GemFind Weekly Newsletter April 25th, 2017

The Jewelry Industry Does Coachella | Jewelry to Drive US Mother’s Day Spending | How to Monitor Your Social Media Presence | All eyes on multi-million-dollar emerald auction in NY | Pace of Store Clo

Alex Updated on Apr 25, 2017

Bez Ambar Joins JewelCloud®

GemFind, the leading technology provider to the jewelry industry, is honored to welcome Bez Ambar, the newest designer to add their collections to the industry’s fastest growing social product network, JewelCloud®. Bez Ambar Inc (previously: Ambar Diamonds) is a jewelry design and manufacturing company based in Los Angeles, California. Artist Bez Ambar founded the company in 1980. Read More

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Jewelry to Drive US Mother’s Day Spending

Diamonds.net April 25

US consumers are expected to spend more on jewelry than on any other product category this Mother’s Day, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF). Overall Mother’s Day spending is expected to reach $23.6 billion, exceeding last year’s record by 10%, with as much as $5 billion

Chow Tai Fook Opening First Jewelry Store In Hawaii, Aiming For Honeymooners

IDEX April 25

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd., the world's largest jewelry retailer, will be opening its first jewelry store in Hawaii, the company said. The Hong Kong-traded firm has signed an agreement with the DFS Group, a luxury travel retailer,

Pace of Store Closures Slowed in Q1, JBT Data Shows

National Jeweler April 25

The JBT’s latest statistics show that in North America (the United States and Canada), a total of 292 jewelry retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers ceased operations in the first quarter 2017, down 17 percent from 353 in the first quarter 2016.

Hot Topic in Geneva: The Issue of Synthetic Diamonds in Watchmaking The Diamond Loupe April 24

In April 2017, a symposium called, “Synthetic Diamonds: Are Watchmaking and Jewelry in Danger?” was held in Geneva, specifically to address the issue of synthetic diamonds in the domain of watchmaking and how it is possible to differentiate natural from lab-grown stones.

The Jewelry Industry Does Coachella

JCK

April 24

I have a strange infatuation with the Coachella festival. On one hand, I’m intimidated by it: the massive crowds, the beautiful people, the public intoxication. On the other hand, I’m hopelessly in love with it: the music, the carefree bohemian fashions, the public intoxication.

All eyes on multi-million-dollar emerald auction in NY

The Jewellery Editor April 21

Browsing the lots in the upcoming auction of the Marcial de Gomar Collection is a lesson in history and gemology, rolled into one. Taking place on Tuesday 25 April at Guernsey’s in New York, an auction house that deals only with the extraordinary –

Haute Time April 25

Sometimes an Haute Complication isn’t the sum of its different complication, but rather consists out of how the complication itself has been brought to life. That is for sure the case with the eight edition of Harry Winston’s Histoire de Tourbillon.

CHRISTIE’S TO OFFER THIS STUNNING DIAMOND PENDANT FOR $20 MILLION

The Israeli Diamond Industry April 25

Christie’s auction of Magnificent Jewels on May 17 in Geneva will be led by La Légende – “a 92-carat D color Flawless heart-shaped diamond pendant signed by Boehmer et Bassenge”, according to IDEX Online.

How to Monitor Your Social Media Presence

GemFind Blog

April 24

In order to effectively execute your social media management, you need to have tools in place to actually measure your online social media presence and gauge your success. This means that you need to have clear goals for your social media marketing campaigns and know which metrics you are looking at. Read More

JewelCloud Member Spotlight

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Marketing Minute: The Importance of Being Early

National Jeweler

April 25

You advertise for people to come buy from you because you want sales and you want them now. Your ads are designed to get people who are in the market to come into your store and plunk down their hard-earned money, preferably TODAY! Read More

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