Jewelry Designer Eve Alfille Finds Inspiration After Midnight
Eve Alfille Eve Alfille Gallery, Evanston, IL EVE ALFILLE, 87, has pursued so many interests in her life, listing them all seems to push the bounds of credulity. She has degrees in business, historical...
View ArticleOn Bob Mednikow’s Best Day At Work He Met His Wife, Betty
Bob Mednikow, Mednikow Jewelers, Memphis, TN BOB MEDNIKOW LOVES to talk about the jewelry business, race cars, and a beautiful woman named Betty, the love of his life, who happens to be his wife....
View ArticleIntegrity is the Priority for David Adams
David Adams Frank Adams Jewelers, Albany, NY AS THE 84-YEAR-OLD CEO of his 100-year-old family business, David Adams says his proudest moment came when his daughter, Kimberly Adams Russell, decided to...
View ArticleEric Nyman Navigates Changing Business Dynamics
Eric Nyman Nyman Jewelers, Escanaba, MI ERIC NYMAN, 89, works six days a week in the jewelry store he bought 54 years ago. “I gotta do something,” he says. Then on Sundays, he usually does his laundry....
View Article8 Things We Learned from America’s Coolest Stores Winners in 2022
Commit to Advertising Jennifer Farnes, owner of Revolution Jewelry Works in Colorado Springs, CO, attributes her company’s rapid growth, in part, to committing 15 percent of gross income to paid...
View ArticleJim Rosenheim Is Working His 68th Christmas in a Row Because He Loves the...
Jim Rosenheim Tiny Jewel Box, Washington, DC JIM ROSENHEIM TURNED 80 this year, which will also mark the 68th Christmas he’s worked in a row. He made his first sale, a $15 ring, at the age of 6 in...
View ArticleRapaport Urges Independents to Be Ready for Historic Transfer of Wealth
MARTIN RAPAPORT turned his spotlight on independent jewelers during his annual Rapaport Breakfast event at JCK Las Vegas on Sunday, stressing their importance as the foundation of the diamond industry....
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The Natural Diamond Council’s Education Program Is Open to All in the Jewelry...
THE NATURAL DIAMOND COUNCIL is reaching out to independent jewelers to offer a comprehensive diamond education. “The program is designed to accelerate natural diamond education beyond the 4Cs,” says...
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5 Jewelry Store Design Trends That Make Sense
THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES of store design trends are curated from articles about America’s Coolest Stores that were published in 2023 in INSTORE. We’re now accepting applications for the America’s Coolest...
View Article7 Takeaways From the American Gem Trade Association’s “Elevated Seminar”...
ASSUME YOUR CLIENTS WANT THE BEST. When jewelry designer Erica Courtney sells her colored gemstone jewelry at trunk shows, she never discusses the price with clients. Instead, she assumes they can...
View Article10 Tips For Trunk Show Success
WITH OVER 25 YEARS of experience in the jewelry industry, Manos Phoundoulakis has participated in, run, or thought up complex, challenging events that have led to customer loyalty and appreciation....
View ArticleChicago Responsible Jewelry Conference Tackles Tough Issues at the Core of...
SUSAN WHEELER CURATED an international discussion about responsibility in the jewelry industry last month during the Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference, which she founded as part of the nonprofit...
View Article‘Unprecedented’ Increase in Sophisticated Burglaries Alarms Jewelry Industry...
JEWELERS MUTUAL AND THE Jewelers Security Alliance are reporting a significant jump in jewelry store burglaries in the past three months, an increase large enough to be deemed an unprecedented crisis....
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