Having a 'voice' can mean many things within the jewellery industry. For a designer, it may suggest having a style and maintaining it or perhaps preserving a standard across styles, as I will discuss later. For a jewellery retailer, voice may refer to how their store is branded and/or...
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Currency woes, increasing demand for smartwatches, and slower watch sales in China were some of the issues facing exhibitors and buyers alike at the 44th edition of Baselworld.
The eight-day fair opened under a haze of cautious optimism for a turnaround in consumer purchasing habits in the short term and...
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Welcome to Las Vegas, land of neon lights, Lady Luck, and for the next week, home to the jewellery industry, as it gathers for JCK Las Vegas and Couture.
As the main buying events for North American retailers, the shows are packed with thousands of new lines.
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So I traded in my mukluks for a pair of flip flops and moved to California from Toronto. I have to say it was a bit surreal to listen to Christmas songs while the air conditioner hummed in the background. I do miss my native land, but the offer...
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Mary Milan is on a bit of a high these days—a record high, that is. Although PAJ Canada, the company she leads as its senior vice-president, grappled with the same pressures as the rest of the industry last year, judging by recent events, she's expecting much different results in...
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Retailers have no control over several major conditions impacting their business. What do I mean by that? Well, consider the economy, weather, area redevelopment, and the competition. The wonderful news is they have full control over managing their own business.
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Awards shows and fashion runways were awash in turquoise this year. A colour complementing all complexions, this stone tends to have a cyclical popularity that re-writes itself every 20 years or so.
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Gold prices spike, they fall, and then they plateau. You've heard the news, seen the graphs, and if you're a veteran appraiser, you've experienced déjà vu countless times.
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As consumers, we tend to attach some kind of mystique to family businesses on the belief they are friendlier, have better employees, and are more caring. As such, they must therefore produce a better product and offer better service.
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Technological advancements are continually changing the way retail operates. As such, retailers have but two choices: keep up or lose out. The mass adoption of online shopping means physical shopping must continue to evolve into a more immersive, entertaining experience using the latest technology to woo consumers into stores....
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