More consumers went shopping over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, yet spent less than last year as they hunted for bargains on toys and electronics, according to the National Retail Federation.
Spending at stores and on Web sites from Nov. 26 to Nov. 29 rose 0.5% to an charm bracelet $41.2 billion from [...]
When secured lenders in early December asked Buxbaum tiffany bracelets Advisors and LiquiTec Industries to sell off a foreclosed $1.5 million cost jewelry inventory before the end of the year, the deadline might have seemed unusually tight. But by reaching out to their extensive contacts in the secondary jewelry market, veteran liquidators [...]
Valentine’s Day is upon us and industry research firm IBISWorld has tiffany its annual holiday sales forecasts.
This year, IBISWorld said that it expects total Valentine’s Day spending to be up 3.3 percent from 2009, reaching $17.6 billion. Because Valentine’s Day falls on a Sunday, the research firm anticipates consumers to move from [...]
Zale Corp. swung to a stronger-than-expected profit in its fiscal second quarter, snapping six straight quarters of tiffany pendant, although the struggling jewelry retailer’s sales remained weak.
On Tuesday, shares in Zale rose on a report that U.S. private equity firm Apollo Management LP might take a stake in the company, with [...]
 Tiffany & Co., the 160-year-old American jeweler of international renown, tiffanys today the opening of its first boutique in Mexico City, Mexico. The new 758 square foot (70 square meters) boutique is located in El Palacio de Hierro department store in the city’s Polanco neighborhood.
The new boutique features elements of the [...]
The 128.5-carat Tiffany diamond – and the smaller rocks in the cases around it – have long been the main attractions at the celebrated jewelry store on New York’s Fifth Avenue.These days, however, the crowds head for tiny lopsided golden hearts, gold and silver teardrops, lima-bean-shaped earrings, silver and ivory cuff [...]
It was after store hours and the president-elect slipped in by a side door. He was alone and had 15 minutes to spare. A society friend who also happened to be a diamond expert met him at an elevator, which to this day is so discreetly situated as to seem a portal [...]
Deal seekers and gift-card recipients helped roll the nation’s retailers out of the holiday season, as sales rose 3 percent in January compared with a year ago.
The results, compiled by the International Council of Shopping Centers, marked the fifth month of gains. But sales were so bad a year ago — a [...]
Zacks.com releases the latest Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks featured in this week’s analysis include Signet Group (NYSE: SIG), Tiffany (NYSE: TIF), Big Lots (NYSE: BIG), Sears Holdings (Nasdaq: SHLD) and Tuesday Morning (Nasdaq: TUES).
Zacks Industry Rank Analysis is written by Dirk Van Dijk, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist, Zacks.com.
Retailers on the Rise
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NEW YORK-Book lovers browse at either Borders or Barnes & Noble. Home improvement honchos park themselves at Home Depot or Lowe’s. Techno types load up at Best Buy or Circuit City. So will there come a time when jewelry buyers browse mostly at Zale or Kay Jewelers?
It could happen sooner man you [...]
