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QVC Strikes Deal with UK Touring Company to be its Jewelry Supplier

Walter Verfenstein — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:29:10 +0000

Louisa Lytton as Cinderella donning QVC Jewelry

The Daily Mail is reporting that QVC UK been announced as the jewellery supplier of Castaway Pantomimes, the UK’s number one touring company. As part of the arrangement, performers will wear QVC-supplied jewelry, as Louisa Lytton (as Cinderella) does in the photo here. Ms. Lytton will play Cinderella in a Holiday production at The Camberley Theatre in Surrey, England, that will begin December 7th and run through the new year. The Daily Mail (UK) Dec. 1, 2011

Welsh Jewelry Manufacturer Glogau Gold Expands Partnership with QVC in U.S.

Walter Verfenstein — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:53:49 +0000

In a press release today, Wales-based jewelry maker Clogau Gold celebrates its growing business with QVC in the U.S. Clogau products were sold on QVC’s TV network in the spring and the company is readying product for QVC’s website ahead of the Holidays. Clogau’s head of global sales, David Butler, suggests in the news release that his company now has “…a platform to build a successful business partnership [with QVC].” Clogau (whose products contain “a touch of rare Welsh gold”) also anticipates greater consumer interest in 2012 due to Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.” Clogau Gold Press Release Nov. 16, 2011

ShopNBC Supplier Renaissance Jewellery Doubles its Sales in 2Q

Walter Verfenstein — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:26:26 +0000

Mumbai, India-based Renaissance Jewellery Ltd. reported that group net sales more than doubled to $54.2 million (INR 2.67 billion) during its second fiscal-quarter that ended on September 30th. “Growth was driven by strong jewelry and diamond sales as group net profits increased by 44 percent year on year to $2.1 million (INR 104.03 million) during the quarter. Total expenditures rose to $51.1 million (INR 2.52 billion) from $21.96 million (INR1.08 billion) last year.” Diamonds.net by Rapaport Nov. 10, 2011

High Price of Gold Has More Consumers Considering Diamonds…

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:05:54 +0000

Indian jewelry manufacturers are experiencing double-digit increases in their diamond jewelry sales, while gold sales remain flat. The ever-increasing price of gold is leading a group of consumers to open their wallets a little more and spring for diamonds, in the way that a family sedan purchaser loading up on options may simply bump up to a luxury model. One sales and marketing executive said that they were going after diamond sales at both ends of the market. “We will be doing a high-value diamond campaign [and] offering designs at lower price points [to] … woo younger people with lower caratage jewellery.” The Times of India Jun. 24, 2010

National Geographic Reports on “The Real Price of Gold”

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:05:32 +0000

Over the past eight years, the price of gold has increased by 235 percent, from $271 to more than $1,000 an ounce. But the costs in human misery and environmental degradation may be even higher. National Geographic’s January cover story offers mostly sobering reading about mining for gold in far-flung spots around the world — whether the miners are employing age-old techniques to extract gold remnants from an old, artisinal mine (as in the Peruvian Andes) or working at a large, modern mine (as in Indonesia). Here is one interesting tid-bit: all of the gold that has been mined to date, worldwide, can be fit within the space of two Olympic-sized swimming pools. National Geographic January 2009 A WHYY Fresh Air radio interview with the auther and photographer of the story is also available from National Public Radio here. Jan. 8, 2009