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Jewelers Circular Keystone
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May 1, 2008
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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 say, "I'm just looking," "I'll be back," and "This is the first place I've shopped." Salespeople still say, "Will that be all?" or "Here's my card, come back when you're ready."
During the three-week period, we did about $35,000 in sales the first week, over $70,000 the second week, and over $120,000 the third week. I don't say this to brag. I say it to emphasize that there is no better place for ...
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Sales Floor Staffs Hold Sway Over Brand Selection (TWICE)
Executive Quote and Information Service : EQUIS;
November 8, 2004 ;
629 words
......CIDA). This study reflects the views of sales floor management toward the brands and companies...does, but rather because of what the sales floor is doing or not doing. There simply...national media to overcome what the sales floor thinks and how it influences consumers...
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Makeover: Texas dealer shines with sales floor remerchandising. (Huffman...
Implement & Tractor;
February 1, 1991 ;
Pigg, Cal;
764 words
...Makeover Texas Dealer Shines With Sales Floor Remerchandising ROTARY SHREDDER blades...prettiest things to grace a tractor dealer's sales floor. So those items have a new, less prominent...most buying appeal. We reworked our sales floor last March and we're still getting favorable...
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Sending the message: by blending technology and tradition, retailers get...
HRMagazine;
November 1, 2003 ;
Babcock, Pamela;
787 words
......Instead, they are likely to be out on the sales floor ringing up the newest DVD release at...N.J. Of course, some workers on the sales floor do have access to computer terminals...challenges in reaching employees on the sales floor emerges at around this time every year...
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Federal agents seeking terror links raid jewelry stores; About 75: An...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);
July 9, 2002 ;
ASSOCIATED PRESS;
403 words
......are conducting raids nationwide on jewelry stores owned mostly by Pakistanis, hoping...Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New York. About 75 jewelry stores have been raided, said a law enforcement...between June 28 and July 2. Agents swept jewelry stores in Pennsylvania, Florida, California...
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OPENING OF NEW JEWELRY STORES IN DIAMOND STREET OF AMMAN
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);
November 27, 2002 ;
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......noted the street is famous in Jordan and it is replete with jewelry stores and stores specializing in precious stones. The paper added that during September 2002 two new jewelry stores opened there: the Time Center Watch and Jewelry Store and...
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FBI and immmigration service raid dozens of jewelry stores in search for...
AP Worldstream;
July 8, 2002 ;
CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, Associated Press Writer;
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......WASHINGTON U.S. government investigators are conducting raids on jewelry stores owned mostly by Pakistanis, hoping to break up fronts for...Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New York. About 75 jewelry stores have been raided, said a law enforcement official, speaking...
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FBI and immigration service raid dozens of jewelry stores in search for...
AP Worldstream;
July 8, 2002 ;
CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, Associated Press Writer;
333 words
......WASHINGTON U.S. government investigators are conducting raids on jewelry stores owned mostly by Pakistanis, hoping to break up fronts for...Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New York. About 75 jewelry stores have been raided, said a law enforcement official, speaking...
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FBI and INS raid dozens of jewelry stores in search for terrorist...
AP Worldstream;
July 8, 2002 ;
CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, Associated Press Writer;
648 words
......are conducting raids nationwide on jewelry stores owned mostly by Pakistanis, hoping...Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New York. About 75 jewelry stores have been raided, said a law enforcement...between June 28 and July 2. Agents swept jewelry stores in Pennsylvania, Florida, California...
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Market-Share Gains, Sales-Floor Growth Seen Underpinning Wal-Mart Mexico...
Internet Securities;
July 9, 2001 ;
185 words
......on winning market share. Added to aggressive expansion in sales floor, this is going to produce an attractive increase in earnings...Wal-Mart Mexico plans to open 62 stores, expanding total sales floor by 14 percent, during the next 12 months, according to the...
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JEWELRY STORES FACING FINES OVER COUNTERFEITING CHARGES
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);
August 11, 2005 ;
45 words
...According to "Prague Post", three Prague jewelry stores could pay fines of up to 1 million Kc each for passing off fake pearls as the real thing, according to the Czech retail inspection...
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FRED MEYER TO ACQUIRE 23 MALL JEWELRY STORES
PR Newswire;
January 24, 1996 ;
346 words
......business by purchasing 23 regional mall jewelry stores in California and Washington. Once...jewelers in the nation. The 23 mall jewelry stores being acquired are all located in malls...several names. Included are three Kay jewelry stores in Washington and eight Kay, five ...
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Jewelry Stores Raided in Al Qaeda-Related Probe
The Washington Post;
July 9, 2002 ;
Dan Eggen;
770 words
......Naturalization Service have raided 75 jewelry stores and kiosks in U.S. shopping malls as...seems to be through gold companies and jewelry stores, and that is what we are trying to...Joint Terrorism Task Forces, visited jewelry stores and kiosks linked to Rajan's company...
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Comerci To Grow Sales Floor 7 Percent; Tax Reform To Impact Sales.
Internet Securities;
May 30, 2001 ;
168 words
......remodel 13 of existing stores. The company's capital investment budget for the current year is 140 million dollars. Its total sales floor will grow by 7 percent during the course of the year. With 45 percent of all sales at Comerci currently exempt from Mexico...
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THE BEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BLING; EYE-CATCHING DESIGNS ARE CREATING SPARKS...
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;
June 21, 2004 ;
Meyer, Nancy;
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......designs that sparkle like trendy jewelry -- bling bling to those in the know -- make bold statements and create sparks on a sales floor. The market is full of dazzling, flashy, showy pieces that promise to make the registers ring. Call it bling bling...ka-ching...
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