IndependentsTop StoryShort-handed this holiday? Get creativeIf you’re like other retail jewelers, you have fewer hands than usual to help this holiday season. We found some ways for small-staff operations to think big through incentives and teamwork.Read More Independents NewsSpotlightMarket DevelopmentsShort-handed this holiday? Get creativeIf you’re like other retail jewelers, you have fewer hands than usual to help this holiday season. We found some ways for small-staff operations to think big through incentives and teamwork. Read More JA offers grant fund for state association partnersNew York--Jewelers of America (JA) has established a new "Affinity Group Support Fund" for its state and regional association partners so that they can apply for grants to supplement the cost of organizing projects and events that will result in more vibrant, financially stable and effective organizations. Read More Jewelers: Win Platinum Points over the holidaysNeenah, Wis.--Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co. will be helping to spread holiday cheer this season with the Jewelers Mutual Platinum Points referral program. Read More Retail ProfilesHurricane Katrina strengthens jeweler's businessBig Easy jeweler Valobra Jewelry and Antiques lost business to Hurricane Katrina, but the setback inspired some smart moves, including the opening of a new store in Houston. Read More Poole's and Parle partner for breast cancerYuba City, Calif.--Poole's Jewelers and jewelry manufacturer Parle partnered recently to celebrate women who have battled breast cancer. Read More Jeweler to auction $10K shopping spreeAlbany, N.Y.--After this year's "Dreams Do Come True" Celestial Ball, a benefit for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, one lucky guest will be returning home having nabbed a $10,000 jewelry shopping spree. Read More Retail SurveysJCOC: 11 percent to purchase jewelry this holidayPaso Robles, Calif.--Eleven percent of Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council (JCOC) panel members plan to purchase fine jewelry or watches as a gift this holiday season, with 82 percent of this group believing they are either somewhat or extremely likely to do so, according to the JCOC's Pre Holiday study. Read More Survey: Fewer holiday shoppers to rely on creditWashington--A quarter of all holiday shoppers will pay for gifts this year with cash, a 9.1 percent increase from last year's 22.8 percent, according to the National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2009 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions survey, conducted by BIG Research. Read More Survey: Jewelers rate tops in customer serviceWashington--Retailers that sell jewelry ranked among the top 10 finalists selected by shoppers for their outstanding customer service, according to the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Foundation/American Express Customers' Choice survey, conducted by the NRF Foundation, the research and educational arm of the NRF. Read More |
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