Renowned architect and store designer explains how to connect your store with your passion. BY THE INDESIGN TEAM | Published in the March/April 2014 issue What...
Harmony Thomas found her calling while working in a jewelry store in her hometown of Sisters, OR, (population 2,071) when she was just 17. From the...
RANDY HUDSON, PRESIDENT and founder of Randy’s Jewelry, in O’Fallon, MO, has something to show you, whether or not you’re in the market for jewelry. In...
America’s Oldest Stores 11 stores share more than 1,000 years of accumulated wisdom. BY EILEEN MCCLELLAND Published in the March 2014 issue. A YEAR AGO, we...
But Lee Krombholz says his greatest successes have come from his greatest risks.
BY JOSH WIMMER Published in the February 2014 issue. “Once we have a customer, we want to keep that customer as long as possible — for...
The store donates an average of 150 of the 1-inch, sterling silver memorial badge pendants a year.
Outside The Box: Ritz-Carlton Boutique Opening Published in the January/February 2014 issue LANDSBERG JEWELERS (WHITE PLAINS, NY) When Jonathan and Jeffrey Landsberg opened Landsberg Jewelers’ new...
Their tiny footprint stores are doing a sizeable business.
Floor Plan: Hing Wa Lee JewelersSAN GABRIEL, CA Twenty-two shop-in-shops, eight 80-inch video panels and a store built like a vault highlight this manufacturer-turned-retailer. BY THE...
Brand Ambassadors: Alexis Padis-Macmunn BY JOSH WIMMER Published in the January/February 2014 issue STEVE PADIS JEWELRY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA TOP SELLER OF THE BRAND: JEFF COOPER...
Lessons from the inception of 5 stores (and what long-established stores can learn from them)
Building the Store: Plateau Jewelers BY EILEEN MCCLELLAND Plateau Jewelers owner: Kelly Jensen / Renovation: 2011 Cost of Buildout: $170,000 / Area: 1,000 square feet...
THE IDEA From time to time, Stephenie Bjorkman had considered hosting a marriage vow-renewal ceremony in her store, Sami Fine Jewelry, for Valentine’s Day, but hadn’t...
Her creative approach to estate sales has made her a local fixture.
Over the years, I’ve heard lots of complaints from jewelers about consumers being duped into buying poor-quality diamonds by unscrupulous retailers and/or labs. Long’s Jewelers of...
In a season for reflection, our readers share the things they're most thankful for.
MARK FLYNN, OWNER of Criterion Diamonds in Hiram, GA, decided just days before Black Friday that he’d get a jump-start on 2012 Christmas traffic by giving...
In 2006 , I had the good fortune to travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas to cover INSTORE’s America’s Coolest Store for that year, Underwood’s Jewelers, owned by...
Outside The Box: Zoofari Trunk Show Published in the September/October 2013 issue Borsheims (Omaha, NE) In July, Borsheims held its second event to kick off the...
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