JCK Online - February 1, 2009

Even the leanest economy is no match for true love, but when retirement accounts are tanking and unemployment is rising, the tangible expressions of love may need some help. Thankfully, some jewelry designers are assisting budget-battered lovebirds by offering slimmed down and less diamond-intense versions of favorite ring styles.

• Cover Story
• Can U.S. Jewelry Manufacturers Survive?
• Meet the Manufacturers

• Features
• Bidz The Next Blue Nile?
• Hot-Button Issues in Color
• It's a Wonderful LIFO
• Made in Israel

• Jeweler's Notebook
• How to Solve Employee Theft
• Gem Pricing Report
• Gem Pricing Report
• Merchandising Management
• Focus on Fashion
• Retail Success Story
• Robbins Diamonds
• Strategies for Selling
• Making Cuts!
• Suzanne on Staffing
• Bring Your 'A' Team to the Jewelry Counter
• The Retail Advantage
• Light at the End of the Tunnel

• Opinion
• Counterpoint
• Ethics Again?
• Editor's Page
• Business School in a Book
• Our World
• What We Know and What We Don't
• Readers' Forum
• Has Innovation Sailed Away?

• Spotlight
• From the Archives
• Get to Know
• Sami Zeira
• Indicators
• U.S. Trade Deficit Falls in November
• Glimmer of Good News

• UpFront
• From the Publisher
• Change
• News + Notes
• Jewelry Historian 'Dr. Joe' Dies
• Christian Bernard Goes Chapter 7
• Speidel Makes Timex Watchband Replacements
• From the JCKonline.com Blogs
• Slow Holiday No Surprise
• Rolex CEO Resigns
• Newswire
• GIA Slashes Staff, Salaries
• Finlay Warns on Liquidity
• Jewelers Shot
• ABN Amro Jewelry Group Copes With Changes
• Recession Impacts Jewelry Business