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JCK India Event Tackles Industry
Challenges
JCK-Jewelers Circular Keystone, 12/30/2007
A one-day conference in Mumbai, India, focused on the how the local jewelry industry can
capitalize on the social, economic, and political changes the country
is experiencing. >>>
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Thanksgiving
to Christmas Web Sales Up 21%
Jewelers Circular Keystone, 12/30/2007
Online retail sales between
Thanksgiving and Christmas, which represents the core of the holiday
shopping season, totaled $17.9 billion, a 21 percent increase over the
same period of 2006, comScore, Inc. reports. >>>
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Alpha Omega reopens doors
National Jeweler Dec. 27, 2007
Cambridge, Mass.-After shuttering its doors shortly
before Christmas amid swirling rumors of a company collapse, Alpha
Omega's four stores all reopened before Christmas Day, The Boston Globe reported.
But it is no longer the Handa family that is running the show, and it
is expected the struggling jewelry store chain will soon change hands.>>>
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Know - How
Costume
jewelry has more value if it's a signed piece
Khristi Zimmeth Saturday, December 29,
2007
 Bling is back -- and couldn't be more appropriate than
during the holidays and on New Year's Eve, when a little sparkle adds
to the festiveness of the season.
Today's
fashionistas have even rediscovered the bling of the past, making
yesterday's costume jewelry big business and a hot collectible, says
Judith Miller, co-author of "Costume Jewelry (DK Collector's
Guide)" (DK Publishing, $30). >>>
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Celebs
go 'eco-chic' in lab-grown stones
National
Jeweler December 27, 2007
Up-and-coming
celebrities who made their mark on Hollywood this past year rocked
cultured-diamond jewelry at the Hollywood Breakthrough Awards on Dec.
9. >>>
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Some Christmas Eve shoppers turned to glitter
By FRANK STUMBO December 25, 2007
GAUTIER -- Anthony Mitchell
wants to avoid disappointing his wife on Christmas Day by picking the
perfect gift.
"If you
get them something simple like a shirt or sweater they'll give you that
look," he said. So, like countless other men roaming the Singing
River Mall, Mitchell ended up in a jewelry store. >>>
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Perfect Online Tool for jewelers
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Marketing
Jewelry is most common item reported missing or stolen
from Hopkins
Caitlin
Kollar 12/28/2007
Next time you travel by air,
whether it's now during the holidays, or maybe for a winter vacation,
we can tell you the most important items you'll want to keep an eye on
as you go through airports.
Channel 3's Dick Russ has an
update on our first report about your property that ends up stolen,
missing, or damaged, in our airports.
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Color
defines jewels, panels in two shows
By Regina Dennis
By Kaizaad Kotwal Sunday, December 30,
Twenty exquisite pieces of
Tiffany jewelry, all from private collections and rarely seen in
public, are on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Meticulous lighting
allows the preciousness of the jewels and the craftsmanship used in
their creation to shine through. >>>
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Emeralds: a
cadre's worst enemyBy
By Johnny Neihu Saturday, Dec 29, 2007
 The story is
all too familiar: The wife of a high-ranking politician with a taste
for expensive jewelry compromises the reputation and position of her
powerful husband through her brazen shopping exploits.
But this particular tale is not news
of first lady Wu Shu-jen (…ÇÊçÕä) whizzing off to SOGO to do some
last-minute Christmas shopping. >>>
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