Category: Jewelry World

Green Lake Jewelry figures out how to compete against online retailers
San Jose Business Journal, CA

Jim Tuttle once had customers who wanted to express the full richness of the story of their love, how they felt as if they were adrift until they caught hold of each other, how they were each other’s compass in the stormy seas of life. They wanted an intricate mosaic with entwined fishhooks, compasses, and ship’s wheels.

The trick was they wanted to capture all of that on their wedding bands. Read more about Green Lake Jewelry figures out how to compete against online retailers …

SouthCot wants jewelry-making in T’boli improved
MindaNews / 10 April 2006

KORONADAL CITY — Soon, T’boli residents will add a new craft: jewelry-making using gold, for export.
At present, T’bolis make fine brassware and fancy jewelry. While they have been producing jewelry from gold, the product is “sub-standard” for the global market, said
Raymundo Pecajas, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – South Cotabato officer in charge.

Improving the jewelry making in T’boli town is a concerted effort of the provincial and local governments, the DOST and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Read more about SouthCot wants jewelry-making in T’boli improved …

Beaded jewelry sold online to help fight AIDS in S. Africa
Beaded Hope buys artwork, providing income for medical treatment
Cincinnati Business Courier – April 7, 2006

Some people send money. But Jennifer Davis is hoping to improve the lives of the poor in South Africa one bead at a time.

Davis runs a two-year-old jewelry-making business called Jennifer’s Designs, which sells her work at home shows. In November, she founded Beaded Hope, an online company that employs women in Mamelodi, South Africa, to make beadwork that is sold in the United States. Read more about Beaded jewelry sold online to help fight AIDS in S. Africa …

Diamond Jewelry Designer: Available & Happy
Diamonds.net, NY

(Rapaport…April 6, 2006) Two trend spotters –as they are called– authored the book, What Women Really Want, which also has a long subtitle reflecting how women are changing the way they live in the United States. For the book, authors Kellyanne Conway and Celinda Lake profiled diamond-jewelry designer Ruta Fox among many other women leaders. Read more about Diamond Jewelry Designer: Available & Happy …

Earthwise Jewelry
Luxist, CA

The New York Times pointed out that the negative environmental impact that gold mining can have has prompted jewelry companies to join Leber Jeweler, Inc. in a campaign called “No Dirty Gold,” which hopes to push the industry towards responsible mining practices. Leber has a commitment to quality that has lasted over the past 85 years. Read more about Earthwise Jewelry …

11:49 pm | QVC opens jewelry store at SouthPark
Charlotte Observer, NC

QVC, the shopping behemoth known for selling wares on television and online, has opened its first jewelry store at SouthPark mall.
SAVOR — The Jewelry Lounge is in 1,600 square feet in the Belk wing of the mall, across from J. Crew.

It joins a lineup of many retailers SouthPark can claim exclusively in the Charlotte market — and in some cases nationally. German glassware seller Leonardo chose SouthPark for its first U.S. retail store last year, and upscale home goods catalog Frontgate chose SouthPark for its second U.S. store in 2004. Read more about 11:49 pm | QVC opens jewelry store at SouthPark …

WNJ volunteers to host jewelry sale Sherman Denison Herald Democrat, TX  By Herald Democrat The Wilson N. Jones Medical Center volunteers are sponsoring a jewelry sale from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. April 11 and from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. April 12. The sale, featauring “In Design Fundraising (formerly Phantasia Jewelry) products, will be in […]

Buy jewelry that Makes Her Think
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With the deluge of options in the jewelry industry today, there has to be a palpable edginess and creativity for magazines like Vogue to notice. After appearances in both Vogue and Lucky magazines, Made Her Think jewelry is both girly and edgy enough to be relevant.

What has started as a side project has grown into a successful, unique line of jewelry that is constantly expanding. With several collections under her belt, Kahn’s latest pieces are her most complex; wittily and subtly referencing her inspirations and everyday influences Read more about Buy jewelry that Makes Her Think …

Pleasanton jewelry theft fits pattern
By Sophia Kazmi/Knight Ridder
San Jose Mercury News

Two men who used a sledgehammer in burglarizing a jewelry store at Pleasanton’s Stoneridge Mall on Monday morning may be involved in a string of jewelry heists in Northern California, police said Tuesday.

Two men wearing black puffy parkas and dark jeans walked into the Zales jewelry store about 10:30 a.m. Monday and donned gloves. One of them, using a yellow sledgehammer, smashed a jewelry case. The pair took an estimated $200,000 in engagement rings, said Pleasanton police detective Pat Walsh. Read more about Pleasanton jewelry theft fits pattern …

Gold Falls in London After Price Rally Deters Jewelry Buyers
April 4 (Bloomberg)

Gold declined in London after prices for the precious metal, which yesterday touched a 25-year high, deterred jewelry buyers.
Customers in India, the world’s largest gold jewelry market, and in the Middle East have curbed purchases because of gold’s rally, London-based consultant Virtual Metals said yesterday in a report. Demand will lag behind production by 422 metric tons in 2006, compared with a production shortfall last year of 310 tons, Virtual Metals said.

“At these prices, there is no physical demand in Europe or elsewhere,” said Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Rossbach, head of sales and marketing at precious-metals company Heraeus Metallhandels GmbH, in Hanau, Germany. Read more about Gold Falls in London After Price Rally Deters Jewelry Buyers …