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Experts Offer Top 10 Diamond Selling Tips By Glen A. Beres - 11/01/2008
JCK asked 10 leading industry experts the following critical question: What is the single most important tip you can offer jewelry salespeople for selling diamonds at retail? Those who were queried included highly regarded current and former retailers, manufacturers, sales trainers, business consultants and executives from major trade organizations – all with decades of experience selling... More
Who Will Promote Diamonds? By Rob Bates, Senior Editor - 11/01/2008
It's just a microscopic imprint on a diamond—one 1/500 the thickness of a human hair. But it could have a decidedly outsized impact. It's called the Forevermark, and whether or not it's the future of the diamond industry, it's definitely seen as the future of De Beers. For 100 years De Beers has supported the diamond market with its generic diamond advertising—first for diamonds the...
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DTC Sightholders 11/01/2008
DTC sightholders are amongst the world’s leading diamantaires and collectively handle approximately 75% of the world’s diamonds. Based mainly in the traditional cutting centers of Antwerp, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Johannesburg and New York, as well as in Botswana, Namibia, Russia, China and Canada, these Sightholders attend the DTC’s Sights, or sales weeks, which occur 10 times a year.
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Rio Tinto Diamantaires 11/01/2008
Rio Tinto Diamonds' vision is to be the preferred global supplier of natural rough diamonds to the industry. In 2006 Rio Tinto Diamonds launched its Select Diamantaire Program, a business-to-business customer recognition program that provides a mark of formal recognition for customers to use in their marketing efforts.
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Treatments and Lab-Grown Diamonds By Gary Roskin, G.G., FGA - 11/01/2008
Don't assume that your diamond has not been treated. Diamonds have been treated for centuries. And every time someone thinks up a new way to color- or clarity-enhance a diamond, gem experts are put to the test to figure out the whys and hows to identify and classify these new gem treatments. The discovery of diamond treatments remains much the same as ever: Unusual appearing diamonds enter the ...
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Diamond Grading Reports and Certificates 11/01/2008
It used to be that if you knew how to grade a diamond, then you could tell your customer the weight and quality of the diamonds you have in stock. You were relatively confident that your customer would appreciate your professionalism. But not any more. Today's diamond-buying customer has already been shopping on the Internet, gleaning any information about diamond quality they can find.
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Experts Offer Top 10 Diamond Selling Tips By Glen A. Beres - 11/01/2008
JCK asked 10 leading industry experts the following critical question: What is the single most important tip you can offer jewelry salespeople for selling diamonds at retail? Those who were queried included highly regarded current and former retailers, manufacturers, sales trainers, business consultants and executives from major trade organizations – all with decades of experience selling...
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24K Club of New York Dinner Some of the most influential players of the fine jewelry and watch industry were in attendance at The Twenty-Four Karat Club of the City of New York annual dinner on Jan. 10 at the Waldorf Astoria.
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