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Regional report on Mother's Day: How were sales?
Sterling silver jewelry, such as this "Precious Heart" necklace by Montblanc, sold well this Mother's Day for several retail jewelers across the country.How were jewelry sales this Mother's Day and what items were consumers buying? National Jeweler asked retailers around the country to weigh in for our regional Report.NORTHEAST--"Earrings were our best item if anything was, but it was like pullin... |
Jewelers receive small-business awards
...ell as it contribution to the jewelry industry and to small businesses as a whole.An El Paso native, Eisen opened her first jewelry store in 1980, and now has her shop on North Mesa Road, where she also does custom jewelry designing, repairs and appraising of jewelry and fine art.She is a certified member of the International Society of Appraisers and a senior member and master gemologist appraise... |
Special Report: The State of the Majors 2009
...ne a major realignment of its regional divisions to further build its national Macy's brand. This year, the company consolidated, folding its Macy's North division into Macy's East, Macy's Midwest into Macy's South, and Macy's Northwest into Macy's West.--Due to the Macy's divisional restructuring, Finlay Fine jewelry is losing 94 Macy's doors (57 as a result of the Macy's North-Macy's East realig... |
Favorable return for NY Antique Jewelry, Watch Show
...epresentatives from national, regional and trade publications within the New York metro area attended the show. There was also a live interview with anchor Chuck Scarborough from New York Nightly News.The 2010 New York Antique jewelry and Watch Show is scheduled for July 23-26, 2010, at The Metropolitan Pavilion.The Washington DC Antiques, Art and jewelry Show will be held from Oct. 15-18, 2009, a... |
Most associations accepting new JA agreement
...e than 30 of the 39 state and regional Jewelers of America (JA)-affiliated associations have agreed to move forward with JA's new partnership agreement, and others have announced they are in process of doing so, JA announced this week.According to a release from JA, the New York-based organization is making "significant progress" toward its goal of successful, future partnerships with state and re... |
U.S. sales looking up for Sterling
...tores, as well as a number of regional brands.Signet Chief Executive Terry Burman said it was an "encouraging performance" compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, when U.S. same-store sales fell 16.1 percent."Valentine's Day trading was stronger than the remainder of the period, with differentiated merchandise performing particularly well. While Kay achieved an increase in same-store sale... |
Emmy Award actresses mad about drop earrings
...er-the-top, much-buzzed-about jewelry wardrobing seemed to have little influence on the styling choices of modern-day television actresses.While characters on the 1960s drama flit about in matched earrings and necklace sets, a vast majority of the nominated or presenting attendees at last night's awards show followed a more subtle style dictum: wear diamond drop earrings and pair them with bracele... |
Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show to be held in May
...nowned dealers in the antique jewelry and watch industry. The most prominent dealers will arrive from countries across the globe. Dealers will exhibit rare and unusual historical antique and vintage pieces, gemstones, and antique watches from famous brands including Cartier, Rolex, Tiffany’s, Harry Winston, Patek Philippe and Van Cleef & Arpels. Show hours are from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday, M... |
Natural History sale to highlight tourmaline
...diverse group of high-quality jewelry, gemstones and lapidary works of art.The highlights of the auction are more than 50 lots of tourmaline in various shades, featured as polished and unpolished minerals, unmounted stones and jewelry.Of particular interest is a multi-color suite of jewelry composed of 59 tiny, intricately hand-carved flowers by German lapidary master Manfred Wild, estimated betwe... |
Contemporary jewelry gets daylong museum program
...exploring contemporary studio jewelry on Saturday, Sept. 12."jewelry Study Day: Material and Technique in Contemporary Art jewelry Design" will take place at the museum's Columbus Circle location in Manhattan with the intent of introducing visitors to the leading trends, techniques and processes in the field of jewelry design.Kicking off the day, jeweler Ed Brickman will teach a sold-out class on ... |
