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Press Releases

NRF Foundation Announces The List of People Shaping Retail’s Future 2024

Eileen McClelland

Want a Successful Store Event? Check Out These Party-Worthy Ideas

Beth Bernstein

From Disco to Hip Hop, Pop Culture Trends Inspire Modern Jewelry Looks

Trace Shelton

The INSTORE Show Wowed Attendees with Strong Exhibitors and Stellar Education

David S. Geller

Enter Over-the-Counter Purchases Correctly to Save Yourself Headaches Later

Becky Stone

Judge the Jewels: Athlete Noah Lyles Wears Diamonds For His World Championship Race

David Brown

Here’s How to Build Cash Flow for That Holiday Inventory

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Reaching for the Stars

Shane Decker

Here’s Why a Professional Greeting Can Change Your Sales Success Rate

Chris Burslem

Overcome Your Anxiety With These 30 Tips

SmartWork Media Content Studio

5 Innovative Profit Maximizing Strategies

Jimmy DeGroot

So You Have a Beautiful Store and Beautiful Jewelry … But What Do You Know about Your Staff?

Tim Searfoss

The Jeweler Met the Holidays … and the Holidays Won

Howard Cohen

11.28-Carat ‘Infinite Blue’ Could Sell for $37M at Sotheby’s Auction

Dave Richardson

Here’s Why Comfortable Chairs Can Make or Break a Sale

David Squires

Getting Back to Work: Off the Road — the Changing Role of the Manufacturer’s Rep

Kate Peterson

When a Gemologist Reveals That a Client’s “Diamond” Is Moissanite, The Reputations of Two Jewelry Businesses Are Threatened

Barbara Palumbo

Jewelry Designer Lecil Henderson Was a ‘Pièce Unique’

Jim Ackerman

Video: Don’t Be Afraid to Run Multiple Jewelry Marketing Promotions at Once

Andrea Hill

Here’s Why You Might Need to Move Marketing Dollars into Your CRM System

James Ritchie

More US Jewelry Stores Opened and Fewer Closed in 2022

Abe Sherman

Data Sharing Between Suppliers and Retailers Is Transforming the Jewelry Industry

Tanya Dukes

Holiday Gift Guide: Building Blocks For Her Jewelry Box

Kyle Bullock

Podcast: The 12 Days of Christmas … Like You’ve Never Heard It Before

Megan Crabtree

Can You Solve “The Case of the Sinking Diamond”?

Josh Wimmer

100 Things Every Jewelry Salesperson Should Know

Shane O'Neill

AI Has Been Helping Businesses for Longer than You May Think

Lorraine DePasque

This New Jewelry Was Inspired by the Great Beyond

Emmanuel Raheb

4 Reasons Why Landing Pages Could Be The Answer to Your Marketing Prayers

Ralf Kircher

Best-Performing Jewelry Brand for INSTORE Readers Changes for First Time in Years

INSTORE Staff

Start the Holidays Off Right with These Tips for December

Kathleen Cutler

Client Appreciation Events: Here’s a Better Way to Make Them Successful

Anna Tyler

Finalist-ACS 2003 – Rafinity

Laurie Owen

Don’t Confuse Markup and Profit Margin

Jeff Unger

Jeff Unger: I Wish

Charles Pobee-Mensah

Is Apple Hurting Your Facebook Advertising?

Chris Taylor

10 Days to Christmas and the Party Continues for Jewelers

Cullen Wulf

Video: It’s Not My Problem When You Buy a $120 Ring and Your Wife Finds Out It’s ‘Fake’

