I read a lot of business books. Most have at least a few useful ideas. Only rarely will I come across one that immediately presents itself as a big, steaming pile of sewage.
There was an interesting article in the New York Times about the return of the male shopper and his purchasing of accessories.
Most jewelry stores display their jewelry on a boring series of standard displays and risers. A few do an exceptional job of creating beautiful themed displays for showing off their jewelry. And then there’s Tiffany, which makes an art form out of jewelry display, and has done so for decades.
Debbie Fox of Fox Fine Jewelry in Ventura, CA, a small independent jeweler in a community of 100,000, realized the extent of her customers’ financial suffering in the fall of 2008, when they started bringing in sentimental, heirloom pieces for her to sell — quickly – because they needed money to pay their rent or mortgage.
It seems America can’t get enough of the Jeremy Lin story.
