JCK Online - May 1, 1999

Every year more and more jewelers are using store-management software, and no wonder. They say it increases inventory turn, streamlines accounting and management processes, and enables them to market more effectively to customers. “Use it or get out of business,” is the enthusiastic, if blunt, advice of Umit Nasifoglu, chief executive of Marquis Jewelers, a four-store chain in Minne...

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