Tumbling Along With Me

The JA New York Winter Show 2010,  runs from Feb. 28 through March 2, 2010, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. In conjunction with the show, Jewelers of America (JA) has partnered with America’s Best Jewelers (ABJ), presented by National Jeweler Network, for a series of seminars in the JA Retail Learning Center, which is located on the show floor in the back of the 1900-2000 aisles.

The JA NY Show starts this weekend! Are you going? Let us know in the comments section.

For full details and a calendar of events, click the link above to read the full post on National Jewelers website.

This report, based on a survey of 1,614 affluent luxury consumers with an average income of $239,300, also reveals that some 78 percent of affluent consumers have at least one social networking profile, and that for most, that profile is on Facebook. The findings also show that contrary to popular opinion, the younger demographic is not the only one tapping in. Some 70 percent of affluent consumers over the age of 40 have at least one profile on a social media site.

Food for thought from National Jeweler on how the luxury customer is utilizing the social web. Your customers are likely on Facebook, so make sure to figure out this site fits into your personal and professional lives.

We will be sure to work on a few tips for how to best leverage Facebook Fan Pages for jewelers in an upcoming post! For now, be sure to click the link above to read the full article on NationalJewelerNetwork.com.

We all start out the new year with some great intentions. We say we’ll eat a little less, exercise a little more, set aside time for ourselves, and focus on completing a host of other well intentioned but no-way-am-I-ever-going-to-do-this personal goals. But how many of us actually take the time to prepare a few business resolutions? Real write-them-down kind of goals? May I give you my top three?

Resolution #1
Focus on your core customer. Under no circumstances should a retailer say “I want to sell jewelry to anyone with a heartbeat.”

A great post from Ellen Fructman suggesting a few best practices we can all consider in 2010. Click the link above to read the full article on aaaaNational Jeweler’s website.

Resolution #1 Focus on your core customer. Under no circumstances should a retailer say “I want to sell jewelry to anyone with a heartbeat.”

A great read from Ellen Fructman with a few suggestions we should all consider in the new year. Be sure to click the link above to read the full article on NationalJewelerNetwork.com