While we often hear that the way we do business needs to change in order for us to remain competitive, few have offered viable solutions. One of the ways the industry can strengthen is through a closer collaboration between retailers and vendors.Through true partnerships, we believe we will be able to work together.
This is a question that I get asked a lot. I was recently appointed the new Chairman of the MJSA (Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America). I have had the pleasure of being interviewed a few times over the last month or so, and inevitably this is a question that keeps getting repeated. And each time [...]
By Abe Sherman Around the first week of September, I wrote a rather long article about synthetic diamonds. It had very limited distribution; I only sent it to our Plexus members because I wanted to discuss the subject during our fall Plexus meetings to get a sense of how jewelers were feeling about the subject, [...]
Thoughts from Ann Arnold, BIG's Chief Strategy Officer We constantly hear from our clients and colleagues that this industry has to change. For those that do not know me, prior to joining the BIG team earlier this year, my family and I owned Lieberfarb bridal manufacturing company for over 40 years. As many others in this [...]
Buyers Intelligence Group (BIG) is pleased to announce a new addition to the BIG team, Ann Arnold as Chief Strategy Officer. Ann will focus on integrating BIG's three powerful industry products, enabling the company to provide a comprehensive, scalable, industry solution that delivers dramatically improved performance to jewelry retailers and manufacturers. Arnold is a 27-year veteran [...]
By Abe Sherman At first I was going to describe it as a wave. Then I was going to use the image of a Tsunami, a high wall of water moving onshore crushing everything in its path. But “Tsunami” would be a pejorative in this context since there won’t be any destruction, only opportunity: Massive opportunity [...]
By Abe Sherman The discussion at one of our Plexus Performance Group meetings this spring was about the book, The Age Curve, by Kenneth W. Gronbach. The author describes the size of each of the five living generations and the impact each one has had, is having, or will have on the marketplace. Coincidentally, we also [...]
