Vegas Preview
April 28, 2013
By Victoria Gomelsky, Editor-in-Chief
Timing, as they say, is everything—especially when you’re talking about trade fairs for the timepiece industry. And this year’s show schedule is more complicated—no pun intended—than ever.That’s...
Show Biz
April 28, 2013
By Jennifer Heebner, Senior Editor
Like an actor slimming down for a role, LUXURY 2013 is shedding 10 percent of its exhibition space to create a more intimate experience for buyers. “We’re fine-tuning footprints at the show,”...
Features
April 28, 2013
Stephenie Bjorkman wore cowboy boots, jeans, and a cowboy hat to her first day at work at Sami Fine Jewelry. She was 17 years old and had no intention of staying in the business, but her mother, Sami...
Features
April 27, 2013
By Emili Vesilind, Senior Editor
It’s a timeworn story. As an independent retailer, you hire a public relations firm to heighten awareness of your store. Meetings are scheduled, media pitches are formulated, and status reports are...
Features
April 27, 2013
By Stephanie Schaefer, Editorial Assistant
When designer Wendy Brandes began making texting-inspired pieces in 2010—things like LOL and OMG ring sets—she knew she was on to a good thing. But like many jewelers, she didn’t have enough cash to...
Features
April 25, 2013
Rose gold, yellow gold, colored gems, and sliced diamonds and stones are topping to-buy lists of retailers heading to JCK Las Vegas, coming to the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino from May 31 through...
Innovative Retailer
April 21, 2013
By Emili Vesilind, Senior Editor
Isaac Gottesman wants his customers to look at diamonds in a whole new light—preferably one that isn’t illuminating a jewelry case. Through dimend SCAASI, the bridal jewelry retail store he founded...
Store We Adore
April 21, 2013
In a town more likely to find its fashion footing in denim than designer duds, Lane-Knight is helping to improve the sartorial reputation of the denizens of Fort Worth, aka Cowtown. Dawn Keifer, the...
It's All Relative
April 21, 2013
By Emili Vesilind, Senior Editor
Jack Menashe, owner of Menashe & Sons Jewelers in Seattle, got his start in the jewelry business in the 1960s as a stock boy for a breed of retail store that’s long been extinct. “It carried...
Retail Confidential
April 21, 2013
COMING CLEANWe order small polishing cloths and jewelry cleaners with our store logo. We put them in the bag for special clients and give them out at special events. People love them.EYES ON THE...
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