Julie Fanselow

This Seattle Jeweler Follows Her Own Path

Edahn Golan

Edahn Golan: The Lab-Grown Consumer Numbers That You Need To Know

Aleah Arundale

Jewelers Helping Jewelers Launches Crime Alert Network

Sherry Smith

Here’s Why Continuous Employee Feedback Is Far Superior to Annual Reviews

Rowena Pumihic

Top 5 Watches for 2023, According to the CEO of Bob’s Watches

Peter Hannes

Why Clients Want to Know Why They in Particular Should Buy an Item

Denise Oros

INSTORE’s Brain Squad Participation Boosts Business Acumen

Harriet Heithaus

When Wisconsin Store Redesigned, There Was a Surprise in Every Corner

Liz Kantner

This Fierce Female Client Type Wants Jewelry As Powerful As She Is

Bill Boyajian

Want to Accomplish Something Great? Here’s How to Plan It

Sarah Yates

ACS 2005 7th Place: Murphy Jewelers

Evan James Deutsch

3 Tips for Jewelry Retailers to Adapt, Change and Prosper in this Crazy New World

Monica Stephenson

Monica Stephenson: Semi-Precious — Says Who?

Cathleen McCarthy

Brash Boston Store Serves Passionate Clientele (Including Lots of New England Patriots)

Bill Warren

Here’s How Your Engraver Could Provide You with an Entirely New Revenue Stream

Greg Smith

Tornado and Storm Checklist for Jewelers in 2023

Michael Indelicato

5 Diamond Industry Predictions for 2022

Smart Age Solutions

The Digital Doc: Creating a Marketing Plan for the Holidays, and More Q4-Related Questions

Ellen Fruchtman

Designers: Want to Infuriate Your Retail Partners? Sell Direct to Consumers Online

Jennifer Heebner

A Virginia Entrepreneur Transforms a Hobby into a One-of-a-Kind Jewelry Enterprise on the Eastern Shore

David Blitt

Retailer David Blitt Would Rather Take the High Road

Pam Levine

What’s Next in Retail? Here Are Lessons Learned at This Year’s National Retail Federation’s “Big Show’

Tom Duma

Traditional Marketing Is Not Dead, And Here’s Why

Jennifer Farnes

Here’s How To Get Millennials’ Attention

Cindy Edelstein

Customer Types: The Power Player

Alex Fetanat

Why Shopify Is One of the Best Website Platforms for Jewelers

Angie Ash

The Most Valuable Brand? Your Own.

Erinn Hutkin

This Chicago Classic Has a New Look and New Location

Matthijs Braakman

To Achieve More, You Must Motivate Better

Andy Malis

Congratulations on Surviving the Recession … Now It’s Time To Put A Stake In The Ground

Jesse Burkhart

11 Things That Only Jewelers Can Understand

Jackie Johnson

Here’s the Argument for Selling Lab-Grown Diamonds

Todd Wasylyshyn

Independent – Schmindependent!

