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ICA to Advise CIBJO Colored Stones Commission 05/07/2008 International Colored Gemstone Association president Andrew Cody has been officially invited to advise CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation Colored Stones Commission Steering Committee. More
Macy's Same-Store Sales Down 2.6% 05/14/2008 Macy's, Inc. reported Wednesday that sales in the first quarter totaled $5.74 billion, a decrease of 2.9 percent compared to sales of $5.92 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store sales for the quarter ended May 3 were down 2.6 percent.
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Ira Bergman Joins The Gordon Company 05/14/2008 Ira Bergman, the former president of the jewelry division of M. Fabrikant & Sons and Fabrikant-Tara International, has joined The Gordon Company as director of Business Development.
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Wealthy Women in Charge of Buying Decisions 05/14/2008 Married wealthy women on average make almost two-thirds of a family's purchase decisions, according to a Luxury Institute survey of women from households with $150,000 or more in annual income.
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DTC Names Head of Sales and Client Services 05/14/2008
The Diamond Trading Company has appointed Mahiar Borhanjoo as executive director, Sales and Client Services. The appointment will become effecticve May 19.
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NRF: April Retail Sales Show Resiliency 05/14/2008 Retail industry sales for April (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) rose 2.3 percent unadjusted over last year and 0.6 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month, according to the National Retail Federation.
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Rebate Checks to be Spent on Necessities 05/13/2008
Consumers still plan to spend about forty percent of their tax rebate checks, sending $42 billion back into the economy, but what they plan to buy has shifted slightly from February, according to the findings of a National Retail Federation survey.
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PhotoScribe Claims Second Victory in LKI Suit 05/13/2008 PhotoScribe Technologies, Inc., a diamond laser inscription equipment manufacturer, said Monday that it has prevailed for a second time in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it and the Gemological Institute of America by diamond distributor Lazare Kaplan International.
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Selling Natural Color Diamonds
This is the first of a three-part series by the Natural Color Diamonds Association. Diane Warga-Arias of DWA Communications discusses the basics of color diamonds, including the rarity and strength of color and the diamond size, and how they relate to the value of the diamond. This seminar and the two remaining parts of the series are available as video podcasts on the NCDIA Web site.
Kenjo Holiday Party Watch retailer Kenjo's annual holiday party at its Manhattan store was filmed by Wi-Fi TV's new luxury watch program. Representatives from leading Swiss watch companies, showed their latest lines to party guests and gave interviews on trends for 2008.
Window Shopping: Holiday 2007 Edition Photo Gallery 'Tis the season of visual opulence; for proof, one need look no further than the nearest commercial shop window. Join us on a walk down Fifth Avenue from 57th to 39th street.
Gold Expressions 2008 Jewelry from "Gold Expressions" - The Language of Italian Design 2008 Collection. Presented by the World Gold Council, this event was held on Monday, December 3, 2007, in the Penthouse of the American Airlines Theatre in New York City.
Macy's, Inc. reported Wednesday that sales in the first quarter totaled $5.74 billion, a decrease of 2.9 percent compared to sales of $5.92 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store sales for the quarter ended May 3 were down 2.6 percent.
Ira Bergman, the former president of the jewelry division of M. Fabrikant & Sons and Fabrikant-Tara International, has joined The Gordon Company as director of Business Development.
Married wealthy women on average make almost two-thirds of a family's purchase decisions, according to a Luxury Institute survey of women from households with $150,000 or more in annual income.
Retail industry sales for April (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) rose 2.3 percent unadjusted over last year and 0.6 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month, according to the National Retail Federation.
PhotoScribe Technologies, Inc., a diamond laser inscription equipment manufacturer, said Monday that it has prevailed for a second time in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it and the Gemological Institute of America by diamond distributor Lazare Kaplan International.
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