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February 4, 2009
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TOP STORIESOnline Jewelry Sales Down 12% in 2008 Maui Divers Opens 31st Pick-A-Pearl Kiosk #Ad:2054_v2_Pos2_336x280#
Bigham Jewelers, Ernst Benz Sponsor PGA Event GIA Launches eLearning Jewelry Program Chronoswiss Restructures U.S. Distribution From Our BlogsStyle 360 by Jennifer Heebner Live From Centurion: Beautiful Gold Jewelry, Vibrant Colors Hello again, gang! Today I saw a lot of beautifully made gold jewelry as well... Read On » Cutting Remarks by Rob Bates Joseph Schlussel Dies Last week, we lost one of the nicest men in the diamond industry, Joseph Schlussel,... Read On » Jewels on Jewels by Cynthia Sliwa Trend Watch: The Super Bowl & Men’s Jewelry I enjoyed the exciting Super Bowl game yesterday. Watching the game on NBC and the mu... Read On » Style 360 by Jennifer Heebner Live from the Centurion Jewelry Show: Lower Prices, High Quality Six out of the nine jewelry design firms I met with today unveiled lower-pric... Read On » MORE INDUSTRY NEWSEbel Names Two Presidents to Replace One New Business Links Independents with Designers Macy’s to Cut 4% of its Workforce NRF Survey: What Consumers Won’t Live Without IDL Expands to Saudi Arabia |
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Online jewelry and watch sales fell 12 percent year-over-year—making it one of the poorer performing categories in a down year for online spending, according to digital tracking firm comScore. 
Maui Divers Jewelry has opened a new Pick-A-Pearl kiosk at the Royal Hawaiian Center in Honolulu. It is the 31st Pick-A-Pearl kiosk for the company. 
Swiss watch brand Ernst Benz partnered with Bigham Jewelers to sponsor the 20th anniversary Merrill Lynch Shootout, benefiting CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation, which teed off at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. 
The Gemological Institute of America unveiled a new, online, multimedia format for its distance learning courses in gemology and jewelry sales. GIA is offering this advanced education technology, known as “eLearning,” to students effective immediately for its Accredited Jewelry Professional diploma program. 
Hartmut Kraft has taken over the U.S. distribution of Chronoswiss North America to build the watch brand’s presence on the continent. He and his family have relocated from their native Germany to Princeton, N.J. 
Two men have been appointed as presidents of the Ebel luxury watch brand by the Movado Group. 
Independent jewelry retailers in the United States and small jewelry designers around the world need each another, but they can’t always find one another. The Internet has made it easier, but obstacles remain. 
Macy's Inc. said Monday it will cut 7,000 jobs, or 4 percent of its work force, according to media reports. 
An overwhelming majority of consumers said they believe that the internet (80.9%) and cell phone service (64.1%) are simply off limits when it comes to making sacrifices in this tough economy, according to a National Retail Federation survey. 
The Dubai based International Diamond Laboratories is set to start operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Due to open on Feb. 14 (Valentine’s Day), it is the first international laboratory to set up a diamond and diamond jewelry grading lab in the country. 
