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The latest news and information on legislative, regulatory, and legal developments affecting the jewelry industry—including patent and trademark disputes, bankruptcies, fraud, and consumer law.

  • Jewelers Try to Navigate the UCCs
    By Rob Bates - 07/01/2009
    Shanu Singh Guliani, owner of Shanu's Fine Jewelry, Pembroke Pines, Fla., and a blogger for JCKonline.com, was surprised when a supplier asked her to sign a consignment and security agreement. “I had never seen this kind of form in my life,” she says. The supplier explained he needed her signature to file a Uniform Commercial Code form for goods she had received on consignment. More

  • Zimbabwe Diamond Fields Suffer 'Repression'
    06/26/2009
    Human Rights Watch stated in a report released today that Zimbabwe’s armed forces and police are committing human rights abuses.  More
  • Florida Jewelry Store Manager Fires At Fleeing Thief
    06/26/2009
    Robber escapes with $20,000 gold medallion. More
  • JCK Special Report: Jewelers Try to Navigate the UCCs
    Rob Bates, Senior Editor - 06/22/2009
    With the retail situation still uncertain, more vendors are filing Uniform Commercial Code forms. More
  • JVC, JBT to Hold 'Memo' Seminar at JANY
    06/18/2009
    The Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC) and the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) will team up to present the “Do’s and Don’ts of Trading on Memo.” More
  • Independent Jewelers Fight for Their LIFO
    By Rob Bates - 06/01/2009
    President Barack Obama's proposed budget includes a section repealing the last in, first out (LIFO) accounting method that gives many jewelers a tax break, and some worry the repeal will hurt them significantly. (See box for explanation.) Peggy Jo Donahue, director of public affairs for Jewelers of America, says LIFO has long been used by retail jewelers, particularly those with two or more sto... More
  • No New Luxury Taxes!
    05/01/2009
    Proposals in Illinois and New York that would have added a 5 percent tax to purchases of fine jewelry and timepieces over $20,000 have been killed. The proposals spurred furious lobbying and letter-writing campaigns from Jewelers of America, Chicago Jewelers Association, and American Watch Association. More
  • Africa Comes to the Oscars
    By Rob Bates, Senior Editor - 05/01/2009
    The week before the Academy Awards, the Diamond Information Center usually hosts a lavish suite celebrating diamond jewelry. But this year, it worried that wouldn't feel right. Given the worldwide economic downturn, DIC thought a lot of flash would be out of step with the prevailing mood. So the organization decided on an approach that would target the conscience as much as the desire for glitz. More
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