Tariffs
Beginning around now, a 10% tariff is going to be charged on some of your new purchases. Merchandise won’t have the same costs as was expected when the items were priced out earlier this year.
Death of A Thousand (Margin) Cuts
We’ve all gotten our share of small paper cuts, which might sting a bit, but are quickly forgotten. However, if you were to receive 1,000 small paper cuts all over your body at the same time, you would certainly notice them!
Putin’s Diamonds
The gloves have indeed come off. In a recent article, Diamond Foundry has taken a shot at the entire natural diamond industry, specifically naming Tiffany & Company as well as all retail jewelers for selling Russian Diamonds: “Putin’s Diamonds”, as they call them.
Don’t Poke the Bear – Volume 2
There is no difference in rarity between a .50ct and a 2.00ct laboratory-grown synthetic diamond (in spite of what the sellers of synthetic diamonds will tell you). The cost to produce them is simply linear – time in the reactor = size of the cube. Period.
Don’t Poke the Bear
There is no difference in rarity between a .50ct and a 2.00ct laboratory-grown synthetic diamond (in spite of what the sellers of synthetic diamonds will tell you). The cost to produce them is simply linear – time in the reactor = size of the cube. Period.
BIG Newsletter: Averages Smaverages
If it was 32 degrees and sleeting with 100% humidity yesterday, but it’s going to be 112 degrees and bone-dry tomorrow, that doesn’t mean that today will be sunny and 72 degrees with 50% humidity. Such is the nature of averages.