Blue Nile Case Group D Monday and Wednesday 11:00-12:15 Anthony Allen, Laura Blakeman, Daniel DeMaiolo, Carla Hill, and Mason Shattuck 1 Industry Analysis: Dominant Economic Features Definition of Jewelry Retailing Industry & Nonstore Retailer Subsector According to the United States Census Bureau, the Jewelry Retailing Industry (NAICS code 448310) “comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing one or more of the following items: (1) new jewelry (except costume jewelry);
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The Price Of Diamonds Is Too High There are many arguments about the price of diamonds being too high considering that diamonds are not actually a scarce resource. Up until recently only De Beers controlled the diamond industry making the diamond industry monopolistic. (Zimnisky, 2014) However, over the last 25 years a series of events led to the dismantling of the De Beers monopoly. De Beers no longer has complete control over the diamond industry and instead it is market forces, not the De Beers
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Conflict Diamonds and the Kimberly Process Conflict diamonds are gemstones that are mined or stolen by rebels fighting internationally recognized governments. The groups that benefited from the trade of conflict diamonds were the combatants, including the Revolutionary United Front. Diamond companies such as De Beers were hurt by the conflict diamonds. Three sectors that were concerned with the problem of conflict diamonds were the rebels, the diamond companies, and human rights organizations
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valid according to the rubric so I decided to go with something that has interested me since seeing a movie on it a couple years back. Blood diamonds are one of Africa’s largest problems and have been for many years now. The point my article stresses are that blood diamonds are one of the largest sources of income for rebel groups in Africa. “Conflict diamonds continue to fund the rebel groups, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF)
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the rules of the international diamond market? How are they enforced? * De Beers and the other diamond companies of the their time and specifically the Central Selling Organization (CSO) and the government partners where they are mining (?) * Their sorting process and the which went through many different grades that measured the 4 Cs: carat, color, clarity, and cuttability (?) 2. How has De Beers structured its relationship with the U.S. diamond dealers and the U.S. government
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1999 as a Delaware corporation, Blue Nile Inc.is the leading online retailer of high quality diamonds and fine jewelry. Blue Nile offers its products for sale through the bluenile.com website in over 40 countries and territories throughout the world. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and employs 206 employees as of December 2012. The objective of Blue Nile is to offer high-quality diamonds and fine jewelry at competitively attractive prices and at the same time providing useful information
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the sector in India are gold jewellery and diamonds. Gold jewellery forms around 80 per cent of the Indian jewellery market, with the balance comprising fabricated studded jewellery that includes diamond and gemstone studded jewellery. Besides, India is world's largest cutting and polishing Industry for diamonds, well supported by government policies and the banking sector with around 50 banks providing nearly $3 billion of credit to the Indian diamond industry. A predominant portion of the gold
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* Market review for tanishq presentation 7967 views * Trends In Jewellery 4955 views * Strategic Management 847 views * Glistening upturn in branded luxury jewellery 944 views * Copy of tanishq presentation 381 views * Diamond retailers 1467 views * Jems and jwellery.. 128 views * Ibef Jewellery 06 1902 views * consumer buying behaviour of branded and non branded jewellery 1399 views * GITANJALI BRAND BOOKLET 2012 170 views * Indian Jewelry Market:
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Report on Argyle Diamonds and the Diamond Industry 1 INTRODUCTION India was the only known source of diamonds before the eighteenth century when diamonds were discovered in Brazil. The modern diamond industry was born in 1867 when diamonds were discovered in the Kimberley region of South Africa. The De Beers mining company was formed and they controlled 80-90 per cent of the rough diamonds entering the diamond market. The De Beers share of the diamond market fell in the 1990’s when the Soviet
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They offer "more than 40,000 loose diamonds" in a selection of settings. (Page 326) Their customers have the option to customize their purchases. They provide their customers with widespread educational knowledge for purchasing a diamond. They have excellent customer service by providing free shipping, an appraisal of the diamond, and non-customized orders receive 30 days to return the purchase after delivery. (Page 327) Diamonds.com offers substitute diamonds that are readily available and easily
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