JA New York’s last day featured The Big Pitch — an opportunity for designers to pitch their collection to a panel of experts for feedback in a Shark Tank-like setting. The panel included five jewelry experts from across the country and variou

“Negativity begets negativity. Keeping it off the selling floor is a must,” explained panel moderator Elizabeth Bonanno when she opened discussion. She is the founder of The EAB Project a luxury brand development agency. The panel featured three

[masterslider id=”55″] This show, the JA New York floor is crawling (or should we say slithering) with snake pieces. Designers have the smooth and seductive curves of the serpent wrapping around everything from wrists to ears to necks and

JA New York’s education conference began the morning with keynote speaker Nicole Leinbach Reyhle, founder of Retail Minded, a publication providing news, education and support to retailers. The seminar educated retailers on enhancing the in-store e

[masterslider id=”53″] JA New York’s educational seminars continued today with a presentation from Jim Ackerman, President, Ascend Marketing Inc. The workshop proposed a new approach to marketing for jewelry retail store owners: paying

[masterslider id=”52″] JA New York’s jewelry educational program, presented by Jewelers of America, kicked off this show’s program with a two part seminar about clienteling from consulting experts Janice Mack Talcott and Debbie Hiss.