Category: Jewelry World

Prices fall, bonanza for jewelry lovers
CNN-IBN, India

Mumbai: After Wednesday’s bullish trend in bullion prices, values of spot gold and silver crashed again on Thursday due to weak global advice.

Standard gold (99.5 purity) and pure gold (99.9 purity) opened low this morning at Rs 9,595 and Rs 9,645 per 10 gm, respectively, on poor demand by local dealers.

Both the yellow metals improved and closed high at Rs 9,365 and Rs 9,660 per 10 gm, with a huge gain of Rs 240 each from their yesterday’s close. Read more about Prices fall, bonanza for jewelry lovers …

Wholesale Cubic Zirconia Jewelry Guide
LiveArticles.org, CA

Today there is a wonderful opportunity in wholesale cubic zirconia jewelry from the current marketplace trend; consumers are turning more to this synthetic gem because the quality has improved tremendously. It has always been well known as a substitute for diamond, due to its high hardness and great fire, now it is established as a gorgeous gem in its own right.

Cubic zirconia is a beautiful synthetic gemstone that is durable, inexpensive and now even comes in many fashionable colors, making it even more attractive. Many cubic zirconia jewelry buyers have been turned off by the diamond marketplace, as more diamond mines open, the prices of diamonds continue to decline, making it a less than attractive investment today than in times past. Read more about Wholesale Cubic Zirconia Jewelry Guide …

USA : House of Taylor Jewelry posts wider net loss in Q1 2006
May 23, 2006/Fibre2fashion.com, India

House of Taylor Jewelry Inc announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31st 2006.
The international jewelry company saw first-quarter revenue rise 29 percent to $1.4 million from $1.1 million reported in the same period a year ago, reflecting demand for the company’s branded products that were introduced late last year, as well as sales of the company’s discontinued non-branded products. Read more about USA : House of Taylor Jewelry posts wider net loss in Q1 2006 …

Rapaport to host fair trade jewelry conference at JCK Show
JCK, PA

The Rapaport Fair Trade Jewelry Conference will be held during the JCK Show ~ Las Vegas on June 5, 2:00-5:00 p.m., at the Delfino Ballroom in the Venetian Hotel. The conference is free and open to all members of the jewelry industry.

The purpose of the conference is to promote greater industry awareness of fair trade jewelry. Leading stakeholders within the jewelry trade will discuss the potential for the development of fair trade jewelry products and the establishment of fair trade jewelry standards. The conference goal is to raise the issue of fair trade and encourage consensus building within the industry Read more about Rapaport to host fair trade jewelry conference at JCK Show …

Chippewa Falls jewelry store hit by cars twice in a year
Janesville Gazette

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. – Alice Olson’s jewelry store isn’t a drive-through, but she might want to reconsider after two cars crashed into her business in separate incidents over the past year.

Last year a vehicle crash sent a car and a traffic light into Olson’s corner store in a spray of glass. Then on May 7, an unoccupied car rolled backward into the store window, breaking glass and damaging the frame. Read more about Chippewa Falls jewelry store hit by cars twice in a year …

White brass jewelry set features CZs
Global Sources, Singapore

South Korea – Millennium Young Woo Co. Ltd is offering a jewelry set made of white brass and adorned with CZs.

The set consists of a necklace that has a 42cm-long chain and a 14x53mm pendant, and a pair of earrings that measure 41x11mm. The pendant and the earrings come in a teardrop shape and feature a chain of CZs in the middle. All pieces are rhodium-plated at a thickness of 2mm. They do not contain nickel. Read more about White brass jewelry set features CZs …

D3 Track & Field: Cedar Cliff girls get new jewelry for prom night
Carlisle Sentinel, PA

SHIPPENSBURG — Saturday night was prom night at Cedar Cliff High school and the girls from the 4X100 relay team picked up the perfect accessory to go along with their evening gowns – a gold medal.

Colts Kelly Allred, Karyn Boyer, Beth Getty and Laura McGowan successfully defended their 400 relay championship by beating out top seed Susquehanna Twp., Central York and CD East with a time of 49.43.

“It was a rough week,” McGowan said. “We didn’t do well at Mid-Penns.”

“I don’t think we expected that,” Allred said. “In the back of our minds we knew we wanted to do it, but to actually do it at all.” Read more about D3 Track & Field: Cedar Cliff girls get new jewelry for prom night …

‘Signs of Life’ melds exquisite jewelry with captivating literary imagery
Seattle Post-Intelligence

An acorn, a leaf, a lavender bloom.
A bee, a chick, a butterfly wing.
A hand, a heart, a vial of tears.

Things we take for granted. Yet, each offers a promise of life. Each heralds nature, birth and human relationships. Each is a metaphor for our time on Earth; a “Sign of Life” that germinates and glows within a nifty hybrid exhibit at Facere Jewelry Art Gallery.

Eye-catching and contemplative, “Signs” sprouts from a marriage of opposites; nine visual artists wedded to nine articulate writers. The first group sets a table with exquisitely sculpted necklaces, bracelets, brooches and rings; the other indulges in a literary feast. It’s a call to the senses and a response of intellect that spawns captivating stories and poems. Read more about 'Signs of Life' melds exquisite jewelry with captivating literary imagery …

Violent Jewelry Heists Reported In Tri-State
WLWT ChannelCincinnati.com via Yahoo! News

Violent jewelry heists in the Tri-state area have left businessmen ambushed and crooks getting away with thousands of dollars, News 5 reported.

Similar incidents have happened in cities across the country.

In a matter of seconds, the robber could slash a jewelry dealer’s tires, break windows and hold the victim up at knifepoint.

The jewel bandits have struck twice in Blue Ash Read more about Violent Jewelry Heists Reported In Tri-State …

Jewelry supplier Kassoy changes hands
National Jeweler

MAY 17, 2006 – Hicksville, N.Y.- — Kassoy, a supplier to jewelry manufacturers and retailers, has been acquired by a new corporation formed by Kenstan Lock Company. The new corporation will be called Kassoy LLC.
Hans E.R. Bosch, CEO of Kassoy LLC, is also the managing director of Kenstan, a distributor of high security locking systems for showcases and other fixtures for the jewelry trade for 40 years.

The acquisition will provide the Kassoy customer base and the industry with a single source for all gemological and bench tools, packaging, fixtures, displays and bar coding systems. Read more about Jewelry supplier Kassoy changes hands …