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Named to the new post was Meg Deedy, who has more than 10 years of experience with agencies such as Agency.com, TracyLocke and MRM/McCann.
This week Time Inc. and YouGov, a U.K.-based market research firm, released their 10th annual Survey of Affluence and Wealth, which polls more than 6,000 wealthy consumers worldwide.

The luxury display, packaging and fixture company has appointed fashion industry veteran Dieter Pasewaldt as its worldwide chief financial officer.
The men received 30 years behind bars while a fifth man involved, who was the shooter, was sentenced to life in prison earlier this year.
Americans are expected to spend a total of $4.3 billion on jewelry for the day, up considerably from $3.6 billion last year.
The need for generic diamond marketing and the declining importance of November-December are just two of the points explored in a new report on the state of the U.S. jewelry market.

Columnist Peter Smith explains why he thinks the Up System, which dictates that a store’s sales staff take turns approaching customers, is inane.
The manufacturer is aiming to steer engagement ring and wedding band consumers to ArtCarved and Triton through story-led social media content.

At a session held Thursday, gemologist Debbie Hiss gave AGS Conclave attendees the low-down on how to close a sale and keep customers coming back.

Campbell, who has worked with Morgan Jewelers and the Leading Jewelers Guild, has more than 35 years of executive-level experience in the diamond jewelry industry.
Understanding how millennials work can help retailers reach them, and one seminar at AGS Conclave 2015 helped to identify just who these consumers are.
Stocking bridal merchandise by style instead of vendor and looking like the store you want to become are two ways retailers can increase revenues, an author and consultant said in an education session held Wednesday at AGS Conclave 2015.
The diamond company plans to open the facility in the Big Apple by year’s end and has signed a licensing agreement with Cal Tech University for “nano prisms.”

In Designer’s Diary, a new column for National Jeweler, Salt + Stone’s Jacqueline Stone will detail her ups and downs as an emerging jewelry designer. Her first column describes a typical day in the life.

Discovered in the tailings plant of the Superkolong mine in South Africa, the 30.80-carat rough diamond has “exquisite gemological characteristics.”
A former Israeli Defense expert who now heads a jewelry-focused security firm runs down the main missteps exhibitors make that lead to losses.

The New York-based company that specializes in buying from the public has a new division that purchases from professionals and sells the pieces via tender at its main office.
Simple studs and gold-toned and geometrically shaped jewelry appeared to be the common factor at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, held Sunday at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
A federal judge in Texas has denied Sam’s Club’s motion to dismiss the trademark infringement suit the well-known jewelry brand filed against it last fall.
A few weeks back, I attended the Women’s Jewelry Association In the Know conference here in New York City.

Sarine Technologies announced that the GIA has completed an evaluation of its new DiaMension Axiom platform and Instructor software and that the lab has adopted Instructor as its standard software.
The brand, which was acquired by manufacturer Frederick Goldman earlier this year, has hired Bruce Lake and Cathy Marsh.

A true “boss” is someone who … Columnist Peter Smith fills in the blank in his latest article.

The Philadelphia mayor’s office is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the abduction, beating and robbery of a 53-year-old jewelry store employee over the weekend.















