Jewelers Circular Keystone articles from October 2008

Jewelers Circular Keystone archives from October 2008

Pearlicious!(pearl business)(Report)
October 1, 2008... By Gary Roskin, G.G., FGA, Senior Editor With so many varieties, shapes, and colors of pearl, there's a feast of possibilities for creating unique jewelry. Sink your teeth into these tasty morsels from the mighty mollusk. Large round...

Go Corporate.
October 1, 2008... By Glen A. Beres, Contributing Editor Retailers discuss their corporate jewelry business and offer tips on how to tap into this lucrative market. Corporate jewelry sales, when done correctly, can be a highly profitable, regular source...

Thriving in Troubled Times: Cause and Effectiveness.(Interview)
October 1, 2008... By William George Shuster, Senior Editor Being charitable has unexpected business benefits. Cause marketing enables jewelers to do well by doing good. That's the advice of David L. Rocha, executive director of Jewelers for Children,...

Watch Out! Part 2.
October 1, 2008... By Rick Bannerot Last month we explored the dichotomy between jewelry stores that sell some watches and watch stores that sell some jewelry and what it takes to close the gap. Watches should embody your jewelry store's style and...

Gem Pricing Report.
October 1, 2008... Staff Wholesale dealers report that buying is tight. The mood in the industry is very cautious. Recent failures of major investment firms and bailouts of others are signaling serious problems in capital markets. Eventually the bill will be...

Make the Holidays Come Early This Year!
October 1, 2008... By Brad Huisken Has anybody else noticed that the holiday selling season is getting shorter and shorter? It used to be that the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas was busy all the way through. Last year it seemed as though the...

A Well-Prepared Staff Will Maximize Holiday Returns.(process of recruiting, hiring, training)
October 1, 2008... By Suzanne DeVries Don't let the poor economic climate compel you to cut back on holiday staffing and training to save money. That would be a huge mistake. Think about past holidays when you were a retail customer wondering where the...

Reinhold Jewelers.
October 1, 2008... By Jean Bentley As one of the top jewelry retailers in Puerto Rico, Marie Helene Morrow, of Reinhold Jewelers, knows that her business is all about bringing jewelry to her clientele while maintaining close ties to the local community. For...

Australian Jeweler Enters U.S Market With 17 Stores.
October 1, 2008... By Rob Bates Australia's Michael Hill International plans to buy 17 stores in Illinois and Missouri from Whitehall Jewelers, now in liquidation. This marks the Brisbane, Australia, company's first entry into the U.S. market. The...

ICA Criticizes Burma Ban.
October 1, 2008... Staff The International Colored Gemstone Association criticized recently passed legislation that bars gemstones of Burmese origin-particularly jadeite and rubies-from entering the United States. The Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE Act of...

De Beers to Spend More Ad Money at Christmas.
October 1, 2008... By Rob Bates De Beers has committed to laying out some extra advertising money in the U.S. market this holiday, but not for standard generic promotions. Instead, the money will go to what spokeswoman Louise Prior calls 'a special...

Charles & Colvard Gets Delisting Notice.
October 1, 2008... By Anthony DeMarco Charles & Colvard, the manufacturer of moissanite, has received a notice of possible delisting from Nasdaq, as the bid price of the company's common stock has closed below the minimum $1 per share for 30 consecutive...

Audemars Piguet Names New CEO.
October 1, 2008... By William George Shuster Philippe C. Merk, 51, has been named the new chief executive officer of Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet Holding S.A., effective Jan. 1, 2009. Merk, CEO of Swiss watch brand Maurice Lacroix, developed...

Newswire.(Swatch Group Ltd. acquired Vica Sarl company)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Staff Luxury watch Blancpain , a Swatch Group brand, in June acquired Vica Sarl and with it the Vincent Calabrese luxury watch brand, which was owned by Swiss watchmaker Vincent Calabrese . He's the cofounder of Switzerland's Horological...

Richemont Takes Over Roger Dubuis.(Richemont Group acquired Roger Dubuis Inc.)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... By William George Shuster Richemont Group acquired 60 percent of Swiss watch and jewelry brand Roger Dubuis in early August, leading to the departure of its chief executive. Primary shareholder Carlos Dias-considered the driving force...

