JCK Online - August 1, 2007

BEST PLACES TO SPOT ATTAINABLE, FASHION-FOCUSED JEWELRY The Gold Expressions by Bel-Oro booth focused on marketable interpretations of top Italian design, and the World Gold Council booth high-lighted pieces selected by its Blue Ribbon Panelfor fashion sense and salability. Both collections are sure to appeal to self-purchasing women—the category JCK has been touting for years as the indu...

• Cover Story
• The JCK Show ~ Las Vegas Business Solid Overall

• Features
• Original Sins
• Mechanicals on the Move
• Good as Gold

• Jeweler's Notebook
• Motivation Times Seven
• Five Questions
• Johannes Hunter Jewelers
• Gem Pricing Report
• Gem Pricing Report
• Leveraging Your People
• Pull—Don't Push—Your Way to Clienteling Success
• Strategies for Selling
• How Much Time Should We Spend on Training?
• The Retail Advantage
• Promotions: the Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent

• Opinion
• Counterpoint
• Marion Halfacre
• Editor's Page
• Random Thoughts
• Our World
• Channel Shift and Channel Conflict

• UpFront
• Diamonds
• Former Zale CEO Joins Gemesis Board
• De Beers Sales Drop, But Profits Rise
• De Beers Restructures Diamdel; Market Scared
• GIA Plans to Open Overseas Diamond Labs
• Panama Hopes to Establish First South American Diamond Club
• Rio Tinto: Other Producers Should Market Diamonds, Too
• Aber Changes Name to Harry Winston
• Fashion
• New Pearl Center to Serve as Wholesale Marketplace
• Pluczenik and Chaumet Strike Deal
• MJSA Vision Award Winners Announced
• Gems
• Inadmissible Evidence
• Black Pearls Have Gemstone Bead Nuclei
• Hot Chocolates
• AGA Panel Scratches the Surface of Coated Diamonds
• Cultured Comments Continue at Congress
• Spotlight
• Doug Hucker Resigns From AGTA
• Indian Jewelry to Become More Expensive
• Bill Lieberum, Internet 'Rockdoc, Dies
• Manufacturers Can Now Dictate Costs to Retailers
• Watches
• U.S. Luxury Market Driven by Women Self-Purchasers, Says Survey
• Fabergé Has a New Owner
• Victorinox Swiss Army Makes U.S. Management Changes