JCK Online - January 1, 2001

Forty minutes before closing on the Saturday of a three-day holiday weekend, four drunken yuppies walked into Susan Eisen Fine Jewelry in El Paso, Texas. One of them had decided to propose to his girlfriend-in an hour-and his friends were accompanying him to bolster his courage as he bought an engagement ring.

• 'Net News
• GLDA ANNOUNCES ONLINE DIRECTORY
• EGL POSTS INTERACTIVE WEB SITE
• 'Net News
• SHEELY EXPANDS INTERNET BUSINESS
• BLUE NILE ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH AOL

• Associations
• CJA SPONSORS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
• Associations
• MJSA DECIDES TO GO INTERNATIONAL

• Bench Tricks
• Trick VI: GEMSTONE MAGNETS

• Business Report
• Are We Having Fun Yet? Overcoming the Intimidation Factor
• Very Funny

• Contests
• PEARL DESIGN CONTEST NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES
• CALL FOR PRECIOUS METAL CLAY ENTRIES
• IJO ANNOUNCES JEWELRY DESIGN CONTEST WINNERS
• Contests

• Counterpoint
• The 80-20 Rule

• Cover
• Branded Love
• What advertising medium gets the best response for bridal jewelry?
• One-Stop Shopping
• Bridal Jewelry Trends Now
• Familiarity With Jewelry Brands

• Diamond Notes
• A New Market for Colored Synthetics?
• Diamond I.D. Touts Online Registration
• Detection of Annealed Pinks and Blues
• Ocean Diamond Explorer Willard Bascom Dead at 83
• Tolkowsky Creates 'Odd' Cut
• Diamond Miner Sells Stones Online
• Owner of Canadian Mine for Sale
• The 'Beauty Report'
• Janitor's Honesty Is Repaid—But Not With Much
• Diamond Notes

• Diamonds
• Ready for PrimeTime
• Sierra Leone, Take Two
• Hall's Well?
• Don't Get Caught in the 'Net
• Jewelers' Resources

• Editor Page
• Intangible Resolutions

• Fashion
• Honoring Others on the Day for Mothers
• A Necklace for any MOOD SWING

• Fashion Facets
• Wall Street Sizes Up Spring Fashion
• Fashion Facets
• Jewelry on the Runways
• A Pearl Book for the InStyle Generation

• Gem Notes
• Jade Winners
• Tahitian Trade-Off
• The Germans are Coming
• Gem Notes

• Grade This
• Grade This

• Jewel of the Month
• Green Gem Garnets

• Litigation
• Bad Appraising Lands Good Jeweler in Court

• Management
• Taking Charge

• People
• OBITUARY
• MJSA NAMES DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
• APPOINTMENTS
• People

• Personal Business
• Virtual Travel Tips
• The Virtual Traveler

• Retailing
• 'Cornerstone Principles' Will Guide Zale Growth, Says Raff
• The Many Faces of Success

• Security
• The UL "Blue Book"
• How Safe Is Your Safe?

• Supplier News
• DIAMOND HOURGLASS OFFERED AS PRIZE
• SUMIT RELOCATES
• Supplier News

• Tech Talk
• The Tech Connection: Staying in touch by E-Mail

• Up Front
• Littman Resigns From GIA
• Gold Jewelry Demand Remains Strong
• Temporary Cease-fire in Sierra Leone
• Diamond-Banning Measure Still Alive in Congress
• 3Beams Announces New Technology
• $500 Million Heist Foiled in London
• Up Front
• Philadelphia Jewelers Reward Cabbie and Wife
• No Reunion for De Beers and Argyle

• Watch World
• Coalition Moves Quickly On Watchmaker Shortage
• Consolidation of Luxury Brands Continues
• Patek Philippe Marks Millennium With New Complication
• Grunstein Takes on Citizen (UK)