Trade Groups Petition FTC Over Platinum Name.
October 1, 2008... Staff Jewelry trade organizations filed a submission to the Federal Trade Commission arguing that the word platinum should not be used to describe an alloy that combines platinum with metals that aren't from the platinum group. The...

IJO Founder Dies.(Independent Jewelers Organization)(William F. Roberts Jr.)(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... By William George Shuster William F. Roberts Jr., the founder of the Independent Jewelers Organization, the world's largest jewelers' buying group, died Aug. 8 while vacationing in Highlands Falls, N.C. He was 83. A statement from IJO,...

Jaeger-LeCoultre, DiCaprio Unveil Time to Care.(Jaeger-LeCoultre endorsed Leonardo DiCaprio )(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Staff Swiss watch company Jaeger-LeCoultre has partnered with actor Leonardo DiCaprio in its Time to Care program to benefit the Leonardo DiCaprio Fund, which works to spur awareness and action on environmental issues. Two...

Faded Glory, Shifting Sands.
October 1, 2008... By Ben Janowski I recently had time to wander about the center of the diamond and jewelry business in New York, the 47th Street area. Not that I have not been there innumerable times over the years, but this time I stopped to chat with...

Suzy Landa.
October 1, 2008... By Jean Bentley A simple personal style is like a plain canvas, providing a spare backdrop for those who know that jewelry makes an outfit. So says Suzy Landa, a self-proclaimed 'jeans and T-shirt kind of girl' who adheres to that adage...

Unemployment Rises in August.
October 1, 2008... Staff The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate increased to 6.1 percent in August, up from 5.7 in July. Employment fell in manufacturing and employment services, while mining and health care continued to add jobs....

Durable Goods Lose Ground in August.
October 1, 2008... Staff The Commerce Department reported that new orders for manufactured durable goods (i.e., goods meant to last three years or more) fell 4.5 percent in August, to $208.5 billion, a decrease of $9.9 billion. Durable goods include heavy...

Foreclosures Rise in August.
October 1, 2008... Staff Foreclosure filings were reported on 303,879 U.S. properties in August, a 12 percent increase from the previous month and a 27 percent increase from August 2007, according to RealtyTrac, an online marketplace for foreclosure...

WJA Honors Industry Leaders at 25th Gala.
October 1, 2008... Staff The Women's Jewelry Association's 25th annual Awards for Excellence, held July 27 at Chelsea Piers in New York City, was a festive toast to the women who founded and nurtured the organization as well as to two exceptional industry...

MJSA Journal's Snyder Named Trade Press Editor of the Year.
October 1, 2008... Staff Tina Wojtkielo Snyder , MJSA Journal 's editor-in-chief, has been honored by the Jewelry Information Center as its 2008 Trade Press Editor of the Year. The presentation was held July 29 at JIC's annual trade press luncheon in New...

Appointments.
October 1, 2008... Staff JCK Events, which produces The JCK Show ~ Las Vegas , LUXURY by JCK , and other jewelry trade fairs, has announced two promotions. Yancy Weinrich has been named industry vice president for The JCK Show and LUXURY by JCK . Weinrich...

Allen Kessler Receives Westover Award.(Kessler Jewelers )(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Staff Allen Kessler , founder of Kessler Jewelers in Burbank, Calif., has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the Robert B. Westover Distinguished Service Award by the California Jewelers Association . CJA celebrated its 75th...

The IJO Show.
October 1, 2008... By Frank Dallahan In August, I attended the IJO show in Philadelphia. It was my first visit to the Independent Jewelers Organization buying show. The show seemed to me to be well attended and very active. It was not a massive show like The...

Don't Blame the iPod.
October 1, 2008... By Hedda T. Schupak Last month, this page asked 'Do We Need the Mall Jewelers?' Yes, we do-just not so many of them all selling the same thing. (Editor's note: The last line of copy was accidentally cut off; it should have read '- there...

Two Gold Eddies for JCK!
October 1, 2008... By Mark Smelzer I'm thrilled to announce that the JCK Publishing Group just won two 2008 Gold Eddie Awards. The Eddies are presented annually by Folio magazine, the leading publication for magazine professionals. They represent...