Just Treat It By Jennifer Heebner - 07/01/2009
An ongoing practice in jewelry is to scorch, coat, mix, and generally abuse metal until it gives you the color you want. We're talking about treatments and alloys, which have wrought unexpected colors from gold, titanium, and platinum, giving retailers plenty of talking points for customers who want the newest and coolest jewels.
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Are We There Yet? By Hedda T. Schupak - 07/01/2009
Summertime and the title question above go hand-in-hand. Usually the question comes from road-weary children begging their parents for a rest stop. This year it's being asked by our recession-weary nation, most of whose citizens have heard various reports pointing to recovery. Gratifyingly, the recent jewelry shows in Las Vegas point to signs of life in an industry that's taken this recession o...
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New Surveys Shed Light on Luxury Market 06/30/2009
Unity Marketing unveils findings of Luxury Interactive Conference and its annual luxury market report, The Luxury Report 2009: The Ultimate Guide to the Luxury Consumer Market.
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JCK's Next Chapter By Mark Smelzer - 06/01/2009
We here at the JCK Publishing Group are not immune from this crushing recession. We've recently had to reduce the size of our staff and bid farewell to some dear friends at the magazine. Hedda Schupak will move from the role of editor-in-chief to editor-at-large. Hedda will continue to write her monthly letter (now as a column in our opinion section) and will contribute to the magazine and Web ...
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Gold Buyers Face New Law By Rob Bates - 06/01/2009
A proposed law in Florida, which at press time has passed the state's legislature, would make mail-in gold buyers face many of the same rules that pawn shops and jewelers do. The bill, introduced by state Sen. Dan Gelber (D-Miami Beach), would require Internet gold-buying companies to obtain driver's license numbers from sellers, hold items for 10 days before melting them down, photograph the j...
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Will Zell Brothers Survive? By Rob Bates - 06/01/2009
Zell Brothers, a 97-year-old institution in the Portland, Ore., jewelry market, may close, although a $5 million lawsuit has been launched to prevent that from happening. Zell Brothers was purchased in 1973 by the Bailey Banks and Biddle chain, which was then owned by Zale. In 2005, Zale sold the Bailey chain to Finlay Enterprises.
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JCK Las Vegas 2009 JCK Las Vegas - the premiere jewelry show in the industry. Check out our event pics!
BaselWorld 2009 Parties abounded during the BaselWorld
Watch & Jewellery Fair, and right in
the mix were JCK staffers.
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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