Category: Jewelry World

Boyajian lands at planned World Jewelry Center
National Jeweler, NY

AUGUST 02, 2006 – Las Vegas — While his former employers continue to search for his replacement, Bill Boyajian, who resigned from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in June, has been named managing director of Probity International’s World Jewelry Center (WJC) project, set to be built in Las Vegas. Read more about Boyajian lands at planned World Jewelry Center …

Amazon.com Jewelry and Watches Sales up More Than 100 Percent in Second Quarter
2006/01.08.2006 13:00:00
Finanzen.net, Germany

Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN) today announced thatsecond quarter 2006 jewelry and watches sales increased more than 100percent year-over-year. Each quarter, an increasing number ofAmazon.com’s millions of customers are shopping the Amazon.com Jewelry& Watches store, especially for important gift-giving occasions, suchas Mother’s Day and summer engagements. Read more about Amazon.com Jewelry and Watches Sales up More Than 100 Percent in Second Quarter …

MODERATE QUAKE HITS INDONESIA’S NIAS ISLAND
MCOT

JAKARTA, July 31 (VNA-TNA) – A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Indonesia ‘s Nias island off northern Sumatra on July 30, according to the
Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.

However, there were no immediate reports of casualties, damage or a possible tsunami.

The quake struck at 8:28 a.m. (local time) was centered under the Indian Ocean, about 55 kilometres (34 miles) northwest of Gunung Sitoli, the main town on Nias island, the agency said. Read more about MODERATE QUAKE HITS INDONESIA'S NIAS ISLAND …

Belk completes fine-jewelry acquisition
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area

Belk Inc. has completed its purchase of the assets of Migerobe Inc., a Mississippi company that leases and operates fine-jewelry departments in 35 Belk stores.

Effective Monday, Belk will own and begin operating these departments through a newly established fine jewelry division at Belk’s Charlotte headquarters.

Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Read more about Belk completes fine-jewelry acquisition …

Bride Donates Jewelry to Lebanese Victims Arab News/Arab News, Saudi Arabia JIZAN, 31 July 2006 — Having watched graphic images of innocent Lebanese civilians ruthlessly bombed by Israeli F-16 jets, a bride in Jizan declared on her wedding day that she felt bad wearing jewelry while her Muslim brothers and sisters in Lebanon were suffering, […]

On lookout for missing jewelry
Boston Globe, United States

By Steve Heyman, Globe Correspondent | July 30, 2006
Plainville police are urging residents to check for missing valuables after a local woman was convicted of stealing at least $50,000 worth of jewelry from homes in the town and nearby communities.

Millene Wilmarth, 30, admitted to lifting jewelry from at least four homes in Plainville and Foxborough, and possibly one in North Attleborough, to support a drug habit, police said. Read more about On lookout for missing jewelry …

AGTA Pres. Robbed of Jewelry Worth Millions
Diamonds.net, NY

The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) revealed details of the million dollar robbery which resulted in the sudden three month leave of absence of AGTA president, Richard Krementz, beginning July 17.

Richard Krementz, of Richard Krementz Gemstone, was robbed of over one million dollars worth of fine jewelry on June 26 in Amarillo, Texas.

In a statement issued on July 28 by the AGTA, Krementz said he expects to return to his position as president of the AGTA in October, following a reorganization of Richard Kremetz Gemstone, established in 1866. “This robbery does not impact our financial strength,” said Krementz. “It did however cause us to strategically review our business and address some of our challenges long-term.”

Krementz added that the company will be dropping its bridal business by the end of 2006, in order to focus on color, which is the core of the company’s business Read more about AGTA Pres. Robbed of Jewelry Worth Millions …

Pocono Life:Jewelry crafting craze gives moms, students, retirees a creative outlet Pocono Life Writer/July 30, 2006 Dorothy Quartararo of Albrightsville took two classes and was hooked. Tara Hyland of Effort took one. Same thing. Women stringing beads and crystals into jewelry are part of a sparkling trend. “It’s a craze,” said Wendi Sathmary, owner of […]

Holey Beads! The art of beading just keeps getting bigger
The Register-Guard, Oregon

By one definition, a bead is anything with a hole in it, which goes a little way toward explaining the broad appeal of beading, a hobby/craft/art form – whatever you want to call it – that remains popular tens of thousands of years after nomadic hunter-gatherers first took a break from killing stuff so they could adorn themselves with perforated seashells. Read more about Holey Beads! The art of beading just keeps getting bigger …

Chaplin’s jewelry store owner arrested, money laundering alleged
Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA

A metro man was indicted late July 26 for allegedly taking part in a money laundering scheme that funneled illegal drug profits through his jewelry stores at Atlantic Station and at Merchandise Mart/America’s Mart in downtown Atlanta.

Toros Seher, 38, of Alpharetta, Ga., was indicted by a federal grand jury and search warrants were served at four locations in Atlanta and Alpharetta.
The jewelry stores, “Chaplin’s” and “Chaplin’s Midtown,” were also indicted. Seher was arrested without incident and is expected to have his initial appearance before a federal magistrate on Thursday. Read more about Chaplin's jewelry store owner arrested, money laundering alleged …