Jewelers and Buying Groups
By Jennifer Heebner, Senior associate Editor -- JCK-Jewelers Circular Keystone, 6/1/2003
Just 35% of jewelers recently surveyed in a JCK
Retail Panel said they belonged to a jewelry-buying group such as the Retail Jewelers Organization. More results of the survey are shown in the charts below.
If you belong to a jewelry-buying group, have you attended at least one of its organized diamond-buying trips to Belgium—which are promoted to customers beforehand to encourage diamond pre-purchases?
| Yes | 37% |
| No | 63% |
If the promotion effectively drew in sales, how much money did the effort raise?
| 0-$10,000 | 24% |
| $10,001-$20,000 | 59% |
| $20,001-$30,000 | 6% |
| $30,000+ | 12% |
If you belong to a jewelry-buying group, for how many years have you done so?
| 0-5 | 42% |
| 5-10 | 13% |
| 10-15 | 15% |
| 15+ years | 30% |
