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How to Improve Your Local SEO
Consumer habits have shifted as a result of COVID-19. While the shift to digital was already taking place, COVID-19 expedited it. And this digital-first world has fundamentally changed consumers’ shopping habits. Rather than making an intent-based decision to go shopping, discovering new products and services is now integrated into daily life. You must account for […]
Guide to Lapis Lazuli
History, Lore and Appreciation Technically, lapis lazuli is a rock since several minerals combine to form it, with lazurite being its principal component, and giving the material its deep blue color. It is, in fact lapis lazuli’s intense blue color, at times flecked with white calcite and golden colored pyrite crystals that has captivated people’s attention […]
Retail Sales of Jewelry in the United States from 2006 to 2020
Retail Sales of Jewelry in the United States from 2006 to 2020 Keywords: Retail, Jewelry
Newest Retail Innovations to be Showcased at The Plumb Club Pavilion at JCK Las Vegas
Cutting-Edge Platforms, Products and Services Geared Toward the Retail Jeweler NEW YORK – The Plumb Club Pavilion at JCK Las Vegas has brought together a group of companies offering the newest ideas and products geared toward helping jewelry retailers with daily business and growing sales. Aside from The Plumb Club’s usual offering of retail benefits, […]
The Science of Colored Diamonds
We often think of natural diamonds as the scintillating colorless or white gems that humans have cherished for thousands of years. Formed deep within the Earth under extreme heat and pressure, these treasures only develop when carbon atoms bond together in a crystal lattice structure. But what many forget is that during a diamond’s formation, […]
Best Laid Plans
JCK Las Vegas 2022 is expected to be bustling with activity, as it moves back closer to its historical dates, scheduled for June 10 to 13 at The Venetian Expo. With the 2022 holiday season likely to be the first “normal” holiday since 2019, this year’s event is predicted to be especially busy with a […]
World Emerald Sources Map
World Emerald Sources Map Keywords: Emerald, Gems
Consumer Attitudes on Artisanal Gold Mining
Introduction MVI Marketing LLC (THE MVEye), commissioned by Christina T. Miller, Sustainable Jewelry Consulting, with sponsorship by Rio Grande and Alliance for Responsible Mining, conducted a November 2020 study to understand jewelry consumers’ awareness of how the gold in their jewelry came to market and their willingness to purchase responsibly sourced artisanal and small-scale (ASM) […]
Natural and Lab Grown Diamond Inclusions
One of the fascinating features which gemologists are observing in diamonds, both natural and laboratory-grown, are inclusions. Inclusions are imperfections within a diamond that are result of different events during formation of natural and lab-grown diamonds. While nothing could be done regarding presence of inclusions in natural diamonds, when it comes to laboratory-grown ones, diamond […]
US Jewelry Store Ad Spending 2018-2020
US Jewelry Store Ad Spending 2018-2020 Keywords: Retail