Volatility Returns

Understandably, many of our subscribers are interested in the outcome of the recent stock market decline and what May’s economic news could mean to jewelry sales plans for the second half and the all important fourth quarter.  This issue of Retail Jewelry Insights™ is focused on the relevance of past trends on future jewelry sales growth in the face of breaking economic news.


Jewelry Sale’s Trends Challenged

It was only yesterday retailers were talking about a return to normal sales growth for the remainder of 2010.  Now, that view may have to change as a number of complex and potentially unfavorable economic events have combined to put any talk of normalcy into a new perspective.  That’s important for all retailers, but especially for jewelers who are beginning to plan sales for the second half of 2010 and the all important fourth quarter where 100% or more of the year’s profits are earned...

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