JCK Online - November 1, 2001

What a difference a decade makes! JCK has been doing its annual salary survey of the retail jewelry industry for more than 15 years, but the last 10 have seen some surprising—even dramatic—changes in salaries and benefits. Here's what we found:But the news isn't all upbeat.The difficulties facing smaller jewelers competing with larger ones for valuable personnel have increas...

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