Paul Holewa

ACS 2006 2nd Place: Josephs Jewelers

Pamela Mitchell

Century-Old Ohio Store is Ready for Whatever Comes Next

Mars Povadora

The Gold Standard

Leslie McGwire

The Plumb Club and RJC Deepen Relationship

Wendy Paler

10 Tips to a More Useful and Customer-Driven Online Presence

Scott Ginsberg

How to Replace Perfection with Progress in Your Jewery Store

John Carter

AGS Turns Over Light-Performance Mission to GIA

Susan Granger

ACS 2017 Small Cool 2nd Place: EC Design

Larry Johnson

9 Display Tips That Will Bring In More Holiday Sales

Elizabeth Kellar

21 of Jewelry Retailers’ Biggest Fears and How to Forget Them for Good

Sharon Edry

ACS 2005 9th Place: Eve J. Alfillé Gallery & Studio

Cliff Yankovich

One Jeweler Tells the Truth About Jewelry’s Investment Value

Andy Koehn

To Sell More Jewelry, Be More Selfish

Judy Truesdell

Llyn Strong Fine Jewelry

Eric Robertson

Eric Robertson: Eye of the Beholder

Daniela Balzano

To Start Making More Sales, Summon Your Inner Challenger

David Sexton

The 3 Most Important Rules to Remember in Case of Robbery

Rod Worley

Why a New Set of Eyes Could Be All You Need to See Your Business Differently

Gloria Maccaroni

How to Make Your Social Media SEO-Friendly

Tiffany Stevens

3 Things You Can Do Now to Limit Your Long-Term Liability

Vince Rath

Clienteling Is the Key to Repeating the Success of 2021

Amber Bartolet

Here’s How to Make the Most of Your Instagram Hashtags

Jennifer Markas

Here’s How We Can Level The Playing Field For Women In The Jewelry Industry

Dan Kisch

The Jewelry Industry Was the Star at This 116-Year-Old Event

Melissa Becker

Guidance for Re-Opening Jewelry Businesses in a COVID-19 Era

Mallory Murphy

Pennsylvania Jeweler Reflects on Building a New Store During Pandemic

Lynelle Schmidt

A Competitor Bought 200 1-Star Reviews For Our Facebook Page – Here’s Our Story

Sam Indelicato

5 Effective Strategies for Amplifying Your Digital Presence

Lydia Ksionda

Rough Edges, Inclusions and Fractures Add Their Own Beauty to Gemstones, Writes This Designer

Ryan Goff

Here Are 4 Reasons to Start Using TikTok

Josh Perry

Why Selling Estate Jewelry Is Worth Considering

Marcus Newman

Why Group Insurance May Be Best for Your Business, Even If It’s Just You

Aly Martinez

Million-Dollar Seller Achieves Jewelry Dreams

John Buzogany

I Used to Make Jewelry. Now I Bake Cakes

Sally Furrer

Sally Furrer: Create Your Jewelry Store Open-to-Buy Plan Based On Reality

Mark Clodius

Jewelers Can Count on Love and Christmas, Says Rockford Store Owner

Beth Greene

Why It’s a Great Idea to Embrace Unconventional Color

Dominick Gabriel

To Succeed Online, Retailers Need Brand Partners with Online Infrastructure, says Dominick Gabriel of Gabriel & Co.

Jay Gerber

From ‘The Last Dance’ to ‘The Answer,’ the NBA and Its Jewelry Always Dazzle

Adam Gerety

Online Spaces Allow Independent Jewelers to Enter the Global Marketplace

Chic Pistachio execs

Think a Designer’s E-Commerce Site Works Against Retailers? Think Again

Mills Menser

Five Steps to More Profitably Buy Diamonds Off the Street

Dominique Sotillo

10 Jewelry Display Mistakes to Avoid During the Holidays

Christian Tse

How One Jewelry Manufacturer Has Overhauled His Factory To Deal With COVID-19

Lyn M. Falk

Here’s How (And Why) to Calculate Your Curb Appeal

Rachael Kennedy

Fellow Jewelers, We Are the Problem … And We Alone Can Fix It

Andrew Rickard

Want to Sell a Diamond? Favor Speed Over Specificity

Leo Anglo

Why the ‘Forced Transaction’ Is an Unforced Error

Jennifer Heebner

Kansas Jewelry Store Stays Current with Renovation and Innovation

Jennifer Heebner and Kathy Grenier

Pearl Proponents Find Inspiration in the Journey of These Organic Gems

Bruce Audley

Sometimes Firing a Jewelry Customer Is For the Best … And Here’s a Perfect Example

Larry Spicer

Here’s Why You Should Invest in an Alarm Response Program

Steve Boudreau

Competition Is Absolutely Everywhere Now — and I Refuse to Be a Casualty

Mark Rozanski

Want to Survive? Go Custom

Chris Snowden

Buy That Laser Welder. (You Will Definitely Not Regret It.)

George Prout

What Mathematical Models Can Tell Us about Future Lab-Grown Diamond Prices

Debbie Kordansky

Jewelry Road Rep Navigates a Post-Lockdown World

Robin Lies

This General Manager from Kansas Imagines Her Last Day in Jewelry Retail

Michelle Bailey

6 Keys for Building a Millennial-Friendly Showroom

John Kennedy

10 Tips to Keep Your Jewelry Store Safe During the Holidays

Daniel Spirer

Jeweler’s Vow: ‘I’m Not Measuring People’s Fingers for Free Anymore!’

