England's Crown Jewels, Picassos in Paris, even outer space ... hear the dream adventures of your peers.
AFTER NINE YEARS of Big Surveys (not to mention a couple hundred Brain Squad surveys), could we possibly have anything left to ask America’s independent jewelers?...
They typically account for about 2 percent of the customers who walk into your store, but almost 50 percent of your sales. Yes, we’re talking the...
equaltime Expert advice for serving same-sex couples in the age of marriage equality With June’s supreme court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, the 14 states...
Jewelers recount their biggest sales ... and what they learned from them.
Las Vegas is a destination built on distractions, but when you’re there on business it pays to keep your focus. To make this year’s make-or-break buying...
ROBBERY & RECOVERY VICTIMS OF CRIME STRUGGLE WITH AN UNSTEADY PATH TO NORMALCY — By Eileen McClelland Despite being attacked in a store robbery in December...
TRIED & TRUE These stores successfully tested these ideas. Now it’s your turn to make them work for your store. — By Eileen McClelland INSPIRED PARTNERSHIPS...
BY TRACE SHELTON 10 big thinkers forge jewelry’s future in the fires of innovation Give the people what they want. That’s the message from 10 of...
BY EILEEN MCLELLAND Key Numbers To Watch Peggy Seitzinger, general manager of Roper’s Jewelers in Auburn, CA, says that in the 21 years she has worked...
That aging inventory isn’t lovable. It’s costing you money. Here’s how — and when — to get rid of it. Don’t get the wrong idea. We...
Card Games Apple Pay has launched. Will it succeed in mobile payments where others haven’t? This article originally appeared in the February 2015 edition of INSTORE....
Lessons from the inception of 5 stores (and what long-established stores can learn from them)
Eight jewelry stores tell how they engineered huge improvements in sales last holiday season.
Don't ask a customer their budget ... and 99 more sales no-nos.
These stores made it to 100 — even 200. Here's what you can learn from them.
Expert advice wrapped in a holiday package for you. [dropcap cap=2010 WAS A YEAR OF TRANSITION.] Not only did it signal the start of a...
ROGER & PATTY STEWART STUCK IN THE STORE, THEY JUST SAILED AWAY FLOATING PEACEFULLY through the waters of the San Juan Islands, Roger and Patty Stewart...
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Jewelers share the things you should probably know if you want to start a family business.
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