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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

In2021, the Jewellers Association of Australia is pleased and proud once again to bring the JAA Australasian Jewellery Awards to the industry; the longest-running local

CAN YOU CHANGE? DO YOU WANT TO?

Business owners in general like to believe that they are capable of (and even good at) change. I would challenge this premise. We need to

CIBJO appoints Jonathan Kendall as executive vice president

CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Kendall as the association’s executive vice president. Long active in CIBJO, Jonathan has served

OPPORTUNITY CREATED FROM ADVERSITY

Mike Dyer from Retail Edge Consultants explains that the relationship between suppliers and retailers is critical, especially in such unusual times as these. But consumer

Palloys Points: RECYCLED PRECIOUS METALS VS. ETHICALLY SOURCED PRECIOUS METALS

‘Recycled’ and ‘green’ are terms that often dominate discussions about ethically sustainable precious metals or jewellery. PALLOYS POINTSChris Botha,Operations Manager, Jewellery DivisionPalloys Post-production recycled material

B2C marketplace platform launched – JewelryReady.

Bangkok based gemstone specialist Star Lanka have launched a new subsidiary B2C marketplace platform known as JewelryReady. The platform connects jewellery designers to leading gemstone

HOW TO LOCKDOWN-PROOF YOUR JEWELLERY BUSINESS

2020 and its subsequent COVID-19 economic disruption threw a whole Sidchrome set of spanners in the works for businesses in the Australian jewellery industry. Here

Pearls Classification Guide released by CIBJO

CIBJO’s Pearl Commission has released the first edition of the CIBJO Guide for Classifying Natural Pearls and Cultured Pearls. Offered free of charge, the document

NAOMI OSAKA – A NEW BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR TAG HEUER

The Swiss luxury watch brand has announced the signing of Naomi Osaka as a brand ambassador. Osaka is not only one of the world’s top

COULD YOU SELL YOUR BUSINESS TODAY?

I guess everyone’s first reaction would be, “well, not today,” because we have just gone through COVID 19, and in most cases, this year’s figures

Inhorgenta Munich Cancelled For 2021

Yet more in-person tradeshows are being cancelled in 2021, with Inhorgenta Munich being postponed, again, until February 2022. Messe München is planning a digital offering

MAKING UP LOST GROUND

The strength of our industry has been proven by the way we stuck together as a community in the midst of a global pandemic. Let’s

CIBJO webinars continue to offer valuable material free for all

It was the Greek philosopher Aristotle and not a branding guru who first coined the term “the whole is greater than the sum of its

ARE YOU AN ENTREPRENEUR?

Enjoy, but look out. I consider myself to be an entrepreneur. I am forever analysing business opportunities, both within and outside my own environment. Conservatively,

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

There have been many jewellery events and fairs around the world that have been impacted by COVID restrictions. Those restricted event organisers have had to

BREITLING’S CHRONOMAT FOR WOMEN

Lights, camera, double debut: Breitling’s new Spotlight Squad launches the brand’s line of Chronomat 36 and 32 watches – for women of purpose, action, and