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We are delighted to announce that True Romance has joined JewelCloud®. Retailers around the world can now access their varied selection of high quality diamond wedding bands and engagement rings in our social product network JewelCloud® and use assets on their websites as well as their Facebook pages. Read the full article here. |
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How to Use Social Media to Create Repeat Customers GemFind Blog Nov. 18 Everyone knows that repeat customers are the best customers you can ask for. They are extensively more valuable to your business because they get to know your brand, your message, your employees, your products or services, and they feel a sense of loyalty to you. |
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100 Things Every Jeweler Should Know EILEEN MCCLELLAND AND JOSH WIMMER instoremag Nov. 13 From firing a customer to hiring an IT expert, it’s our most comprehensive how-to guide ever. HOW TO GREET CUSTOMERS CORRECTLY - WHAT TO TALK ABOUT- WHAT OTHERS KNOW -HOW TO KEEP YOUR COOL - -HOW TO GRACEFULLY HANDLE A REJECTED CREDIT CARD |
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How to Choose the Best Keywords for your Online Jewelry Store GemFind Blog Nov. 22 When it comes to search marketing, keyword research for a jewelry retail website is a high value activity. The process provides much-needed insights about search volumes and competition around particular keywords. In turn, this allows you to plan and implement a more effective search engine optimization (SEO) strategy. |
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JewelCloud App is designed to help retail jewelers and vendors connect in a modern way Doing Business is a matter of connections...JOIN TODAY! |
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| Blood diamonds, synthetics, and ethical supply: the diamond industry fights its corner Jon Yeomans telegraph.co.uk Nov. 18
Diamonds continue to hold their lustre: after a tough year that saw prices and demand fall, the market is showing signs of life in 2016. But the sector, which straddles both mining and high-end retail, is still under pressure, with consumers growing increasingly interested in provenance, while synthetic diamonds are looking to grow their appeal. |
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JewelCloud Member profile Since 1975 James Breski has been a purveyor of the finest in colored gemstones and jewelry to many of the nation’s most notable jewelry retailers. James Breski provides almost 40 years of resourcing and buying expertise. >>>> Contact us to add products to your web site and Facebook page!
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How lab-made diamonds are stealing market share from natural ones |
The Conversation Nov. 21 |
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With the labour costs of cutting and polishing natural diamonds on the rise, there is a growing concern that synthetic versions are being passed off as the real deal to make savings. Synthetic variants are around 15-25% cheaper. |
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Easy to Install so your site can be ready just in time for The Holiday Season |
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Meet The Most Expensive Wrist Watch Ever MARTIN GREEN Haute Time Nov. 15 When auctioneer Aurel Bacs finally hammered off, a record was broken. With a little over $11.100.000,- this stainless steel Patek Philippe ref.1518 became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction. |
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9.14 Carat Pink Sells for $18.2 Million at Christie’s Logan Sachon JCK Nov. 21 “The pink diamond, now known as the Light of Memory, established the second-highest price for a pear-shape pink diamond sold at auction and also demonstrated the continued demand for exceptional stones,” said Rahul Kadakia |
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Salvatore Ferragamo Shows Its Heart With New Watch Jewelry News Netwok Nov. 21 The distinguishing feature of the Cuore Ferragamo timepiece is a heart on the dial above 6 o’clock. The heart beats by opening and closing once per second, powered by a Swiss quartz movement. The user controls the patented function by pressing the crown. |
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| With JewelCloud® You can leverage off Vendor-Managed Inventory |
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Chow Tai Fook Is Coming to America |
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Chow Tai Fook, the jewelry powerhouse that owns Hearts On Fire as well as thousands of stores in Asia, is making its first foray into the U.S. market by opening a branded shop at a Macy’s in Flushing, Queens. |
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Analyst Warns of Rough Price Pressure |
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New diamond mines may force rough prices down next year because of increased supply, according to Panmure Gordon.
Coupled with rough producers’ revised output plans across the industry and other mine expansions, global production in 2017 may jump 2.5 percent to 130 million carats, analyst Kieron Hodgson predicted. |
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Qatari sisters in a Bentley teargassed and robbed in $5 million Paris jewelry heist |
| James McAuley Washington Post Nov. 22 |
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| The latest targets were two Qatari sisters in their sixties headed into Paris on Monday from Le Bourget airport, where private planes often land. Masked men stopped the Bentley carrying the women, sprayed them with tear gas and made off with no less than $5.6 million in jewelry and other valuables. |
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