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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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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05/10/2023
To know where your business is headed, you must be aware of your goals. MALCOLM SCRYMGEOUR encourages jewellers to establish a business strategy – and stick with it.
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11/10/2022
Events such as the International Jewellery Fair provide crucial opportunities for emerging businesses. SAM DER BEDROSSIAN AM shares the keys to success.
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07/06/2022
Playing it safe in the jewellery industry is always tempting because the consequences for failure are dire. GERRI MAUNDER says risk-adverse behaviour closes the doors to success.
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26/11/2020
With the acceleration of e-commerce during COVID-19 lockdowns, the time is right for retailers to integrate and invest in this side of their business, writes JOHN ROSE.
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06/10/2020
When figuring out a strategy to survive the new reality of retail, the jewellery industry’s greatest strength is in our kindness and loyalty to each other, writes HELEN THOMPSON-CARTER.
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02/07/2020
Consumer behaviour has changed due to COVID-19, writes CATHERINE CRANER, who advises watchmakers and jewellers to adapt and take advantage by focusing on watch services.
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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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16/08/2019
We have all heard the saying, ‘Things aren’t the same as they were 20 years ago.’ That’s largely because of the Internet; not only is there competition between local jewellers, businesses are also competing with the rest of the world. Yet it’s essential for jewellers to embrace the technology available to them or be left behind.
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09/07/2019
The big brands want us watchmakers to repair their watches, but they make getting the necessary spare parts maddeningly difficult, prohibitively expensive, or completely impossible.
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06/06/2019
The decision by two of the major buying groups to cancel their respective buying days and encourage their members to attend the three days of the International Jewellery & Watch Fair (IJWF) is a very positive move for the greater industry.
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11/05/2019
With new CEO Michel Loris-Melikoff set to the task of rebuilding Baselworld, now is the time for the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) to set aside petty historical differences and return under the umbrella of the Baselworld show.
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09/03/2019
Over the past few years, I’ve visited and spoken to many jewellery retailers who have been the victims of crime – ranging from theft to break-ins and armed robberies. I’ve seen too many simple security steps overlooked, ignored or neglected. Jewellery businesses need to take security seriously and continually budget for upgrades and improvements.
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