Store succeeded by making a shift to more of a “fast fashion” business model.
Store-owners have capitalized on the rapid growth of their New Mexico community.
Eight jewelry stores tell how they engineered huge improvements in sales last holiday season.
Fast Risers: Krombholz Jewelers Cincinnati , OH BY THE INSTORE TEAM Published in the June 2013 issue 2011 had been another disappointing year for Lee Krombholz,...
Fast Risers: McCoy Jewelers BY THE INSTORE TEAM Published in the May 2013 issue Jonathan McCoy’s re-entry into the jewelry world came via the rather unlikely...
“We didn’t want to be just a shop. We wanted it to be a gallery," says owner Zdena Jiroutova.
Fast Risers: Online Standout BY CHRIS BURSLEM Published in the October 2012 issue Google “Kirk Root” and “Jewelry” and a staggering 30,000-plus results are generated. Scattered...
CATHY GRAD says she’s not sure where her ideas come from. They start bubbling up when clients bring in old pieces of jewelry to be redesigned,...
Wilmington, NC [dropcap cap=E]very few years Chris Snowden takes his family to Disney World. For his daughter and wife it’s a chance to enjoy the rides...
Weymouth, MA [dropcap cap=A]fter paying his dues in a 400-square-foot store for 18 years, Mark Snyder was more than ready for a change when the...
Wilmington, NC [dropcap cap=A]s snow came tumbling down on Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains on Christmas Day, Alan Perry couldn’t stop smiling. His store,...
Livingston, MT [dropcap cap=E]lichai Fowler came close to quitting after his first year in business, a victim of his own success. From the start, he had...
ABILENE, TX [dropcap cap=P]roblems don’t seem to exist in the world of 31-year-old Jeremy Shea Leech. Only opportunities. Whether it’s the recession, gold’s inflationary spiral, his...
PEORIA, IL [dropcap cap=D]espite three years of double-digit growth following a move to a new location and the adoption of a bridal-focused format, Bob Woolsey and...
Holman Jewelers in Springfield, TN saw a 29% growth in net income in 2009. [dropcap cap=S]ometimes it’s the small things you do in business...
Tim Weisheipl is a fast-riser with Anthony’s Jewelers in Hayward, WI.
WOOSTER, OH 30% 2007-08 [dropcap cap=K]elly Silva and her husband, Christian, entered the jewelry business with the notion that if they worked really hard, success would surely...
CHICAGO, IL 10% 2008 Jim Sunderland did what many second- or third-generation jewelers of his age did upon completing college. He headed off to the...
His deep inventory is now one of the store's biggest strengths.
Leo Hamel’s FIRST STORE was a humble one. In his words: “a 300-square-foot dump” in an “extremely middle class” part of San Diego. SAN DIEGO, CA...
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