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What's New?
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If you are attending the JCK show in Las Vegas, we
highly recommend visiting GemFind. With many online
marketing services for the Jewelry industry, be sure to add
GemFind as one of the must be seen companies. With the
launch of the new GemFind.com, you would want to participate
as as wholesaler or retailer.
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If you are a retailer, stop by the
booth for a Free access
to Gemfind.net for one complete year, a value of $1200.
www.GemFind.net
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Visit GemFind at
the JCK Show
Las Vegas
Equipment,
Technology & Services Pavilion
Booth
61401
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Visit GemFind at the JCK Show Las Vegas
Equipment,
Technology & Services Pavilion
Booth 61401
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Retail
E-Commerce Growth Up 15% in April
JCK-Jewelers
Circular Keystone, 5/26/2008
 ComScore, Inc. released retail e-commerce data
for April 2008, which showed that the year-over-year growth rate
rebounded to 15 percent, following an increase of just 9 percent in
March. Further details on April's retail e-commerce are provided below. >>>
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IDEX Online Research: Harry Winston: Uber-Luxury Jewelry
Sales Don't Necessarily Mean Big Profits
By Ken Gassman May
22, 08
Harry Winston
Diamond Corporation's 2008 annual report to shareholders highlights one
of its key strategies: "The company focuses on the two most
profitable segments of the diamond industry, mining and retail, in
which its expertise creates shareholder value." While we
agree with this statement conceptually, there is a problem: the
retail segment of the company's business - world premier retail jeweler
Harry Winston - doesn't seem to be contributing to that strategy. >>>
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Isee2 helps jewelers merge brick-and-click
National Jeweler 5/23/2008
Isee2 Diamonds
will introduce a new retail concept that will help jewelry stores merge
traditional retailing with e-tailing.
According to a release from isee2, the program, set to launch at the
JCK show next week in Las Vegas, consists of two components: a
microsite and physical upgrades for retailers' stores.>>>
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GemFind.com
...Is Launched
The network that
lets consumer search for diamonds online and then see it in person at a
Local Jewelry Store
Join GemFind today before your competitor does
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CIBJO, IDMA, WFDB Issue Joint Statement on Lab-grown
Diamonds
By Jewelry
News , May 23, 2008
 The
presidents of CIBJO (The World Jewellery Confederation,) the
International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA,) and the World
Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB,) have issued the following
statement: CIBJO recognizes and respects the revised IDC Rules for
Grading Diamonds, which was prepared by the International Diamond
Council (IDC,) which is a joint committee of IDMA and the WFDB,
concerned with diamond grading standards and nomenclature. The revised
rules were approved in Shanghai by the executive committees of both
IDMA and WFDB. >>>
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Joining California's new Gold Rush
BBC News, California May 23, 2008
 In
America, record prices are fuelling a new Gold Rush - 160 years after
thousands descended on California, seeking riches. With uncertainty in
oil and stock markets, gold is seen as a stable investment - it hit a
new high of more than $1,000 (£500) an ounce earlier this year and some
think there is money to be made once more. "You can pay your
bills, if you live meagrely," says John Gurney, who gave up his
job six months ago to become a full-time gold prospector. >>>
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Another Traveling Salesperson Robbed in Texas
Jewelers
Circular Keystone, 5/21/2008
 Three
persons wearing ski masks and armed with knives robbed a jewelry
salesperson in North Texas on May 7, the Jewelers' Security Alliance
reports.
The persons blocked in the salesperson's car near a building on LBJ
Freeway, JSA said in its "Crime Alert," e-newsletter
Thursday. The salesperson ran and the suspects chased him and took his
diamond merchandise. The suspects slashed the tires of his car before
fleeing. >>>
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Tiffany Serves Jewels to Tennis' Golden Girl
By Deena Taylor,
May 25, 2008
 Maria
Sharapova is well prepared to shine at this year's French Open
after partnering with Tiffany & Co to wear its jewels when the
tournament starts on Sunday.
Sharapova, 21, who has won every grand-slam except the French, will
take to the court wearing a pair of Tiffany designer Elsa Peretti's 18
karat gold earrings, and a Nike tennis dress accessorized by the fine
jeweler. >>>
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Announcement
GemFind is now partnering with
First National
Merchant Solutions to provide an ideal merchant
processing program designed to save you money.
If we can't save you
money, we'll pay you $100.
Call (ph.) 800-516-6242 and tell them you are calling
about
GemFind's $100 Meet or Beat Guarantee and ask for
Jim Kilcoyne at Ext. 4957.
* Offer
is subject to change at any time.
For more
info, please click here
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MARKETING
Retailers will face weaker 2008 sales
By Anne
D'Innocenzio / Associated Press May 23, 2008
The latest
reports from the nation's merchants show that higher energy and food
bills and slumping home values are pressuring shoppers so much they're
being forced to nibble at the edges -- buying single pillows rather
than whole sets and opting for new paint instead of renovating. The
weakening climate could also spell more store closings and layoffs, as
the industry looks ahead to a second half of 2008 that could be worse
than the first half. >>>
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Gold jewelry demand declines 21 percent in 1Q
National
Jeweler , 5/21/2008
 Gold
jewelry demand declined 21 percent in the first quarter of 2008 as
compared to the same period in 2007, marking the lowest quarterly level
on record since 1993, according to the World Gold Council's gold demand
trends report for the first quarter of 2008. >>>
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World Jewelry Center Appoints Girty to SVP of Commercial
Office Division
By Jeff Miller
May 21, 2008
 The
World Jewelry Center (WJC) appointed David T. Girty to a newly created
position of senior vice president of the future development's
commercial office division. Girty's extensive experience in the
commercial real estate industry throughout southern California includes
executive posts with prominent firms such as Transwestern Commercial
Services, PM Realty Group, and Grubb & Ellis Company where he was a
senior vice president recently. >>>
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Use discipline to define your brand
National
Jeweler May 23, 2008
Remember that
old catchphrase, "You only get one chance to make a first
impression?" This is a good way to think about your brand's
identity and how your customer thinks of you.
When a person passes by your store or trade show booth, views your
magazine ad or Web site, sees someone carrying your shopping bag and so
on, they are being exposed to your brand's identity. Within each of
these consumer.>>>
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Keep rival sales associates from behaving
badly
National
Jeweler May 21, 2008
 In
retail, a little competition can be a good thing, as it keeps
salespeople on their toes and prompts them to push one another to
achieve and exceed their goals.
Sometimes, however, the competitive spirit among members of a sales
team can get so intense, it causes discord and dissension-and, as the
team leader, you can end up in the unenviable position of having two
valued team members who actually dislike and resent one another. >>>
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