Jewelry Industry Blog

An Ichthus on religious jewelry has many different meanings.  You can see the Ichthus on religious jewelry today on many different pieces of jewelry.  There are necklaces, pins, broaches, rings, earrings, bracelets, anklets, cuff links, and tie tacks.  The Ichthus is plentiful in today’s market because of its religious and spiritual meanings.

Many people have no [...]

So you are thinking of starting your own retail jewelry business and you want to know what you can expect. Your biggest challenges on a day to day basis will usually be customers and suppliers. This seems pretty obvious but a retail jewelry business has different types of customer and supplier concerns that [...]

The internet has made the world a much smaller place and it has made doing business so much easier for so many people. These days the first place someone looks for suppliers to their business is on the internet and if you spend the time to do the necessary searches you can usually find [...]

How do we define professional charms? They do happen to be jewelries but which do have professional value at the highest. For instance, the gold platinum and titanium happen to be among the most desirable precious metals in the world. Any jewelry crafted out of these precious metals have great professional significances being highly valued [...]

The introduction of the new age of technology, web world and the spectacular facility of the Internet has changed the general consciousness forever. It will not be wrong to say that there is at present a huge difference between the age preceding the Internet and also succeeding. Direct fallout of the Internet has been on [...]

Hipsters beware: That naval piercing or nose ring may be hazardous to your health. In rare cases, seizures, organ failure and even death can occur.
That is the message from the California Department of Toxic Substance Control, which is enforcing a new state law that regulates lead in jewelry, especially piercing jewelry.
That law went into effect [...]

Environmentalists want you to buy organic roses, and human rights groups tout conflict-free diamonds.
Now, just in time for Valentine’s Day, jewelry retailers are stepping up a campaign that aims to discourage the mining and sale of “dirty gold.”
A group of prominent jewelers including Tiffany & Co., Helzberg Diamonds and Fortunoff will announce today that it [...]

Dallas—Richard Breeden’s foothold in Zale Corp. increased again on Thursday when he and his business partner were appointed to the company’s board of directors. Zale announced the appointment of Breeden and another new member, James M. Cotter, on Friday. The appointments increased the size of the Zale board from six to eight members.

Breeden, [...]