20/12/2013
• Coleby Nicholson
As jewellery retailers get set for, what they hope to be, a very busy Christmas and New Year trading season, COLEBY NICHOLSON reviews the past 12 months with his annual list of the jewellery industry’s highs and lows.
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17/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
The swallowed diamond rings saga continues, following the announcement that one of the pieces – valued at $27,000 – has been recovered and will now be auctioned.
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16/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
While technology giants attempt to outdo each other in the smartwatch
market, one start-up business has forged its own path by inventing a
smartring.
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16/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
A jewellery collection once owned by former British King Edward VIII and
his American wife, Wallis Simpson, is the latest in a string of auction
sales that have exceeded expectations in 2013.
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16/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
Jewellery retailers will be given the opportunity to start 2014 “bang-on
trend”, following the announcement that a watch integrating Pantone’s
new Colour of the Year will soon be made available.
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16/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
Many jewellery suppliers are unaware that they’re putting their business
at risk by not registering under the new legislation that covers unpaid
stock supplied on consignment.
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11/12/2013
Many of the world’s most famous diamonds have been lost to history; they were either re-cut as is the case with the most famous diamond of all, the Koh-I-Noor, or their whereabouts is unknown.
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10/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
The countdown to Christmas Day has begun and a number of jewellery suppliers have developed special promotions to tempt retailers and consumers alike this festive season.
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10/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
In more news that should ease local industry concerns, a new Diamond Detection and Resource Centre has opened in India that will help to detect the undisclosed mixing of lab-created and natural diamonds.
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10/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
Jewellery chain Michael Hill International has launched new websites for all of its operating regions in an effort to make shopping across multiple channels and devices simple for customers.
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10/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
Following the success of its Mother’s Day-themed visual merchandising competition, jewellery supplier Pastiche has announced a similar contest for the Christmas period.
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10/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
After a three-year partnership, local supplier Stat Australia Imports has ended its distribution of watch brand Jacques Lemans.
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04/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
R J Scanlan & Co has decided to cease its local distribution of jewellery brand Trollbeads, effective the end of this month.
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03/12/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
Police are reportedly waiting for an alleged thief to pass two diamond rings, valued at $59,000, after he swallowed them during a robbery.
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28/11/2013
• Coleby Nicholson
This new “digital age” might have changed many things we do, but has it really changed business? COLEBY NICHOLSON believes that jewellery retailers should concentrate on the 4Cs and he’s not talking about diamonds!
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