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Retailers are notorious for blaming the weather when things go south for their business. But the truth is it can affect sales big time. When you have an unnaturally cold Spring, summer clothing sales will not flourish but a natural disaster such as a hurricane can spell disaster for suppliers, buyers and the business as…
The Trump administration is delaying planned tariffs in order to save Christmas for toy, clothing, footwear, and electronic retailers—although some in the jewelry business are wondering why it also didn’t get a last-minute reprieve. Might be because the other items seem to be a little more in the line of necessity for Christmas presents. In…
Diamonds, pearls, natural pearls, precious stones, including rubies, sapphires, emeralds, synthetic precious stones and diamonds, silver jewelry, gold necklaces, religious jewelry, toy jewelry and more. This is the beginning of the list. The 10% increase on tariffs is due on Sept 1, 2019, but could go to 25%. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, China is…
Summer is coming to a close even though it is hot hot hot here in Houston. As with all fashion, even jewelry has a season and presented here is the end of summer moving into fall jewelry. Marco Bicego is perfectly suited to high-summer dressing and the transitional pre-fall season’s minidresses and multilayered looks and hopefully,…
Barneys of New York as they are preparing themselves for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, they find that morale is low and vendors want their merchandise back!!! An employee who wishes to remain anonymous has stated that certain designers have asked for a return now for their merchandise bypassing the usual return to vendor (RTV). The…
Trump said he will place a tariff on $300 billion of Chinese goods coming into the US. That just about covers all Chinese goods coming into the US. The new tariffs could hit US consumers harder than the earlier rounds. It would tax goods like iPhones and other consumer electronics, sneakers, and toys. Last year, Trump…
This is not about green the color of money, or green grass, or jealousy, or eco anything, it’s just about the heavenly color green. And it is more than just a color. In retail, if you ask customers what their favorite color is, nine times out of ten you will hear if not bleu then…
The jewelry industry seems to be concerned about finding a less damaging way to create jewelry, and give back to the communities who provide their materials. Apparently, jewelers are designing sustainable jewelry and have been for a while, but it is now being brought to the attention of the consumer. And what this means is…