The Jewelers’ Assist App Looks to Make Jewelry Production Easier

Jack Hillel founded Yaakov Hillel Jewelry in 2008, debuting with handmade, nature-inspired jewels in 24k gold. The brand was a winner in the 2009 JCK...

Christian Tse on the Future of Jewelry Manufacturing

To veterans of the jewelry industry, the name Christian Tse likely calls to mind high-end platinum jewelry in a distinctive mesh style. The...

Sell More by Using These Fun Facts With Clients

Fun facts are pieces of useful information that go beyond nickel knowledge. They are intended as edutainment—stimulating conversation that teaches...

3 New Tech Tools From Stuller to Consider For Your Store

Louisiana-based jewelry industry supplier Stuller is a one-stop-shop for retailers, offering finished jewelry, findings, packaging and displays,...

How to Drive Online Customers In Store? Boss Logics Has Some Ideas

In 2021, as the pandemic raged on, the organizers of the JCK Las Vegas show (parent company to JCK magazine and JCKonline.com) turned to the software...

3 New Digital Customization Offerings for Engagement Ring Shoppers

As more consumers seek to assert their individual tastes and preferences in their purchases, customizable jewelry is more popular than...

This Pendant Houses Life-Saving Technology

It was the end of the 2022 JCK Las Vegas show when the designer Chris Ploof found his way to the Tech & Essentials neighborhood on Level 1 of the...

4 Notable Smartwatches (and 1 Bracelet) for 2023

We’ve been talking about (and wearing) wearable tech for about a decade now—2015 marked the year our editor-in-chief, Victoria Gomelsky, declared...

Can AI Help Manage a Jewelry Business?

For the longest time, Vikas Sodhani (pictured) had no interest in joining the diamond business. Growing up in Texas, where his parents, both of...

Amazon Letting Whole Foods Shoppers Pay With Wave of Hand

Amazon is rolling out its palm-based checkout system—which lets customers pay for products by waving their hand over a device—to the entire Whole...

ChatGPT Has a Lot to Say

Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT have many possible applications for retail jewelers, Jennifer Shaheen, president and founder of...