JCK Online - June 1, 2005

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• Features
• Ripple Effect
• Turkey Steps Out
• Geneva Watch Events Are Mushrooming
• A Ring by Any Name (Sells Just as Sweet)
• The Next Big Trend in Jewelry
• Jewelry Businesses Drop Anchor at Brooklyn Navy Yard
• The Forgotten Falcon
• What Direction for Diamonds?
• Diamond Guys
• Trade Lives: The Man Who Made Squares Hip

• Jewelers' Notebook
• One Charming Book
• The Challenge of Change
• New Platinum Alloy Ignites Fires orm of Debate
• Executive Profile
• Retail Experience Holds Key to Stanley's Success
• Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Gem Pricing Update
• Diamonds in Demand, Prices Firming
• In the Industry
• Carrol Boyes Store Opens in United States
• New Trade Show in Hong Kong
• Leading Jewelers Discuss Ethics, Growth
• Alpha Omega 'Bets on a Cause and a Cure'
• WJA Networks
• Long's Jewelers Hosts Successful 'Wedding Band Weekend'
• Gary Long Receives CJA's Westover Award
• CJA Elects Officers
• Darin Kath Named Next President of Jewelers Mutual
• Argentium Partners With Stern-Leach
• King Jewelers Aids Children's Cancer Caring Center
• SNAG Conference Slated for Cleveland
• Students Get Logo Assignment
• 2005 globalDESIGN Show Draws Record Attendance
• Gübelin to Be Remembered at JCK ~ Las Vegas
• AGS Lab Has Fancy Cut Grade
• Charles & Colvard Sponsors CIBJO Congress 2005
• AGS Labs Has New Board of Managers Chair
• GIA Expands Gem Laboratory
• NCCJ Honors Wueste
• Hot Diamonds Will Produce Fund-Raising Calendar
• Fischer Diamonds Announces New Campaign
• Jewelry Licenser to Create Accessories for Rocawear
• Jewel of the Month
• Big Japanese Akoya
• Practical Stone Setting
• 15 Steps to Success
• Strategies for Selling
• Top 10 Ways a Salesperson Can Increase Sales

• Opinion
• Counterpoint
• On the Road Again
• Editor's Page
• Five Years and Counting

• UpFront
• Business
• Business
• Thinking Outside the (Jewelry) Box
• Profile of an Employee Review
• Diamonds
• Diamonds for Humanity Wants to Work With Trade
• De Beers Levies New Fee on Sightholders
• Gershburg Plans Mass-Market Lab
• Brian Wilson, Beach Boys Genius, Sports Hearts On Fire Pin
• GIA Releases Book on Synthetic Diamonds
• Get Ready for a 'Broader' Right-Hand Ring Campaign
• Fashion
• Le Vian Design Contest
• In brief
• 'High Priestess of Punk' Goes Precious
• Love and Pride
• Color Her World
• Gems
• The Issue of Tissue
• Gem-A Recognizes Practical Skills
• Sighting the First Tanzanite Sightholders
• Pictorial Invoicing
• Scarratt Back to Bangkok
• Phenom Ron Wilson on Phenomenal Phenomena
• Red Carpet
• The Trend of Turquoise
• Something Old …
• Spotlight
• Colored Diamonds Coming on Strong, Group Says
• BaselWorld Posts Strong Results
• People in the News
• Birks and Mayor's to Merge
• Friedman's Gets New President, and Good News From Court
• Victorinox Buys Rival Wenger, Rescues Swiss Icon
• Design Piracy to Be Topic of June Conference
• Yantzer Wins Shipley Award
• University Claims 'Better, Faster' Synthetic Diamonds
• 'Good Is the Enemy of Great'
• Watches
• Franck Muller Group Acquires Majority Control of Rodolphe Watches
• Watchmaker Still Stylish at 100
• Newswire
• Swatch Posts 2004 Results
• Speidel Drops Hirsch, Adds Di-Modell; Hirsch Names Roma as U.S. Distributor