Bruce Freshley

When Advertising For The Holidays, Pick One Medium And Do It Well

Angie Ash, Ellen Fruchtman and Shane O’Neill

Here’s How 2022 Will Finish for Jewelers (And How You Should Plan for It)

Justin Banaszynski

Essay Contest Winner: I’ve Seen the Enemy, and He is Me

Eve Alfille

How I Win Over Young People Who ‘Don’t Like Jewelry’

Wendy Woldenberg

2022 Cool Store Winner Shares How Her Business Benefited from the Competition

Dan and Jess Gendron

Watch Batteries Can Be Your 30-Cent Miracle

Lester Lampert

What Being Recognized as America’s Coolest Jewelry Store Means to Chicago’s Lester Lampert

William Irwin

A New Location Has Put This Historic Georgia Jeweler at the Heart of His City

Jesse Balaity

Why Some COVID-19 Changes in Store Design Are Here to Stay

Dick Abbott

A 20-Year Advertiser Explains Why They’ve Supported INSTORE All These Years

Angely Martinez

BIPOC Designers Seek Education And Business Development Opportunities

Robert Hallett

This Jeweler Explains Why Entering the America’s Coolest Stores Contest is Its Own Reward

Bill Hutchinson

Business Was Good, and So Was the Economy. He Closed His Jewelry Store Anyway

Brian McCall

To Buy Jewelry Over the Counter Correctly, a Big Brain Shift Is Required

Brain Squad

Event Ideas for the Dog Days of Summer and More Big Dates for July

T Lee

Jewelry Designers Can and Should Guide the Custom Discussion

Terry Chandler

Hear Those Jingle Bells? They’re Also Wedding Bells

Mike Webb

Here’s Why the New Age of Marketing Requires New Methods

John Kim

What Jewelers Need To Know About Augmented Reality Tech

Vered Levy-Ron

How Tech Builds Trust for Online Shoppers

Heather Burleson

Online Competition Won’t Go Away, but Jewelers Can Fight It. Here’s How

Josh Linkner

4 Months of Focused Effort Could Change You for the Better

Ronnie Crocker

Los Angeles Watch Retailer Goes For the Win With $2.5 Million Renovation

Simon Watt

EAT Gallery Owner Reflects on 2019 Coolest Honor

Jo Goralski

Wisconsin Jeweler Sees the Beauty and Necessity in Shop Dust

Brett Weiler

The First America’s Coolest Stores Winner Reflects on What It Means

Dustin Lemick

While E-Commerce Is Crucial, There’s No Substitute for the In-Store Experience

Erik Runyan

Jewelers Must Take These Steps to Avoid the Fate of the Dodo

Avi Levy

IGI North American President Sees Omni-Channel Retail as the Way Forward

Becky Beauchine Kulka

Here’s How We Make This the Best Time of Year at My Store

Debbie Fox

Our Outgoing America’s Coolest Store Shares What Her Year Was Like

Kaeleigh Testwuide

Secret Shopping Is Wasting Everyone’s Time

Linda Cahan

Why You Need A Custom Visual Standards Manual

Amanda Eddy

2021 America’s Coolest Stores Contest Win Stuns Austin Retailer

Shawn Higgins

One Retailer Who’s Traveled the World Challenges the Rest to Work and Buy Sustainably

Elle Hill

How Failure Leads to Growth

Yasemin Mutlu

Diamonds from a Distance: 6 Tips for Surviving and Thriving Through COVID-19

Stephen Webster

Building Something Cool Means Having No Regrets, Says Stephen Webster

Troy and Joy Thollot

Colorado Jewelers Reflect on America’s Coolest Stores Honor

Derek Adams

8 Powerful Ways to Maximize Your Digital Presence for Valentine’s Day

Daniel Dabakarov

5 Tips for Getting More Out of Your Social Media

Eileen McClelland and Trace Shelton

Why the Brain Squad Loves Being Part of the Brain Squad

Conor Redmond

Jeweler Tactics: What the 2008 Great Recession Can Teach Us About COVID-19

Avedis Guerboian

A 72-Year-Old Jewelry Store’s Farewell Letter to the Millennials Who Just Don’t Understand

Rebecca Foerster

How the Value And Symbolism Of Diamonds Are Likely to Change