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Defining Success

Craig Husar, owner of Lyle Husar Designs, isn’t known as an estate jewelry destination in his Brookfield, WI market. The estate jewelry sale events he held from 1998 to 2002 were “marginally successful,” in the store owner’s own words. Given this history, why would a jeweler in a Midwestern city host a $2 million estate jewelry event with a well-known New York... More

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CA Jeweler Salutes Military Personnel

Since Mulloys Fine Jewelry opened its doors over 20 years ago, store owner Phillip Mulloy has always given soldiers 10% off any purchase. For years the discount for service men and women was an unwritten policy that was never promoted. All that changed in October when the jeweler ran a month-long “Honor Our Military” event. Military personnel are a large part of the Carlsbad,... More

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Bears' Choice

Jason Rollene, the store manager of Jensen’s Jewelers in Pocatello, Idaho, has always been a strong supporter of the local zoo with its emphasis on exhibits of animals indigenous to the northern states. From the prairie dogs that burrow in the ground to the cougars that prowl the mountainous regions of Idaho and surrounding states, all the animals on exhibit at the Pocatello Zoo were... More

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Book Drive

Alson Jewelers has been busy posting lots of events on Facebook. But their recent book drive effort caught my eye.Josh Bass, a local high school student, asked the folks at Alson Jewelers if he could use their parking lot for a weekend book drive. The standalone store is located on a busy street in suburban Cleveland, making it an ideal drop off point for such a charitable campaign.... More

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Ask the Expert

For the last four years, Dorothy Vodicka has been running “Ask the Expert” television ads on WCTV. Since she started the TV ads in 2005, Vodicka has noticed increases in appraisals, custom designs and jewelry repairs, which also happen to be the top-three topics people in her Tallahassee, FL, market ask about most often.   Vodicka is quick to admit that the idea of doing... More