gallery Jewelers joins GemFind's expanding family with their fresh, new website, just in time for a busy holiday season, Goldsmith Gallery Jewelers upgraded their bold online presence with a semi-custom theme-based website built on the Magento platform and social product network Jewel Cloud. Learn more about this recent launch   Interested in building a website or implementing new tools for jewelers?    Contact GemFind at 1-800-373-4373 to learn how we can help you.    
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
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                           World Federation of Diamond Bourses discusses future mission within the world diamond trade  
                           
                          
                           
                       
                        
                         Ruth Faulkner                                      Retail Jeweller  
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                   The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has concluded a three day programme of meetings that included an extensive strategy session to decide on the future mission of the WFDB within the global diamond trade.  
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                           GIA suspends sealing service indefinitely 
                           
                          
                           
                       
                        
                         
                          Michelle Graff                                 National Jeweler                           November 03   
                          
                         
                                   
                          
                         
                        
                        
                      
                     
                    
                      
                     
                    
                      
                     
                    
                     The Gemological Institute of America has suspended its diamond sealing services until further notice after receiving a sealed diamond for verification that did not match the grading report number packaged with it.  
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                                    Breguet Wins Top Honors at Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève  
                                     
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                            
                          
                         
                        
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               Logan Sachon                                             JCK                                      November 03    
                                
                             
                                  
                            
                            
                         
                        
                       
                        
                         
                            
                            
                            
                         Breguet's Classic Chronométrie watch won top honors-the Aiguille d'Or-at the 2014 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève in Geneva on Oct. 31. The awards, in their 14th year, celebrate excellence and innovation in watchmaking with 16 prizes awarded by a jury of watch-industry professionals. >>>     
                          
                              
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
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                            The latest diamond industry row 
                             
                              
                         
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              Michelle Graff                                  National Jeweler                              October 31                     
                              
                              
                            
                         
                        
                       
                      
                      
                     
                   I am not proud to admit it now, but I was the kind of little girl who wanted to quit games in the middle if it looked like I wasn't going to win, a trait for which my mom, like any good mother should, always admonished me. >>>   
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                                         #AGTA Announces Winners of 2015 AGTA Spectrum Awards™  
                                         
                                        
                                       
                                      
                                     
                                    
                                   
                                  
                                 
                                
                               
                              
                             
                            
                            
                          
                         
                        
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              
                               
                                
                                 
                                 ROBYN HAWK                                        The Daily Jewel                                        November 02     
                                  
                                 
                                
                                
                             
                              
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                             The American Gem Trade Association announced the winners of the prestigious AGTA Spectrum Awards™ today. The design competition, in its 31st year, was held in New York, October 25th and 26th.  >>>  
                              
                             
                            
                           
                          
                         
                        
                       
                      
                     
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                         Hammer Time: What to Look For in the November Auctions 
                         
                         
                       
                      
                       
                       
                         Victoria Gomelsky                                              JCK                                     November 03         
                                                                                                       
                       
                      
                      
                     
                   The year's blockbuster jewelry and watch auctions are upon us. I never get excited for these things, but the season is filled with an unusual amount of high-profile sales, especially when it comes to watches. >>>   
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                            'Graff Ruby' Leads Esteemed Jewelry Collection For Sale at Sotheby's 
                            
                           
                          
                           
                       
                        
                         
                          
                            
                             
                             Anthony Demarco                                          Jewelry News Network                                   November 03             
                               
                           
                           
                        
                       
                         
                           
   The 8.62-carat "Graff Ruby," is the lead item in a collection of 16 jewels belonging to Dimitri Mavrommatis that is part of Sotheby's Geneva November 12 Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels sale. >>>     
                      
                     
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                            5 looks to stock before the holiday season 
                             
                              
                         
                        
                         
                          
                           
                            
                             
                              Michelle Graff                                  National Jeweler                              October 29                     
                              
                              
                            
                         
                        
                       
                      
                      
                     
                   The JA New York Special Delivery show, designed as a pre-holiday cash-and-carry for retailers, closed Tuesday at the Javits center after three days of buying and selling. The trends seen on the show floor include: >>>   
                      
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                           Starbucks Bans Employees' Engagement Rings?  
                           
                          
                           
                      
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                           
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                      As wildly inappropriate as it may sound, the truth is that Starbucks states that engagement rings, along with other jewelry with stones on them, are no more welcome at their coffee shops. And you thought you'd heard it all!  
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                         Smart Earrings, Unloseable Sunglasses and Safety Jewelry - 3 Wearables To Know Now 
                           
                      
                     
                      
                       
                       Rachel Arthur                                              Forbes 
                                                           November 03                        
                         
                      
                     
                     
                   There are two pretty simple rules for wearable tech to be successful in my mind, 1) does it look good, and 2) does it do something the intended user actually cares about. >>>    
                    
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                          7 shopping days jewelry stores must know about this holiday  
                           
                          
                           
                       
                        
                         
                         BRAD SIMON  
                                                                    Southern Jewelry News                           November 02 
                          
                         
                          
                          
                        
                      
                     
                    
                    
                   
                    
                     While other holidays like Valentine's and Mother's Day are great for giving gifts of jewelry to loved ones, there is no better holiday to promote your jewelry, watches and other gift items than Christmas.  
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                             Generating Leads With Mobile Marketing 
                             
                            
                            
                          
                         
                        
                       
                        
                        Lilian Sue                                           Business2Community                                 October 31 
                         
                         
                        
                        
                       
                      
                     
                    
                       
                     
                      
                       
                        
                        
                          What is mobile marketing, exactly? Mobile marketing is as simple as optimizing your marketing strategies for people using a mobile device-it doesn't actually have anything to do with the device itself. 
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                       Motivate Customers to Buy Based on Their Brain Type 
                         
                      
                     
                      
                       
                        
                        
                          Michael Cooper                                  Entrepreneur                               November 03           
                          
                          
                       
                      
                        
                       
                       
                         Marketing your goods and services to specific 
                         brain types provides a unique and powerful technique for communicating directly to what motivates people. If they aren't motivated to buy, odds are you won't sell much. 
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                        The 50 Greatest Entrepreneurial Quotes of All Time  
                        
                       
                        
                        
                          Mike Michalowicz                                                OPEN Forum                               October 30                                            
                           
                        
                       
                      
                      
                     
                    
                     
                      
                       
                       Whenever you need a dose of inspiration, look to these 50 entrepreneurs and take a lesson from their words of wisdom.  
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