Wearing Medical ID Bracelets May Save Your Life
Wearing Medical ID bracelets may save your life. And they are not for older people only. Anyone who has a medical condition, is taking certain medications that could be dangerous or interact with other medicines, or has a severe allergy to something should consider investing in one of these bracelets. Medical ID bracelets come in [...]
Jewelry sites among top gainers in December
Retail jewelry Web sites trailed only cosmetics and consumer goods in category growth from unique visitors during the month of December, an analysis by ComScore Inc. reveals.
As consumers rushed to complete their <a href=http://www.jewelleryday.com/ ” target=”_blank”>holiday gift lists online</a>, the analysis showed that fragrance and cosmetics sites experienced a 30 percent increase in the number [...]
Zale to close 60 underperforming stores
Zale Corp. plans to close 60 stores in the next 90 days, National Jeweler has confirmed.
Zale Chief Administrative Officer Rodney Carter didn’t identify the stores, but said the Irving, Texas-based jeweler would be closing unprofitable Zales, Gordon’s Jewelers and Piercing Pagoda stores and “several dozen more” stores later this year.
Zale Vice President and Treasurer David [...]
Gold watches ‘appeal to collectors’
A rare wristwatch crafted out of 18-carat gold is said to have particular appeal to collectors, according to United Arab Emirates (UAE) news publication Business 24-7.
Billed as one of the most expensive men’s timepieces on sale today, some 50 units of the Grande Complication watch have been by the International Watch Company (IWC) each year [...]
Selling Jewelry Is Mostly Pitfalls, Not Much Glitter
IT may be a cameo handed down from your grandmother or your father’s 1940s Hamilton watch or a ring you bought years ago that you no longer wear and now want to sell. While buying jewelry, whether at department or specialty stores, craft fairs or on eBay, is quick and easy, selling it is often [...]
Jewelry chain all in the Dinh family
Between 1975 and 1979, Tien Dinh and Mui Luong tried unsuccessfully six times to escape from Vietnam with their six children.
Many escaping families split up hoping to improve the chances that at least some of them would make it, said son Hanh Dinh. “But my parents said, ‘Whoever God gave us is family. If we [...]
Feds focus on lead in kids’ jewelry
Her daughter was 5 in 2004 when Erin McGuire bought her a necklace with ballet charms that were marked “silver.”
When Chelsea wore it, she’d suck on the charms. “We would always tell her to take it out of her mouth,” says McGuire of San Jose, Calif.
A couple months later, Chelsea’s school suggested she be tested [...]
Chinese Jewelry Designer Gets Dolled Up For Nasdaq
What are the upscale Chinese doing with their newfound wealth? Recent new issues have offered many possibilities. There are hotels (Home Inns & Hotels HMIN), private schooling (New Oriental Education EDU), investment advice (Xinhua Finance Media XFML) and real estate (E-house Holdings EJ). Some of those stocks have done better than others, but Fuqi International [...]
House of Taylor Jewelry Reports Improved Financial Results, As Sales Nearly Double for 2007 Second Quarter
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — House of Taylor Jewelry, Inc. today reported that net sales for its second quarter ended June 30, 2007 nearly doubled to $4.8 million from $2.5 million in the prior-year period, reflecting increased sales of the company’s Elizabeth and Kathy Ireland Jewelry branded products and loose diamonds sales of [...]