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Jewelry Sales Increased Sharply in July, Survey Finds

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jewelry sales were up sharply in July compared to the same month in 2020 as well as in 2019, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse. Jewelry sales were up 82.6 Return of the In-Store Shopper: Brick-and-mortar browsing is making its return, with in-stores sales making up 81.9% July numbers reflect a return to the store.

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Let There Be Light

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Returning to restaurants, ballfields, and even the bright lights of Broadway, I’m reminded of my last visit to the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center to see a production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, one of my favorites. The post Let There Be Light appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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Signet to Acquire Diamonds Direct in $490M Deal

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Signet plans to drive operating synergies by leveraging scale in purchasing, targeted marketing, Connected Commerce and jewelry services.” We are executing on our strategic priorities and investing in our business, while also returning cash to shareholders through our previously announced reinstated dividend and share buy-back program.”

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Embracing The Retail Renaissance: Strategies For Independent Retailers

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Navigating Visual Merchandising Every product on display is a potential chapter in the narrative of your store, enriching the customer experience. Use CleverAds to track and optimize your digital presence marketing ROI and ROAS ( return on ad spend ) and yield maximum returns.

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Amazon Style’s Digitally Powered Brick-and-Mortar Experience Blends Human Touch With AI Sales Support

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Within the customer-facing area of the approximately 30,000-square-foot space , shoppers will find only one piece for each item, except for a few displays showcasing jewelry and beauty items near checkout points to promote impulse purchases. If customers change their minds after trying on items, Amazon Style will process it as a return.

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Does the Historic Makeover of an Iconic Paris Retailer Chart a Path for Department Stores’ Revival?

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The balconies of these low-income apartments, reserved for citizens in the “most precarious” circumstances, look down through a glass ceiling at cases of jewelry and racks of clothes that the inhabitants above could most likely never afford. Full view of the restored Grand Staircase which was returned its original white color.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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These innovations were the sparks that led to the inception of the visual merchandising and store design industries. And while these megastores were in their seminal stages, nobody quite knew what to do with them and the unending mountain of merchandise sitting under their roofs. As such, visual merchandising was born.