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Metal Matters: Science Proves Platinum is Better Than Gold
for Your Jewelry Purchase
Choosing platinum is a celebration of beauty, strength, authenticity, and longevity. Not only do these elements factor into the construction of every piece of platinum jewelry, they also reflect a relationship built upon the same traits. In an effort to once and for all prove the long-supported anecdotal evidence of platinum’s superiority in wear resistance […]
Metal Matters
Trends in precious metal fine jewelry embrace a love of layering, and mixing styles, colors, materials, and textures in a way that’s unique to the wearer. This trend transcends all materials — silver, gold and platinum; diamonds, gemstones and pearls. It’s all about personalization; storytelling is in how and what we layer. Popular looks seen […]
The Gilded Age
Gold jewelry captures just shy of half the jewelry market as a product category, according to research by The Furturist for The Plumb Club. Gold demand was up 7% year-on-year in the first quarter, according to the World Gold Council Demand Trends Q1 2019 report. The report believes gold jewelry demand will benefit from positive […]
Beyond The Wow! The Plumb Clubs’S Retail Innovation & Education Center Featured On Instore
Beyond the Wow! Humanized High Tech at JCK Las Vegas Technology vendors are ubiquitous at retail trade shows, but the presentation at JCK Las Vegas was anything but common. Top tech vendors were gathered together in the Plumb Club’s new Retail Innovation and Education Center and in the Retail Innovation area (downstairs at JCK) to […]
Silver Sales Soar
A new survey from the Silver Promotion Service (SPS), promotional arm of the Silver Institute (SI), shows sales of silver jewelry grew in 2018. Now in its tenth year, the study measures the sales performance of silver in jewelry. More than half (52%) of jewelry retailers polled reported overall sales growth in their silver jewelry […]
Watch Market Projected To Grow Next 5 Years
The global watch market is projected to grow at the rate of 8.2% from now through 2023, according to research conducted by Mordor Intelligence. Adoption of Swiss-made luxury watches, a rise in the demand for smart sport watches, especially among youths, and a change in lifestyle are some factors driving the watch market globally. Demand […]
Watch Market Growth Projected
The global watch market is projected to grow at the rate of 8.2% from now through 2023, according to research conducted by Mordor Intelligence. Adoption of Swiss-made luxury watches, a rise in the demand for smart sport watches, especially among youths, and a change in lifestyle are some factors driving the watch market globally, finds […]
Watching Women
In a March 21 Financial Times article, “Watchmakers Heed Women’s Demands to Dial Up Size,” Sarah Shannon writes that while women are a growing segment of watch buyers, dated ideas from this male-dominated industry about what female consumers want have kept this market woefully underserved. Shannon points out that the idea that women want dainty, […]
Real Men Wear Watches
Realmenrealstyle.com in its recent “7 Reasons for Men to Wear a Watch” column proclaimed that “boys look at their smart phones to check the time, men look at a watch!” The column cites convenience, functionality, simplicity, stylishness, craftsmanship, design, heirloom-quality, and a respect for time among the reasons why watches remain a timeless timepiece for […]
The Plumb Club Announces New Industry Research and Supporting Member Collection “Radiant Universe” to Debut at JCK Las Vegas
The Plumb Club is pleased to announce the launch of a comprehensive new research and retail initiative, “Radiant Universe,” which will debut at JCK Las Vegas 2019. The Plumb Club recently commissioned trend forecasting agency The Futurist to source consumer data and information useful to the jewelry market, providing insight on trends, consumer behavior and […]