Chinese Freshwater Pearl Innovations
For years, China has been known for their small, costume-jewelry style freshwater pearls. And now they're making waves in the jewelry industry with larg... Read More...
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Watches are a Long Way From Being Extinct
What makes us so sure, when people are continually predicting the demise of the time-keeping device thanks to smartphones and other technology? Industry... Read More...
A Gem of a History Lesson
Once Upon a Time, some 3 billion years ago...
It could be the beginning of a the next science-fiction/fairy tale/thriller best-selling novel ... Read More...
Who Says Watches are Going Out of Fashion?
Not Tag Heuer, that's for sure. We've all heard it said that watches are going out of fashion. Thanks to consumer's reliance on cell phones, iPods, tablets, ... Read More...
Record Setting Gold Prices Continue to Rise
As jewelers learned in the last few years, with recent economic instability and the continued uncertainty over the debt ceiling in Washington D.C., gold prices ... Read More...
Using Facebook to Improve Business
Who would have guessed ten years ago that social media would have gained the influence it has in the various worlds of networking, business, advertising, news, ... Read More...
Handling Gold and Silver Shop Scrap
Handling Shop Scrap
With such high gold prices even flakes of gold floating in the air has value! Everything is precious and valuable today. ... Read More...
Small Jewelers’ Outlook Lackluster: Amid Struggle, Some Small Shops Find Ways to Shine – WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal
Some independent retail jewelers are finding new ways to do business in a different environment. According to a census by the Jew... Read More...
Gold at $2,750 an ounce? Here’s how it could happen — DailyFinance
The Associated Press
Could Gold go to over $2500 per ounce? Gold set a new record Tuesday, hitting an day high of $1,109 an ounce in trading after su... Read More...
How Much Should a Jeweler Spend on Advertising?
Idex Magazine
Levels of advertising compared to sales are shown in this recent survey from Idex. How much should you spend on advertising? It... Read More...
Barrick shuts hedge book as world gold supply runs out – Telegraph
Telegraph
Have you ever wondered how much gold there is in the world? There might not be as much as you think. Barrick shuts hedge book ... Read More...
IDEX Introduces Diamond Suggested Retail Price
Idex Magazine
IDEX Online Introduces Suggest Retail Price (SRP) at Ramat Gan Exchange
IDEX Online analyst Ken Gassman and IDEX Online Chairman Udi Coh... Read More...
Custom jewelry may be the hottest ‘brand’ of all
National Jeweler News
According to the results of National Jeweler's Holiday/Q4 Inventory and Marketing survey, retail jewelers are gravitating towar... Read More...
Santa is Coming For Retail Jewelers
Idex Magazine
Will this years holiday sales fizzle like 2008? Independent specialty jewelers’ sales during the all-important 2009 holiday sel... Read More...
Making Jewelry With Watch Parts
If you haven't heard yet, don't throw away those old watches because they could be made into a recent trend in jewelry design:
Making jewelry... Read More...