Category: Jewelry World

Jewelry exports up 52% through May – Brazil
Published: Thursday, July 13, 2006 17:09 (GMT -0400)
BNamericas, Chile

Brazil’s jewelry shipments abroad in the first five months of this year reached a value of US$435mn, up 52% from US$286mn in the year-ago period, a press official with the country’s gems and jewelry trade association IBGM told BNamericas via email.

Exports include uncut and cut gems.

Shipments abroad of gold bars, threads and plates in the January-May period of 2006 amounted to US$239mn, a 76% increase compared to US$136mn in the same period of last year. Read more about Jewelry exports up 52% through May – Brazil …

LJ Int’l ups view on high jewelry sales
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News

NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) – LJ International Inc. on Wednesday raised its quarterly profit and revenue forecast, citing better-than-expected sales at its 32 ENZO jewelry stores in China, Hong Kong and Macau.
The company said it now expects second-quarter net income to be $620,000, or 4 cents per share, on revenue of about $26 million.

The jewelry seller, which derives 77 percent of its revenue from supplying retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , Zale Corp. , and Federated Department Stores’ Macy’s stores , had earlier forecast net income of $300,000, or 2 cents per share, on revenue it expected to be $23 million to $24 million. Read more about LJ Int'l ups view on high jewelry sales …

Couple lose jewelry, silver to burglary
SYLVIA LIM
Herald Staff Writer
Bradenton Herald, United States

MANATEE – A couple who left their home for an hour and a half earlier today came back and found that someone had taken jewelry and a sterling silver dinner set, authorities said.The victims told investigators that their home in the 6300 block of Wingspan Way, was not ransacked, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office news release. Read more about Couple lose jewelry, silver to burglary …

Jewelry helps boost Penney’s June sales
National Jeweler, NY

JULY 10, 2006 – Plano, Texas — Fine jewelry was among J.C. Penney Co. Inc.’s top sellers in June, with total sales up 5 percent to nearly $1.61 billion for the five weeks ended July 1, compared to $1.54 billion last year.

Same-store sales for the fiscal period were up 4.3 percent compared to a 7.4 increase last year. In addition to jewelry, the retailer cited children’s and women’s accessories as helping to boost sales, with men’s and women’s casual sportswear also faring well Read more about Jewelry helps boost Penney's June sales …

Is it time to cash in gold jewelry?
Dallas Morning News 
High prices are leading to major meltdown
02:59 PM CDT on Sunday, July 9, 2006

New York Times News Service
Gold and silver prices have fallen from the peaks they reached two months ago, but after five years of steady increases, they are still at levels that are spurring people to cash in unwanted jewelry for its scrap value.
In Patchogue, N.Y., one gold buyer, Jim Sarno, owner of Budget Buy and Sell, says customers have been hauling in jewelry boxes and emptying them onto his countertops. The sudden and unrestrained exhibition of personal belongings often means only one thing: The people are there to sell. Read more about Is it time to cash in gold jewelry? …

Jewelry collection now a mangled mess
Collection from safe reduced to mangled mess
The Daily Item

It was around 10 o’clock at night on a Friday in August, almost two years ago, when Donna Deitrick went to the Shamokin asbestos removal business owned by her and her now ex-husband, Robert Yoncuski.
As she loaded things she considered her property into a truck that belonged to the business, a Shamokin police officer stopped by to see what she was doing there, Ms. Deitrick recalled in a Friday morning interview.
Ms. Deitrick told him and showed him her identification. Apparently satisfied that she was entitled to take the items, the police officer left, but Mr. Yoncuski then showed up. Read more about Jewelry collection now a mangled mess …

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HINTS FROM HELOISE Make that gold jewelry glitter
By HELOISE
King Features Syndicate
Houston Chronicle, United States

Dear Heloise:
Some time ago, and I think it was in your column, there was a procedure to clean gold jewelry to shine like new again.

I definitely could use this hint. So, if you could reprint it, it would be appreciated.

MARGARET C. KARDA, Newport Beach, Calif.

Dear Margaret: Read more about HINTS FROM HELOISE:Make that gold jewelry glitter …

Jewelry Exchange Creates New Matching Wedding Bands With State-of-the-Art Computer Technology
Market Wire (press release)

TUSTIN, CA — (MARKET WIRE) — July 03, 2006 — Jewelry Exchange, one of the nation’s leading jewelry manufacturers and retailers, recently created a new series of matching wedding rings, utilizing a brand new design and manufacturing technology. Christened the “Casada Collection,” these matching his-and-her rings offer unique designs with intricate multi-colored, highly polished gold inlays.

The design team at the Jewelry Exchange worked with one of the country’s leading equipment manufacturers to develop a new jewelry line that incorporates traditional Swiss-Cut design methods, along with computer-controlled production. This process uses diamond-tipped cutting tools set at varying angles, resulting in a cut, style, and precision that was previously unattainable. Read more about Jewelry Exchange Creates New Matching Wedding Bands With State-of-the-Art Computer Technology …

Woman finds her passion in jewelry making
WKYT, KY

OWENSBORO, Ky. — Paula Canant doesn’t just make jewelry. Canant makes beads, then uses them to make jewelry.

The former nurse makes glass or lampwork beads in the basement art studio at her Owensboro home.
“I let the glass do the work. I work below the flame,” said Canat while wearing the special glasses that allow her to see in the white-hot glare of her torch.
Fueled by propane and oxygen, the torch reaches temperatures as high as 2,200 degrees.She melts colored glass rods with the torch until they are “nice and hot and molten,” then builds the glass beads around steel welding rods coated with a substance similar to bisque. Read more about Woman finds her passion in jewelry making …