The right holiday promotion can mean so much for your business. dsa
what type of store owner are you? a fastidious, highly-organized Mrs. Clean? Or are you a Se?or Sloppy, living on the edge but somehow making it...
Strange Stories From The Front Lines ?We had a customer who wanted a custom-made solid gold necklace made up of dog bones all connected around the...
About eight years ago in March, one of my customers came into my store with the physical assistance of a friend. I had known for some...
I buy and sell estate items. One year I bought a ring from a client, and held it in my office for a long time …...
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Jewelry has a long history of great ideas. For a current trendy example, take the diamond line bracelet. Other ideas, however, have not been so widely...
Strange stories from the front lines ?One day, a good customer came in and wanted to talk to us about doing a custom design. She and...
It was getting late in the day at our little trade shop at the end of Miles Street, a dead-end street in an old mill town....
Here’s a bead stringing adventure I had about 15 years ago. A lady walked up to the counter with a zip lock baggie full of brownish-colored...
Is this guy telling you to steal home plate? Is he your NBA coach, advising you to go for the layup? Maybe he’s a jeweler showing...
Awards season is one of the most important times of year for jewelry manufacturers. Before the Oscars/Emmys/Grammys, public relations moles spend weeks working the phones to...
Strange stories from the front lines “One morning a gentleman phoned to tell me he would like to replace a ring his wife lost. Ring size...
The oddest material I have seen used for jewelry is in Alaska, where some jewelers would sell (and I am not making this up, just reporting...
An elderly woman entered the store and came up to the repair counter to have some beads restrung. (We frequently have seniors come in with zip...
Feeling sluggish? Lazy? Indolent, torpid, lethargic ? even listless? Not anymore! Yep, it’s back ? ?Listapalooza,? the feature consistently ranked No. 1 by Instore editors pressed...
Yes, we all know America is a litigous society and companies of all types have to cover their coperate posteriros with warning labels that are…let’s face...
If you could hire anybody you wanted, who would you hire? Yes, we mean anybody. We’re talking about someone who would draw customers, sell tons of...
Strange stories from the front lines ?A man and a woman came into our store; she was limping in obvious pain and also very pregnant. She...
?A middle-aged couple with a young daughter, about 8, came into our store and asked for the manager. I asked them how I could help. The...
