Knocking Pandora from the No. 1 slot it had held since 2009, INSTORE readers crowned Gabriel & Co. the best-performing brand-name jewelry line in 2016. Pandora...
These are things you can do right now to adapt to this terrifying generation.
YOU DON’T normally associate Thanksgiving with jewelry, but one Thanksgiving years ago will forever make me think of turkey and watches, specifically a Timex that kept...
Last week and over the weekend, I snuck away from INSTORE’s October issue production here in our office in Bangkok to attend the 56th Bangkok Gems...
In his Saturday keynote address to attendees of The SMART Show, best-selling author Paco Underhill listed five factors influencing how retail will have to evolve in...
You may hate being asked about your bathrooms. But, sometimes, people really need to ask.
I was at the Bangkok Gem and Jewelry Fair on Sunday and had the opportunity to attend the 40th anniversary celebration of the Pranda Group. The...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about INSTORE’s “Do You Or Don’t You?” monthly feature and listed all our questions and the responses for the...
Here’s list of 28 things to do all the time, every time, with every client, from sales trainer Shane Decker. He shared this list during his...
Lessons from the hotel industry.
We’re just putting the finishing touches on our June issue this week, and I wanted to give you a sneak preview of the Cool Store, Kesslers...
It’s almost official: The construction project to roughly double the size of Clodius & Co. in Rockford, IL, is done, even if it may not be...
It’s been a year since Mark and Monika Clodius gave the green light to a project that would double the size of their Rockford, IL, store,...
Well, it was a case of over-optimism. In September, the end was in sight, and in October, Mark and Monika Clodius were knocking on wood that...
Nine months into their Rockford, IL, store addition, Mark and Monika Clodius are past their wits’ end and are feeling the excitement of wrapping up a...
Mark and Monika Clodius have been hard at it, expanding their Rockford, IL, store, Clodius & Co. since the beginning of the year, and INSTORE has...
A major expansion project of their Rockford, IL, store, Clodius & Co., has been keeping Mark and Monika Clodius on their toes. From the start of...
Mark and Monika Clodius have been dealt one setback after another in their quest to expand their Rockford, IL, store, Clodius & Co. Since January, they...
Since the beginning of the year, INSTORE has been following the trials of Mark and Monika Clodius during the expansion of their Rockford, IL, store Clodius...
Mark and Monika Clodius are several months into a major expansion and remodel of their Rockford, IL, store, Clodius & Co. Their goal is to hold...
