Interview With Blue Nile Chief Financial Officer Bill Koefoed
In 2016, Bain Capital Private Equity announced it was buying e-tailer Blue Nile and taking it private. Now, as we near the two-year anniversary of...
Marc Hruschka Joins Retail Tech Startup Hero
Veteran jewelry executive Marc Hruschka (pictured) has joined retail technology startup Hero as president of luxury strategy and...
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...
Blue Nile Opens New Customer Service Center
Blue Nile is opening a new 10,000-square-foot customer service facility in Kent, Wash., 15 miles from its home office in Seattle, it announced last...
Signet Jewelers Appoints Data Expert to Its Board of Directors
Signet Jewelers has named Zackery Hicks (pictured), the executive vice president and chief digital officer of Toyota Motors North America, an...
Richemont Forms Joint Venture With Alibaba
Talk about an odd couple: Richemont, the owner of Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, is forming a strategic partnership with Alibaba, the Chinese...
EBay Sues Amazon, Claiming It Poaches Sellers
EBay has filed a lawsuit against competing online marketplace Amazon, claiming that Amazon’s sales reps set up phony eBay accounts to lure...
Should the Industry Fear Amazon’s (Possible) Jewelry Line?
In a well-worth-watching video that’s made waves this week, New York University professor of marketing Scott Galloway sounded the alarm about...
Citizen to Produce Smartwatches and Smartwatch Components With Fossil Group
Watch brand Citizen and smartwatch-maker Fossil Group have announced a partnership that will see Citizen produce hybrid smartwatches using...
Amazon May Start New Jewelry Brand, Filing Suggests
E-tail giant Amazon may be gearing up to launch a new jewelry line, “For Keeps By Amazon,” a Sept. 19 filing with the United States Patent and...
How eBay Plans to Authenticate the Watches It Sells
EBay is expanding its eBay Authenticate program, which debuted last year with handbags, to include some of the luxury watches sold on its...