Really BIG Data – 2020 Loose Round Diamond Sales

By |March 2nd, 2021|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Industry Insights, Industry News|

Quite a lot has been written, and reprinted, about the average selling prices of diamonds and engagement rings. The issue with these surveys is that they are just that – surveys. They are not facts based on transaction prices but rather responses from survey participants. Relying on consumer surveys may not be useful when merchandising your own businesses and relying on averages of a lot of data, as you will see, is less useful still.

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Classique Creations Joins The BIG Network!

By |November 2nd, 2020|Categories: BIG Network Vendors, Industry News, Vendor Spotlights|

Classique Creations Joins The BIG Network! The BIG Network helps strengthen our industry through closer collaboration and understanding between retailers and their vendor partners!

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Post hoc, ergo propter hoc

By |July 7th, 2020|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Crisis Management, Industry Insights, Marketing Insight, State of the Industry|

Someone asked me the other day how many independent jewelry stores are going to close (in the short term) as a result of Covid: My answer was none.

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Location, Location, Location

By |June 30th, 2020|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Business Management, Industry Insights, Marketing Insight|

We have seen this scenario repeated over and over – a store moves and sales increase, often dramatically... Two questions; why does this happen so constantly and should you try this at home?

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