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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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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09/03/2021
Being a Melbourne jeweller during the COVID-19 pandemic was a lesson in perspective, resilience, and seizing opportunities – in whatever form they took, writes STEVE PALLAS.
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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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02/10/2019
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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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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06/03/2018
During my early days as a jeweller, troubling images of filthy mines with poor working conditions prompted me to research alternative gold sources. This led me to become Australia’s first licensed supplier of Fairtrade Certified Gold, a qualification which guarantees the gold I work with has been mined and sold according to Fairtrade standards.
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04/04/2016
• Robin Sobel
There’s no denying there are numerous concerns surrounding the jewellery industry right now but I firmly believe that one outshines all others: too many stores are hoping to survive by carrying a limited product range in the lower-price bracket.
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26/06/2013
• Mario Basso
My wife Sonia and I have been in the jewellery industry since 1971. In fact, we’ve worked in the same street, Smith Street Collingwood (inner city Melbourne), for all that time.
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03/11/2011
• Ewen Ryley
As apprentice numbers drop, there isn’t much motivation for young people to undertake a jewellery apprenticeship. The low award rate is not incentive enough which means that young people can be deterred from pursuing a career in jewellery.
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23/05/2011
With consumers now cautious to spend, the Australian jewellery industry has fallen headfirst into a mire of narrow, conservative design and uninspiring retail spaces – Melissa Harris says an injection of emerging talent could be just the ticket.
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28/07/2010
• Victoria Buckley
Tired of seeing the same old designs in every shop window? Jewellery designer VICTORIA BUCKLEY bemoans the lack of innovation and original design in the Australian jewellery industry.
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17/08/2009
• Jago Gavin
Product disclosure and customer education should not come at the expense of making a quick sale, argues JAGO GAVIN from Tamanie Jewellers.
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16/08/2009
• Dean Walker
Dean Walker, Dean Walker Designs argues jewellers should focus on manufacturing their own designs, instead of spending too much time repairing imported jewellery, to protect Australia's design identity.
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