JCK Online - September 1, 2009

This recession has had many casualties, but the most far-reaching could be the long-standing jewelry industry tradition of extended terms and easy memo. Many suppliers say they can no longer afford to be the jewelry industry's bankers, leaving their “capital” sitting in retailers' cases, sometimes for years.

• Diamond Displays Get Creative
• [Analysis] The 'Post-Cartel' Diamond World Faces Its First Crisis

• Cover Story
• Bartering Makes a Surprise Comeback

• Features
• At Last
• Turning a Corner
• Retailer Soundoff
• Feature
• The Go-Getter

• FirstRead/News
• Ultra Stores Emerges From Chapter 11
• Corrections
• Zale Closes 118 Stores
• JCK Wins Two Awards
• Modern Jeweler Suspends Publication
• Finlay Goes Chapter 11
• Kentucky Jeweler Wins Suit Over Emerald Valuation
• JA No Longer Funding Affiliates
• Counterpoint
• On Blogging
• Editor-at-Large
• It's 2009: Do You Know Where the Kids Are?
• From the JCKonline.com Blogs
• From the JCKonline.com Blogs
• Our World
• M & M, Part 2
• The Scoop
• Zale, Signet 'Medium Risk' for Bankruptcy
• Did Fortunoff Have to File Chapter 11?
• AGS Lays Off One-Third of Staff

• FirstRead/Retail
• Four Questions to Ask Before Buying Advertising
• Book Smarts
• Book Smarts
• Deserving Promotions
• Psychic Selling
• Expert Business Tips
• Dr. Seuss on Succession Planning: Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now!
• Five Questions
• Jeff Roseman, David Harvey Jewelers, Norwalk, Conn.
• Gem Pricing Report
• Gem Pricing Report
• Merchandising Management
• Improve Performance With a POS System
• Practical PR
• Behind the Image
• Retail Success Story
• Philly Jeweler Takes Fun Seriously
• Sales Tips from JA
• Sell Like a Kindergartner
• Strategies for Selling
• No Crystal Ball!
• Suzanne on Staffing
• Use a Difficult Market to Improve Your Staff

• FirstRead/Style
• Designer to Watch
• Pratima Sethi
• From the JCKonline.com Blogs
• Can Someone Be Too Young to Wear Big Diamonds?