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ShopNBC lowering its jewelry ambitions
s.CEO John Buck voluntarily stepped down and was replaced by Stewart, but will remain chairman of the board.In addition, ShopNBC appointed Randy Ronning, a retail and television shopping veteran with more than 30 years of experience, to its board of directors and signed a consulting agreement with strategic advisor Darlene Daggett, who has 30 years of experience in the multi-channel market space. ... |
Diamond jewelry: Consumer dynamics, survival tactics
During a seminar titled "Survive 2009/Thrive 2010," held recently at the JA New York Winter Show in New York City, Diamond Promotion Service Senior Strategist Emmy Kondo shared with audience members the state of the U.S. diamond Jewelry market, an assessment of the 2008 holiday season and strategies for navigating the challenging retail year ahead.For a PDF version of her presentation, click here.... |
AWDC names finalists in diamond jewelry contest
winnen Nathalie (Belgium), Thubtimthong Thitiwan (Thailand), Tian Xiao Jing (China), Verheyen Lore (Belgium), Viana Ferreira Santos Marta (Portugal), Warenichova Tatiana (Belgium), Wilsenach Cari-Mari (South Africa), Wijn Valerie (Belgium), Xu Ting (China), Xu Qian Qian (Belgium), Yoo Geurina (South-Korea), Zhang Hui (China), Zhao Hi (China), Zhen Zhi Yeng (China) and Zsendovics Gergely (Hungary).... |
Report: Consumers uneducated on jewelry hot topics
...med, according to a real-time Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council (JCOC) study conducted last month during the 4th International Gemological Symposium.The research, released Thursday, was conducted in response to trade requests and allowed analysis of consumer opinion as industry leaders met from Aug. 26-29 in San Diego. JCOC said 7,223 United States and Canadian panelists participated in the survey.... |
Warning issued in Denver for traveling jewelry salespeople
...her the Merchandise Mart, the Jewelry Exchange Building or Cherry Creek Jewelry stores prior to the robberies.* The robbers appeared on video following the victims for up to three days prior to the robberies.* The robbers drove numerous rental-style vehicles, including Dodge Grand Caravans, Chevrolet Impalas or Chevrolet Trailblazers while following the victims.* The robbers, men ages 20-40, numbe... |
Supermodel Petra Nemcova the new face of Fortunoff Holiday jewelry collection
...gn and their Fall and Holiday Jewelry catalogs. The latest images of Petra's campaign have recently been unveiled in the windows of Fortunoff's flagship Fifth Avenue location. With this new campaign Fortunoff's desires to appeal to a more youthful and fashionable consumer. In addition to serving as the face of Fortunoff, Petra will take on the role as designer for the very first time. She collabor... |
World Jewelry Center gets its first close-up
... companies onboard, the World Jewelry Center (WJC) held a ceremony here Wednesday to officially introduce the ambitious, several hundred million dollar project.Former Gemological Institute of America President Bill Boyajian was joined by developer Robert Zarnegin and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman as they kicked off the project, which will be built on about 5.4 acres in Union Park, a downtown ur... |
Study: 17% see '09 as good time to buy jewelry
...onomic tracking data from the Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council (JCOC) shows.The data, which gathered the opinions of consumers during the month of November, shows that a whopping 85 percent of consumers think overall business conditions are worse now than they were a year ago. About 14 percent of those surveyed said conditions are the same, while only 1 percent said they are better.Looking ahead t... |
Study: Consumers still prefer brick-and-mortar jewelry stores
...rding to a new study from the Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council (JCOC), 91 percent of JCOC members make purchases online, yet only 34 percent have purchased Jewelry online.Of those who have never made an online purchase, 60 percent say they would consider buying something in cyberspace. The top three reasons for not making a purchase on the Web were: preferring to see an item in person; fear of ide... |
Maui Divers Jewelry honored as 'Best in Business'
Honolulu—Maui Divers Jewelry, Hawaii's largest Jewelry retailer and manufacturer, has been named "Best in Business" in Pacific Business News' Business Leadership Hawaii Awards for 2006.The company was founded in 1958 as a dive shop and built its name in the Jewelry industry by designing, manufacturing and selling Hawaiian black-coral Jewelry, becoming known as Maui Divers Jewelry in 1959. Today th... |
Surat, new jewelry hub in the making!
