Jewelry, Jewellery

Paramus, N.J.—Net sales for fiscal year 2008 at Movado Group Inc.
(Full post Movado’s net sales up 5 percent in fiscal 2008…)

“To Manufacture or Not To Manufacture, That Is The Question!”, writes Alon Ben-Joseph on the WatchFreaksBlog today.

(Full post Manufacture is the magic word!…)

Contemporary Art Jewelry
I can't say enough about Nancy Bernardine's gorgeous and unique designs. The gemstones I love best are the natural stones with rough edges, irregular shapes, and earthy colors - and she handles them so well. She takes these diamonds in the rough and creates a setting around the stone, not the other way around.
(Full post Bernardine Fine Art Jewelry…)

I apologize that lately the only posts you’ve been seeing at Jewelry Making at Bloglander are ones for craft shows. This year, we’ve actually decided to discontinue our jewelry making business - we had a good long go at it, made a lot of great contacts and had a good deal of fun making and selling our own jewelry. But it’s gotten to the point where it’s too difficult to continue.

You can blame it on the economy or whatever you’d like.

(Full post Glass Craft & Bead Expo April 2008…)

In a rare newspaper interview, billionaire Israeli diamantaire Lev Leviev responded to the string of protests that have been held outside his Madison Avenue retail store. The protests, organized by Adalah-NY, were held, the group says, to draw attention to construction projects by Leviev-owed companies in both the West Bank and New York. Protests called for a boycott of the store.
(Full post Leviev responds to store protests - National Jeweler…)

If you sell on eBay, you may have found yourself wondering just how your competition is selling more products than you. You sell a “like” product in the same category and just can’t seem to figure out how you’re losing sales to a competitor.

In many cases, eBay sellers will scan the feedback of their competitors to learn who’s buying from them. They will review the final closing price (achieved on specific products) and may find that their valued (established) customer base is now buying from their competitor.
(Full post Are Your eBay Sales Flat? Try TeraPeak…)

The Formex TS 5750 Limited Edition Chrono has a unique square case and metal bracelet. Both the case and bracelet are made of titanium and stainless steel. They used an anti-reflective sapphire crystal on the front and the back. The movement is an automatic ETA caliber 7754 with a 48 hour power reserve. It is water-resistant to 100 meters. Each piece comes with two different bezels to choose from.

(Full post TS 5750 Limited Edition Chrono by FORMEX…)

Here is the Breitling Professional Skyracer Chronograph. This one retails for about five grand. I like almost all the Breitling models, but I think the Breitling Blackbird has a better looking dial and bracelet. It is hard to go wrong with any Breitling you buy, but for five grand I would definitely have to opt for the Blackbird over the Skyracer.

Spring is coming soon, and nowhere are the indications more telling than on the world’s fashion runways. Hot and lush colors have been seen on the catwalks from Milan to London to New York and LA. The color blue has made a big splash among 2008’s Spring fashion collections, with natural hues that seemed pulled from warm Caribbean waters.

(Full post Jewelry Designer Carl Blackburn Creates Colorful 2008 Spring Collections…)