Ontario-based designer, Virginia Muralt, shares her journey of preparing, designing, and creating a one-of-a-kind set of necklaces.
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Now more than ever, it is important for retailers to be able to communicate clearly with customers the key differences between laboratory-grown diamonds and their mined counterparts.
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Compensation is a known contentious issue amongst most business partners, but even more so in a family business. Often, decisions made by parental owners can impact the personal and professional relationships of the next generation.
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Coloured gems sell—we don’t even need to classify them as ‘precious’ and ‘semi-precious’ anymore. Depending on a stone’s provenance and rarity of colour and size, today’s shoppers are willing to dig deep into their pockets and shell out serious money for many rainbow-hued gemstones.
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While the art of lapidary has existed for centuries, next to no one has gone as far and deep into research as Justin K. Prim.
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In recent years, evolving consumer demands and concerns over ‘conflict’ diamonds and minerals have coincided with the emergence of a powerful data-tracking approach known as ‘blockchain.’ This technology, in development since the 1980s, anchors a core tenant of ethical sourcing: traceability and transparency.
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Ultimately, all businesses need a succession plan. While many owners believe they have one in place, experience would indicate that, unless this is documented and reviewed on a regular basis, it is common to find multiple owners have varying expectations about their operation’s succession plan.
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With the holiday season on the horizon, it is more important than ever to put ‘double-check safety and security’ at the very top of every jewellery retailer’s ‘to-do’ list.
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Why have beads remained so consistently significant throughout the ages? For starters, humans love symbolism—and beads suit this role to a T. Dating back to their inception, these decorative droplets have served as symbols of status and were traded all over the world. Some particularly superstitious cultures wore beads...
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Amidst the increasingly ubiquitous use of mobile devices and the massive success of e-commerce, the current era has been dubbed by many as the ‘post-PC’ world. Indeed, more than half of all internet traffic comes from mobile devices.
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