Topping the news is Perry’s Emporium, the North Carolina
retailer whose seasonal snow promotion will mean refunding the nearly $400,000
in purchases made during the Christmas shopping season when it snowed more than three inches in Asheville.…  Perry’s may be able to offset some of
those refunds with sales of their Tea Party jewelry that has been worn by party
leader Sarah Palin and media figure Steve Forbes.…  An Indiana jeweler held a raffle to help pay medical expenses
for children with rare diseases.… 
Then there’s the consummate holiday news of last-minute male shoppers
helping to boost bottom lines for retailers.… And the “gentleman jewelry thief” strikes at a Kay Jewelers
in Oregon.

Customers cash in
after snow in Asheville

Local jeweler selling
Tea Party pendant 

Indiana jeweler holds
raffle to cover future medical costs of infant with rare condition 

Jewelers:
“Significant Portion of Sales” come from procrastinating men 

Gresham police seek
“gentleman jewelry thief” after theft at Kay Jewelers

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