Recently added articles from Jewelers Circular Keystone:

Village Jewelers.

May 01, 2008 ... By Glen A. Beres While most jewelers look to increase business through expansion, Dean Thomas has found that bigger isn't always better. Thomas, owner of Village Jewelers in Du Quoin, Ill., recently sold his building and moved to a smaller stand-alone location down the block to ...

Manufacturing and Retail Myopia.

May 01, 2008 ... By Frank Dallahan The jewelry industry needs to come together to do something about competing more effectively with other luxury products. Industry idea man Ed Coyne developed a concept last year that would focus some of the industry's promotional efforts on creating a National ...

Did Canadian Company Find Purple Micro-Stones?

May 01, 2008 ... By Rob Bates Mining company Metalex Ventures Ltd. recently claimed it had unearthed purple micro-diamonds from the property it's prospecting in Quebec. The company said it has uncovered 649 diamonds, including nine rare purple stones, from the property. The announcement brought ...

DTC Opens Up Botswana Sorting Facility.

May 01, 2008 ... By Rob Bates The Diamond Trading Company Botswana officially opened its sorting facility in the country's capital, Gaborone. DTCB will sort and value all rough diamonds produced by Debswana--about 34 million carats annually--not just the goods that are to be supplied ...

Julius Klein Opens Namibia Factory.

May 01, 2008 ... By Rob Bates Julius Klein Diamonds recently announced the opening of JKD Namibia, the company's second factory in southern Africa, joining ...

An Inconvenient Tooth.

May 01, 2008 ... By Jennifer Heebner When JCK senior editor Jennifer Heebner accidentally busted a tooth out of a dog's mouth, Revere Academy's Christine Dhein came to the rescue--not with veterinary advice but with a fangtastic jewelry design. Know me, and you know that I adore ...

Managing Electronic Discovery.

May 01, 2008 ... By Peter Berger New rules from the federal courts mean companies and individuals must be prepared to turn over electronic information during the discovery phase of litigation. In the past, when discovery materials were produced during litigation, data were generally ...

Reframing.

May 01, 2008 ... By Hedda T. Schupak Change--and the urgent need for it in this industry--has been a central theme of many an editorial (especially on this page), and it's been the topic of many private conversations and a number of recent industry conferences. In her keynote address ...

Get to Know ...Donna Distefano Thomas.

May 01, 2008 ... By Bacilio Mendez II The area around the High Line--a 1.45-mile-long historic elevated rail structure that runs through 20 blocks of West Chelsea in New York--was home to many jewelers when an organization called Friends of the High Line began its initiative to convert the ...

At Tina Tang, Every Purchase Plants a Tree.

May 01, 2008 ... By Bacilio Mendez II While Tina Tang was preparing to design her next collection, she found herself thinking "less about sapphires and more about cedars." The equities trader--turned--jewelry designer opted to forgo the flash of diamonds for a piece that benefits The American ...

U.S. Watch Industry Recruits Veterans.

May 01, 2008 ... By William George Shuster, Senior Editor Hire a veteran. Save a profession. That's the premise of the new War Veterans Watchmaker Initiative of the American Watch Guild, a group of a fine-watch retailers and suppliers. The aim is to persuade veterans of ...

Gem Pricing Report.

May 01, 2008 ... Staff Despite the negative economic outlook, the gem market has several bright spots. Our analysis of the emerald industry shows continued strengthening. Oscar Baquero, president of the Association of Emerald Exporters, Bogotá, Colombia, says Colombian emerald exports ...

Andesine Aggravation.

May 01, 2008 ... By Gary Roskin, G.G., FGA The recent saga of the gemstone andesine illustrates the complexities of gemstone enhancement and disclosure. Andesine is a reddish-orange feldspar that's been in the market five years. It's sometimes called sunstone because its chemical ...

AGTA/JVC's Essential Guide for Irradiated Gems.

May 01, 2008 ... By Gary Roskin, G.G., FGA The Nuclear Regulatory Commission believes irradiated gemstones now on the market are safe, and it has not requested that jewelers stop selling them. That was the message delivered by Joe DeCicco, senior health physicist with the NRC's ...

Record Gold.

May 01, 2008 ... By William George Shuster, Senior Editor Despite record-high gold prices and gloomy economic forecasts, jewelers and suppliers are learning to cope. We're in a new, more expensive era for businesses and consumers. Commodities like oil, flour, platinum, and ...

In-Store Marketing and Promotion.

May 01, 2008 ... By Wayne Levy In-store promotions combined with focused marketing let you target a specific audience and are more cost effective than traditional advertising. Generating excitement and creating buzz about your store in general and gold specifically will go a long way to ...

Christie's Rides the Wave.

May 01, 2008 ... By Cathleen McCarthy High-end jewelry auctions have become international events, but American collectors are still the mainstay of the most important sales. Sitting behind his desk at Christie's Rockefeller Center, Rahul Kadakia looks too young to be running the most ...

Step It Up or You May Have to Step Aside!

May 01, 2008 ... By Brad Huisken Last June, right after The JCK Show ~ Las Vegas, I had the pleasure of spending three weeks in a jewelry store. Running the sales floor took me back to my time as a sales manager working every day on a retail sales floor. Not much has changed. Customers still ...

LUXURY & PREMIERE Offer Amenities at the Palazzo.

May 01, 2008 ... Staff LUXURY & PREMIERE will host more than 275 high-end jewelry retailers at the new Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas this month. The Palazzo Las Vegas, an all-suites resort, is home to more than a dozen restaurants from award-winning chefs and more than 60 luxury ...

Russell Simmons to Keynote JCK ~ Las Vegas.

May 01, 2008 ... Staff The JCK Show ~ Las Vegas 2008 will kick off with a keynote presentation on May 30 featuring hip-hop mogul and philanthropist Russell Simmons, with a Q&A session moderated by Martin Rapaport. USA Today recently named Simmons one of the "top 25 most influential people of ...