Just Hear Those Sleigh Bells Jingling.

Published

15 years ago

July 2, 2008

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring-ting-tingling, too.

And if you don’t hear them, you should. They should be getting louder every day. The holidays are coming, hard and fast, and the key to having your best season ever is to be prepared. And to really get your cash register ring-ting-tingling, you’ve got to start preparing … this instant! This issue, we’ve done all we could to help you get ready, providing a range of tools including a comprehensive preparations checklist for the months leading up to Christmas, a bushel of innovative promotions your store can try, a warning about the biggest danger most jewelers will face this holiday season, as well as a round-up of the hottest products of the season. (Yes, you should have done all of your holiday shopping by now. But when it comes to product mix, we figure you’re like the Hollywood producer who was asked about a deal being set. ?Of course, it’s set,? he said. ?It’s just not set-set.? So if you’re holiday shopping is done, but not done-done, we hope you’ll enjoy our list of 12 holiday must-buys for your store.)

This issue, we’re also introducing two new columns. The first, ?True Tales?, will focus on the strange things that happen every day in American jewelry stores. The other is ?To Do Or Not To Do??, in which we will ask the retail jeweler members of Instore’s Professional Retail Panel a key question about their business. This month, we ask ?Do you or do you not do direct telephone marketing to your customers?? Turn to page 44 for the (probably surprising) results. Send your feedback to us at Click hereeditor@instoremag.com’>Click here

Wishing you the very best business …

David Squires
Executive Editor and Associate Publisher
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Wilkerson Testimonials

Wilkerson: “They Feel Like Family”

Newton’s Jewelers in Fort Smith, Ark., was a true institution. But after being at the helm for most of his life, owner (and descendent of the original founder) Kelly Newton decided it was time to retire. He chose Wilkerson to handle the sale. “I’ve known the owners of Wilkerson for a long, long time. I felt at home with them,” he says. The final retirement sale was just a “blast” and the Wilkerson sales team made it so very simple and straightforward, says Newton. Would he recommend Wilkerson to others? Absolutely. “They’ve done incredible work,” says Newton. “They feel like family.”