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Major Matrix Moves, Scholarship Season and More August Service News

Plus, Midas Chain releases its 2025 Jewelry Catalog and Style Guide in Las Vegas.

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5 months ago

August 25, 2025

INSTORE Staff Instore August 2025 Issue

Major Matrix Moves

Gemvision, a Stuller company, has announced the first of three major updates coming to MatrixGold 3 this year. From refined parametric workflows to customizable quick commands, MatrixGold 3.9 is built to streamline the jewelry design process. Expect powerful new features that give users more control, speed, and efficiency. gemvision.com/matrixgold/matrixgold-3

Scholarship Season

Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, is now accepting enrollments for the Seymour & Evelyn Holtzman Bench Scholarship and the Jewelers of America scholarship program. Open to employees of JA member companies for industry diploma, professional development, and certification programs. jewelers.org/ja/careers-education

Major Matrix Moves, Scholarship Season and More August Service News

Style in Full Bloom

Midas Chain just launched its 2025 Jewelry Catalog and Style Guide in Las Vegas. New releases include a range of lightweight chains, newly designed diamond tennis and graduated diamond styles, and a line of colored gemstone jewelry. midaschain.com

Efficient Integration

Jewel360, the all-in-one, cloud-based point of sale software built to meet the needs of modern jewelry retailers, has announced a new integration with Geller’s Blue Book. The update will allow Jewel360 to save jewelers time and effort by accurately pricing jewelry repairs based on Geller’s Blue Book industry-standard guidance. jewel360.com

Major Matrix Moves, Scholarship Season and More August Service News

Dishing on Diamonds

The Natural Diamond Council has launched its not-for-profit Diamond Learning Center. The free resource aims to inform, inspire and educate jewelry salespeople to confidently and clearly explain and distinguish the value propositions of natural diamonds, laboratory-grown diamonds, and diamond simulants to their customers. diamondlearningcenter.org

Honoring a Legacy: How Smith & Son Jewelers Exceeded Every Goal With Wilkerson

When Andrew Smith decided to close the Springfield, Massachusetts location of Smith & Son Jewelers, the decision came down to family. His father was retiring after 72 years in the business, and Andrew wanted to spend more time with his children and soon-to-arrive grandchildren. For this fourth-generation jeweler whose great-grandfather founded the company in 1918, closing the 107-year-old Springfield location required the right partner. Smith chose Wilkerson, and the experience exceeded expectations from start to finish. "Everything they told me was 100% true," Smith says. "The ease and use of all their tools was wonderful." The consultants' knowledge and expertise proved invaluable. Smith and his father set their own financial goal, but Wilkerson proposed three more ambitious targets. "We thought we would never make it," Smith explains. "We were dead wrong. We hit our first goal, second goal and third goal. It was amazing." Smith's recommendation is emphatic: "I would never be able to do what they did by myself."