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PREMIER Summer 2019 and More Service News for August

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July 18, 2018

INSTORE Staff Instore August 2018 Issue

PREMIER Summer 2019 and More Service News for August

The Las Vegas Convention Center.

Italian Premiere

Emerald Exhibitions’ newest Las Vegas trade show — PREMIER — has announced that the Italian Exhibition Group will be joining them at the Las Vegas Convention Center with a significant pavilion showcasing Italian-made jewelry. PREMIER launches summer 2019.

premiershow.com

Power Pros

Sy Kessler is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year! Kessler is a leading battery brand and Sony’s strategic partner for jewelry and watch batteries in the US and Canada. Sony batteries feature unequaled leak resistance and longer battery life, as well as many other benefits.

sykessler.com

Silver Soars

A study by the Silver Promotion Service has found that world demand for silver rose 2 percent in 2017, with a 12 percent rise in North America. The study found that 95 percent of silver jewelry sales were at price points below $500 and declared that silver is the ultimate female self-purchase item, particularly popular among 20-40 year old consumers.

silverinstitute.org

Who Runs the World?

Kirk Kara’s family has been making bridal jewelry since 1890 and the company has just passed their reins to a new generation: daughters Angela Karaguezian Kassabian and Grace Karaguezian Terezian. Angela and Grace grew up in the industry and are proud to be helming Kirk Kara as a truly woman-led bridal brand.

kirkkara.com

In the Jewel Cloud

Centurion and its Centurion Freecom E-Commerce platform have joined forces with GEMFIND and its Jewelcloud E-Commerce platform to make more product images and related data from jewelry designers and manufacturers available to the retail jewelers using their systems. All Centurion exhibitor images and data on either platform will now be conveniently available on both platforms, subject to individual exhibitor approval.

gemfind.com

centurionjewelry.com

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When There’s No Succession Plan, Call Wilkerson

Bob Wesley, owner of Robert C. Wesley Jewelers in Scottsdale, Ariz., was a third-generation jeweler. When it was time to enjoy life on the other side of the counter, he weighed his options. His lease was nearing renewal time and with no succession plan, he decided it was time to call Wilkerson. There was plenty of inventory to sell and at first, says Wesley, he thought he might try to manage a sale himself. But he’s glad he didn’t. “There’s no way I could have done this as well as Wilkerson,” he says. Wilkerson took responsibility for the entire event, with every detail — from advertising to accounting — done, dusted and managed by the Wilkerson team. “It’s the complete package,” he says of the Wilkerson method of helping jewelers to easily go on to the next phase of their lives. “There’s no way any retailer can duplicate what they’ve done.”