Monthly Archives: January 2010

The Jewellery and Watches Market Remains Strong in the US, UK and Switzerland

The jewellery and watch market is being driven by changing consumer preferences and a huge demand for the most expensive products, largely influenced by the need of making a style statement. Industry players are describing the current state of the market as amazing. The overall jewellery and watch market is still [...]
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Costume jewelry, baby teeth seized

Baby teeth were among the booty seized last week from a convicted felon who is a suspect in four home burglaries since December in the northern suburbs. Robert Weaver, 52, was taken into custody Jan. 14 at a residence in Spring Garden. Investigators from the Northern Regional Police Department, which covers Pine, Richland, Bradford [...]
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Red alert: Valentine’s Day gift shopping

Those $14.99 red devil bears sitting in dumb contentment on the main floor of the Astor Place Kmart may in fact be dimly aware that their world is falling down all around them. Why else would their box brandish the plaintive “Try Me!” and advertise their willingness to perform all kinds of [...]
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Fashion’s NIght Out is Thursday at Ala Moana Cener

Ala Moana Center and more than 50 participating stores join the fashion capitals of the world in celebrating Fashion’s Night Out from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday. In-store events, champagne receptions, live entertainment, gift-with-purchase promotions, and limited edition products for shoppers are planned. Ala Moana Center is also encouraging shoppers to help fashion give [...]
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Free jewelry to jobless, foreclosed

If it were not for the steady drumbeat of dour economic news, a jewelry store giving away Valentine’s Day necklaces could be dismissed as a publicity stunt. But Collierville store owner Cathy Robins said Thursday that the idea of offering 100 free tiffany jewelry silver necklaces to people who have lost their [...]
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Exports improve in November to $13.84bn: First yearly gain in 13 months

Thailand’s exports posted their first increase in 13 months in November, driven by rising shipments of key agricultural and industrial goods as the global economic recovery took hold. The US dollar value of exports rose 17.2 percent from a year earlier to $13.84 billion. The baht tiffany jewelry value rose 14.1 percent [...]
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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Publishes Application for Trademark angel’s face to Little Linens for Costume Jewellery, Materials

Little Linens, London, has applied the trademark angel’s face (customer’s reference: AF trademark) for Opposition Purposes Under the 1994 Act, published by the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office. The trademark application (serial number 2532688; journal number 6817) was tiffany filed on Nov. 17, 2009 and was published on Jan. 1. The description of the [...]
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Investors outshone jewellery buyers in gold rush of 2009

Investors bought more gold than buyers of jewellery for the first time in three decades in 2009, highlighting the increasing impact of speculators on bullion prices. GFMS, the consultancy that compiles benchmark supply and demand data on the metal, tiffany jewelry yesterday said that investment demand doubled to 1,820 tonnes last year, while [...]
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One to watch as US slowdown hits

Francesco Trapani, the chief executive of Bulgari, has some news for those analysts and investors feeling pessimistic about his company’s prospects. “If you look at the global numbers we are not suffering,” he says. “The consolidated sales are good and the company continues to grow significantly.” Rome-based Bulgari is one of the [...]
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Ebay survives Tiffany challenge on fakes

Ebay yesterday survived a potentially devastating legal challenge to its online auction system after a tiffany US judge refused to back a claim by Tiffany that the internet company should be held liable for the sale of counterfeit jewellery on its site. The decision, after a trial lasting four years, removed the immediate [...]
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