...e and Exhibition on Gem & Jewelry Industry, in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry titled 'Sparkle' from December 26 -28, at Surat.Narendra Modi, State Chief Minister, while inaugurating the three day event said that Gujarat is now all set to emerge as the hub for jewelries and apparel. "We are already talking to Italian players who can provide us with sta... |
Snow stalls jewelry sales, but men still buying
...t," Molteni said.South CentralJewelry sales were down only slightly over the weekend at Barnes Jewelry in Amarillo, Texas, prompting owner Jeff Fox to term sales "decent."He said overall, while foot traffic is down, those who are coming in are buying; there are very few browsers.And, at this point in the game, most of his customers are of the male persuasion, the gender infamous for pushing Christ... |
Jewelry designer Caroline Ballou closes up shop
...ek.Attleborough Falls, Mass.--Jewelry designer and manufacturer Caroline Ballou LLC is the latest member of the Jewelry industry to fall victim to the economic crisis.In an e-mail distributed on Friday, the Attleborough Falls, Mass.-based company announced that it was going out of business and will be conducting a closing sale this week.The sale is open to everyone through the close of business on... |
Simmons Jewelry Co. decks SpongeBob in diamonds
...y Nickelodeon and the Simmons Jewelry Co.New York--Nickelodeon's most rapt audience for its SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon might be the school-age set, but the show also counts die-hard fans well past elementary school, and the Simmons Jewelry Co. is betting on that with a new Jewelry line.In honor of SpongeBob SquarePants' 10th anniversary, the Simmons Jewelry Co., together with Nickelodeon and Vi... |
Jewelry maker wins $2.3 million in trade dress suit
...Wong Designs (formerly Cosmos Jewelry Co.), makers of the federally registered Tropical Memories Plumeria flower Jewelry, inspired by Hawaii's plumeria flower blossoms, won $2.3 million in damages, attorney's fees and a permanent injunction from Los Angeles-based Po Sun Hon Co and owner designer Alan Hon, according to court papers filed in the U.S. District Court of Central District of California ... |
WFDB mark unveiled in Asia
... goes through Sat., Sept. 23. The booth, provided by show organizer CMP Asia, will be located in Hall 5 of AsiaWorld Expo, the new exhibition center located next to Hong Kong International Airport."This is the very first time that the WFDB has an opportunity to present its WFDB Mark program to the wider Jewelry trade," said WFDB president Ernest Blom, in a media release. "The location of the booth... |
Shape up and party - Shapewear
...to your functional undies. Pants with lace detail and intricate corsets will rival lingerie, and tops like the red one below from Falke and the waist clincher from Simply Yours are cute enough to be outerwear. Great for defining your waist ... purple lace all-in-one, £40, Ballet (balletlingerie.co.uk) Great for bingo wings and tum ... red silhouette shirt, £60, Falke (falke.com); pants, £5, La S... |
MJSA urges members to push for fair trade
...put an end to what the association says is an "unfair trade advantage" given to India and other countries. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has asked for public comments about whether to limit, suspend, or withdraw the eligibility of India and 12 other countries that currently can import goods duty-free under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. It is also reviewi... |
These celebrities looked great in 2008
ning celebrity looks throughout the year to recreate on a budget. Today, in an end-of-year special, the Sun Fashion team pick their personal favourite celebrity style moment of 2008 and show how to recreate it – just click on the images, right. Fashionista ... Sarah Jessica-Parker Cat cool ... Cheryl Cole Sleek and stylish ... Sienna Miller Thigh high ... Gwyneth Paltrow Lady in red ... Tess Daly... |
Recent online spending strong, but down for season
...) to Dec. 19, increased 1 percent to $12.85 billion.Reston, Va.--The most recent week of the holiday season saw several strong online spending days, but for the season in total, online sales are down 1 percent compared with last year, according to the latest research from ComScore.For the first 49 days of the 2008 November-December holiday season (Nov. 1-Dec. 19), online spending decreased 1 perce... |
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