Nothing says "life is good" like jewelry, and sales are taking off in the world's upwardly mobile countries.
Discretionary purchases like jewelry are typically among the first to be snipped from household budgets during tough economic times.
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With consumers in the U.S. and Europe limiting their spending on non-essential items, maintaining an attractive price point is crucial for many consumer-facing businesses like jewelry makers.
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For example, she hacked a Jawbone Up fitness tracking device by wrapping the bracelet in gold wire to make it look less like a sports accessory and more like jewelry.
In support of this idea, public companies in these industries, like leading jewelry establishments, are also experiencing healthy sales.
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There's a cult of the superb, small and artisanal, people like winemaker Manfred Krankl, and a drumbeat of demand for the enduring and recession-proof, like the jewelry of Fulco di Verdura.
Not only was the potential investor aware of the delight a single piece of jewelry could inspire, but more often than not he would ask the assistant for her opinion on the business Do you like this jewelry?
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The girls can finish high school on site, take computer classes or learn vocational skills like sewing or jewelry-making.
The officers are alleged to have taken non-essential items like televisions or jewelry or to not have acted against looting.
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Google is also working on a wireless version of the platform that could be embedded in a cellphone or even a piece of jewelry like a ring.
My heart skipped a beat just for a moment when Jennifer Aniston stepped onto the red carpet in her red Valentino gown and what looked like a petite jewelry watch on her wrist.
When reporting to court in Chicago, women should wear a conservative suit, conservative hair, and classic jewelry like small diamond earrings or pearls, says Maria Vathis, president of the local chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
They become jewelry designers like my friend Marie-Ann Wachtmeister who invented an ingenious patented precious-stone jewelry system that reminds me of Lego.
Gross margins at branded jewelry retailers like Tiffany and Cartier hover at roughly 50% for diamonds up to around 5 carats.
Big-box jewelry brands like Alukkas have less than 8% of the market.
Packing four sensors into a housing smaller than an iPod Nano, the CORE 2 will be the smallest wearable multi-sensor device of its kind as well as the first to offer a choice of interchangeable jewelry- like faceplates, straps and cuffs for a fashion look.
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There are a few exceptions, like the only piece of jewelry in the sale, an Art Deco diamond and sapphire brooch given to the actress by then-boyfriend Howard Hughes.
For those of you who are considering a career in the jewelry industry or would like to advance your skills, the Gemological Institute of America is offering a number of scholarships for its educational programs for the fall semester.
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Perhaps if he had, like Egyptologist Howard Carter, discovered gold, jewelry and other fabulous funerary objects during his exploration of the ancient overland road to China rather than musty books of Buddhist sutras (even if they did include the world's oldest known printed volume), his lasting fame might have been secured.
The monthly magazine Cat Fancy covers feline health, behavior, rescue, culture and lifestyle, and its ads tend to sell products like cat litter, cat furniture and cat-themed jewelry.
When he was 12, a godmother introduced him to some of the cultural wonders of Southern California, like the Getty Museum, the Huntington Library and the jewelry and set designer Tony Duquette.
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Stroll down the alleyways to Fantazam ( fantazam.com) an art gallery that displays surreal jewelry and sculptures made out of found natural materials like seashells, bones and wood.
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The industry predicts demand will remain robust despite the price increases, as silver remains a less expensive alternative to gold for a lot of jewelry buyers, especially for consumers in emerging markets like Latin America.
People in fast-growing economies like Ireland, Vietnam and Guyana aren't buying as much jewelry as those in Chile, Brazil or Mexico.
From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, the voluminous, bold, and colorful jewelry of Marina B was the choice of movie stars like Sophia Loren, and other women of international society and best-dressed lists.
Like insuring any other form of property cars, homes, jewelry you can buy as many guns as you want.
Whether it is an earring, ring or necklace, as the jewelry moves, the diamonds appear to float in the sphere like confetti in a snow globe, only with sparkle.
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