08/03/2024
What will your business look like in 10 years time? MARION VAN DER KROGT encourages jewellers to explore the advantages artificial intelligence may bring their businesses.
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14/02/2024
What you think, you create. What you feel, you attract. RITA PRICE encourages you to make the most of the new opportunities 2024 will bring.
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06/12/2023
• Toby Bensimon
• Est. 1945
• Years in Trade 20 • Location Adelaide, SA
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14/11/2023
The connection between storytelling and jewellery is thousands of years old. FRAN DOREY suggests that in studying history, there are valuable lessons to learn.
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15/06/2023
The jewellery industry is notoriously dominated by those who prioritise working long hours over a healthy work-life balance. MADELINE DUFFY encourages you to step back and consider the bigger picture.
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14/10/2022
The international diamond industry is undergoing a period of significant change. PAUL ZIMNISKY outlines his vision of the future.
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06/07/2022
The jewellery industry is one of the few spheres where a connection between family and business is common. GREVILLE INGHAM shares some lessons on business succession, learned the hard way.
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02/08/2021
Ryan Purdie-Smith discusses why jewellery retailers should put their customers first – particularly if they plan to appeal to younger shoppers.
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08/07/2021
JOHN CHAPMAN explores how light impacts our perception of a diamond and the common mistakes and misconceptions jewellers may unwittingly harbour.
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27/01/2021
For too long, stubborn myths have plagued the Australian opal market – unfashionable, cheap, too fragile – and it’s now time to set the record straight, writes DAMIEN CODY.
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16/03/2020
Your customers may already financially benefit from diamond mining before they even make a purchase, writes LOUISE McMANUS, who extols the many virtues of natural stones.
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04/11/2019
It’s easy to look at the current state of things within our industry and feel a sense of doom. Every year, another list of jewellers and manufacturers close their doors, some of which only a short time ago would have been considered good solid businesses.
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02/10/2019
To put it bluntly, the Australian jewellery industry isn’t playing catch-up when it comes to ethics. The truth is, we’ve barely left the starting line – and we really need to pick up the pace.
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10/04/2019
The jewellery industry is now in its third consecutive year of difficult trading conditions, and most people may not be aware that the current downturn has resulted in a greater drop in jewellery sales than in the recessions of 1974/75, 1983/84 and 1991/92.
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12/06/2018
You know things have changed in the jewellery industry when your profit on a diamond is only 10 per cent, or you keep losing customers to ‘better deals’ on the internet. So, how can small, independent jewellers stay in business?
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