Article: Talento Joias: marketing creativity; Terezinha Rodrigues, founder of Talento Joias, is not only one of Brazil's premier retail jewelers. She is a highly creative designer and marketer as well.(Retail Practices)

As if running five exclusive retail boutiques, raising a family, designing new collections, and non-stop personal visits to each of her stores throughout Brazil, were not enough, Terezinha Rodrigues also personally oversees much of her company's marketing efforts. Like the brand's dozens of award-winning designs, it is an area that certainly shows no lack of creativity. After all, how many people would think of selling fine jewelry at a cattle auction? But then, as Terezinha readily admits, this is no ordinary heifer sale. It is strictly a black-tie affair where the price tag for any given prize-winning bull can easily top a million dollars or more.

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