Survey respondents were concerned about the rising prices of food and groceries as well as unemployment.

Lenore Fedow

Bain & Company delved into the trends shaping the luxury market, the impact of AI, and more in its recent study.

Lenore Fedow

Smith offers retailers guidance on creating an environment where natural and lab-grown diamonds can both thrive.

Sherry Smith

Rising revenue does not automatically mean a healthy business, particularly in the current economic landscape, Smith writes.

Sherry Smith

Plus, why retailers should be ready to adjust as the U.S. population may decline this year for the first time since the Great Depression.

Lenore Fedow

Falling oil prices were a factor in the slight month-over-month improvement.

Lenore Fedow

Jewelers are missing out by not offering this one key add-on at the online point of sale, Emmanuel Raheb writes.

Emmanuel Raheb

When conducting its May consumer confidence survey, The Conference Board asked extra questions about consumers’ budgeting strategies.

Michelle Graff

The jewelry industry is reassessing its positioning as Gen Z reshapes the retail landscape and lab grown continues to gain market share.

Avi Krawitz

From Gen Z’s view of luxury to “doom spending,” these are the six consumer trends to note this year.

Lenore Fedow

The $400 pocket watch is a blend of Audemars Piguet’s iconic eight-sided Royal Oak and Swatch’s unserious Pop watches from the ‘80s.

Michelle Graff

In a column for the 2026 State of the Majors issue, Smith lists 10 time-tested principles about sales that still ring true.

Peter Smith

In a column for the 2026 State of the Majors issue, Golan spells out how the growing economic divide in the U.S. is reshaping the market.

Edahn Golan

Peter Smith gives tips on leading meetings, developing marketing, and making trade show appointments in the age of short attention spans.

Peter Smith

Respondents were concerned about the Middle East conflict and how it will impact their finances.

Lenore Fedow

Smith uses a comment he overheard in the grocery store to remind retailers that their job is to inspire buying behavior, not just sell.

Peter Smith

Emmanuel Raheb says jewelers need to start marketing early and make it easy for customers to pick a gift for mom.

Emmanuel Raheb

NRF’s annual survey found that 45 percent of consumers plan to purchase jewelry for a loved one this Mother’s Day.

Lenore Fedow

Sally Morrison and Mark Klein discuss De Beers’ first beacon in 16 years and the mistake the industry made with lab-grown diamonds.

The top-performing watch models may be surprising, with Rolex and several popular pandemic-era picks notably absent from the top 20.

Lenore Fedow

Jewelers who misinterpret the state of the jewelry market risk employing the wrong retail strategy, cautions columnist Sherry Smith.

Sherry Smith

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index edged up, with optimism about the present outweighing worries about the future.

Michelle Graff

These customer behavior patterns say a lot about how successful your jewelry store is going to be this year, Emmanuel Raheb writes.

Emmanuel Raheb

From a weaker labor market to inflation, NRF Chief Economist Mark Mathews gave insight on what retailers can expect this year.

Lenore Fedow

Consumers were somewhat less worried about the future, though concerns about rising prices and politics remained.

Lenore Fedow