Badgley Mischka - Runway
... presumably be major festivities to mark the milestone when they open up their first store on Madison Avenue (where else?) next spring, but in the meantime, this collection was something to celebrate.Rather than look back, the duo moved forward with what was, for them, a pared-down lineup. The goal was to keep things light both figuratively and literally. "Everything weighs ounces," Mischka said. ... |
Finlay VP Magrini resigns
...ce operated the licensed fine-jewelry departments in a number of department store chains and had more than 100 stand-alone stores under five different nameplates: Bailey Banks and Biddle (including Zell Bros.), Carlyle and Co., J.E. Caldwell, Park Promenade Jewellers and Congress Jewelers.Earlier this year, Finlay announced its intention to pull out of the licensed fine-jewelry departments by the ... |
JIC offers free business-survival tools
... their favorite stories about jewelry, and the ads pull on an emotional chord, the JIC says, generating increased desire to purchase jewelry. The post cards reinforce the message and serve as invitations to attract customers to members' stores. Finally, the in-store signage encourages staff to open a communication dialogue with customers. The JIC also provides additional instructions, tips and spe... |
Zale launches sale of pre-owned jewelry
...las--Zale is now selling used jewelry, National Jeweler has learned.Though the company made no formal announcement, a posting on Zale's official Facebook page made Tuesday morning heralded the launch of "previously owned jewelry" that had been "restored to its original luster."The Facebook page linked to Zales.com, where images of hundreds of pieces of pre-owned jewelry have been posted for sale. ... |
Gold-buying parties help jewelers offset slow sales
...w attendees to trade old gold jewelry for cash in a social setting.It was a sign of the times: After a sluggish holiday season, not a single jeweler paid money to run an advertisement during the Super Bowl.But gold buy-back company Cash4Gold scooped up one of the high-priced spots and ran a commercial featuring celebrity spokesmen Ed McMahon and MC Hammer, an odd couple who--flanked by gold-plated... |
Chinese diamond demand puts gleam back into gem trade
...ad of TTF studio which crafts jewelry for top global and Chinese brands.Rows of Chinese artisans, hunched beside green lamps, peer into microscopes and set glittering gems onto rings and pendants at Wu's diamond workshops in southern China."We're still unable to fulfill our orders. Our manufacturing lines are working overtime," he said, adding that he plans to nearly double his workforce next year... |
World Jewelry Center gets its first close-up
...ct. The center is billed as a jewelry mega-market, bringing together the corporate offices of several hundred domestic and international gem and jewelry companies, who will buy space in an impressive trade tower, as well as a free-standing gallery of retail jewelry stores meant to target middle-market consumers. The WJC also calls for an educational component that will include a museum. It is plan... |
JCOC: Jewelry purchases up over holiday weekend
...More consumers purchased fine jewelry or watches over Thanksgiving weekend and Cyber Monday than last year, according to the jewelry Consumer Opinion Council's (JCOC) annual Black Friday Sale study.According to the study, 34 percent of JCOC panel members shopped for holiday gifts over Thanksgiving weekend (Black Friday, Saturday and Sunday), compared with 32 percent in 2008. Of those, 22 percent b... |
LVMH reports slight uptick in first half
...as favorable. The watches and jewelry sector fared the worst for the period, decreasing 17 percent to 346 million euros (about $491 million), compared with 417 million euros (about $592 million) for the first half of 2008. Company officials said this was principally due to de-stocking by watch and jewelry retailers.On a more positive note, TAG Heuer won market share in the United States thanks to ... |
After tough holiday, jewelers down but not out
...w was especially ugly for the jewelry industry: Holiday sales fell for 80 percent of the retailers who participated in National Jeweler's exclusive 2008 Year-End Sales Survey.Still, jewelers reached customers in innovative ways and say they're hanging tough and hoping for relief by summer.While jewelers--and quite frankly, just about all retailers nationwide--were braced for a bitter end to 2008, ... |
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