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Diamond Media Watch: In a State of Blue Nile
January 8, 2007
- There is a lot of buzz about the New York Times' verging-on-PR article this weekend on Blue Nile -- at least judging by the number of people that have forwarded it to me.
"Blue Nile" seems the ultimate "right place, right time" company -- by coming before anyone else selling diamonds on the web, they laid claim to that space. And even now the big retail names like Zale and Tiffany are not really pushing Internet sales.
To show this is not a recent phenomenon, here is an article I wrote -- six long years ago! -- which has some good tips on how retailers can deal with Internet customers. And here is our columnist Brad Huisken's recent take.
Plus, a lot of people missed this article, since it came out in December -- but it is a good look at how the Internet is impacting the wholesale diamond sector.
-- The Telegraph notes that the "Blood Diamond" furor is impacting how stars dress for the Oscars. (Don't worry; the story isn't as bad as the headline.) And here, "Blood Diamond" director Ed Zwick talks to Martin Rapaport; he doesn't say much, but at least he finally talked to the trade press. (Rapaport also has an excellent -- meaning I agree with everything he says -- article on the Kimberley Process.)
Posted by Rob Bates on January 8, 2007 | Comments (2)
