07Apr In Response to Richard Wise’s Strategy to sell more Colour
The following is a guest blog by Ian Bone (Capricorn Gems) written in response to Richard Wise’s Strategy To Sell More Color.The article in the last edition of The Centurion Sales Strategy Newsletter about Richard…
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28Mar Visit to the Emerge Reintegration Centre
As you walk into the new Emerge Reintegration Centre in Colombo, there is an instant feeling of calm, peacefulness and positivity. Before even going inside the building, there is a sense that this is much…
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17Mar Fair Luxury: Responsible Jewellery Conference
We are very happy to be supporting the FLUX:Fair Luxury conference once again in April, 2017.This two-day event at the Assay Office Birmingham (U.K.) will build on FLUX’s inaugural conference in 2016. It will further…
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16Mar Kandy Kid's Charity Work Continues in Sri Lanka
After another successful year of fundraising in 2016, Steve O’Driscoll, founder of Kandy Kids, made his customary annual trip to Sri Lanka in January to oversee the spending of the money raised.One of Steve's many…
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07Mar Jewellery Industry Summit 2017: Delegate’s View
The second Jewelry Industry Summit (JIS) took place on Sunday 30th and Monday 31st January, 2017, at the Tucson Convention Centre in Arizona.The summit brought together over 100 professionals from all parts of the industry…
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17Feb Nineteen48 & Rubyfair Merge to Create a Better Customer Experience
Two of the UK’s leading suppliers of ethically sourced and traceable coloured gemstones, Nineteen48 (www.nineteen48.com) and Rubyfair (www.rubyfair.com), have announced a merger of their businesses. The merger will give customers a more efficient service and…
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15Feb The Science of Sapphire – a Gemmological View of September’s Birthstone
Many people are impressed with the sheer beauty and sparkling magnificence of sapphire, but behind the dazzling outward appearance, there are plenty of fascinating facts and figures. Some of these attributes are essential for gemmologists…
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10Feb Rockhounding in Tucson – a First-timer’s View of the Biggest Gem Show on Earth
We generally expect that, whatever the Americans do, it is going to be on a grand scale. From presidential elections to the Superbowl, everything has to be bigger, brighter and bolder than anything you have…
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01Sep Mine to Market – a Customer’s View
In January 2016, one of our customers (Jane Barnett) came to Sri Lanka, determined that a key part of her trip would be starting the process of making some unique pieces of jewellery for herself…
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15Aug Birthstones – a Year in Gems (Part 3 of 4 – July to September)
Certain gemstones are associated with particular months of the year and are known as birthstones. There are lists of birthstones from a number of different organisations, as well as certain regional variations. These are the…
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