Jewelry News
Jewelry news, trends, and insights on the jewelry industry, wholesale jewelry and manufacturing from Apples of Gold Jewelry blog.
A Christian Business – Applesofgold.com
It may not always appear to make perfect business sense, as a fine jewelry company, to promote our faith in God and Jesus Christ. But honestly, we just don’t care how it may “appear”. There are some things that are just more important. As a business it is our hope to serve God and our […]
The Rise of Online Jewelry
When it comes to buying jewelry, consumers are stepping out of retail stores and into their computer chairs to shop online. Online jewelry sales have gone from nonexistent in 1996 to an estimated $2.7 billion dollars in 2009; quite a meteoric rise. Yet currently, online sales represent only 6.5% of the total U.S. jewelry market, […]
2008 Jewelry Survey
Holiday shoppers may not be spending with reckless abandon this holiday season, but they will be spending. An interesting jewelry survey by National Jeweler, explains the psyche of the 2008 jewelry enthusiast. Online spending grow only 1% in October 2008 compared to spending in 2007, the lowest monthly rate of growth since Comscore began “measuring […]
Platinum — The More Volatile Precious Metal
Gold and jewelry enthusiasts, even economists and investors, have been closely watching the unpredictable gold market in the past several years as it began to behave uncharacteristically erratic. But platinum, its more expensive counterpart, has been largely ignored. Platinum has had some dramatic swings as of late – enough to make gold seem tame by […]