Comments on: Wal-Mart Jewelry Goes Green http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/ Modern Jewelry Trends is your one stop source for current jewelry product and fashion trends, celebrity sightings, and the latest jewelry news from the web. Trends will help you promote your business online. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:06:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Glasshouse Partnership | Will diamonds get more transparent? http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/#comment-30880 Glasshouse Partnership | Will diamonds get more transparent? Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:30:21 +0000 http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/#comment-30880 [...] That’s the view of the industry blog at US trade publication Modern Jeweller. [...] […] That’s the view of the industry blog at US trade publication Modern Jeweller. […]

]]> By: Tim Kitchin http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/#comment-30879 Tim Kitchin Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:12:46 +0000 http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/#comment-30879 The point here is not to claim that the Jewellery is 'green' today (although WalMart strongly suggests this association). Rather it is to begin give consumers the information they need to make better decisions in future... There's lots wrong with the WalMart approach today (for starters you have to buy an item before you can explore its provenance!!!) but it's a step in the right direction. Trust is the jewellery industry's most valuable commodity and it has been eroding. If transparency is what it takes to restore it, then in the end the whole industry will be grateful... It does though, as 'Karl' suggests, change the rules of competition away from price and onto transparency. Where gold and silver have begun, diamonds will surely follow... In future, the most clearest diamonds will certainly be the most valuable, but perhaps not in the way you think... The point here is not to claim that the Jewellery is ‘green’ today (although WalMart strongly suggests this association). Rather it is to begin give consumers the information they need to make better decisions in future…

There’s lots wrong with the WalMart approach today (for starters you have to buy an item before you can explore its provenance!!!) but it’s a step in the right direction.

Trust is the jewellery industry’s most valuable commodity and it has been eroding. If transparency is what it takes to restore it, then in the end the whole industry will be grateful…

It does though, as ‘Karl’ suggests, change the rules of competition away from price and onto transparency. Where gold and silver have begun, diamonds will surely follow…

In future, the most clearest diamonds will certainly be the most valuable, but perhaps not in the way you think…

]]> By: Karl http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/#comment-30410 Karl Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:57:39 +0000 http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/#comment-30410 How in the world did the largest strip mine in the world get placed in the same term as "green". Seems like a contradiction to me. And doesn't that kind of remove the concept of competition? I guess that means that the prices of jewelry at Wal-Mart will go up... every time someone says green that is what happens. How in the world did the largest strip mine in the world get placed in the same term as “green”. Seems like a contradiction to me. And doesn’t that kind of remove the concept of competition? I guess that means that the prices of jewelry at Wal-Mart will go up… every time someone says green that is what happens.

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]]> By: Bud Boland http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/#comment-29901 Bud Boland Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:39:54 +0000 http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/#comment-29901 Another slippery slope to deal with! Another slippery slope to deal with!

]]> By: Covalence SA » Wal-Mart Jewelry Goes Green http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/#comment-27435 Covalence SA » Wal-Mart Jewelry Goes Green Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:06:19 +0000 http://blogs.modernjeweler.com/blog/2008/07/15/wal-mart-jewelry-goes-green/#comment-27435 [...] Canyon Mine in Utah, the largest man-made excavation in the world. Image source : ebayimg.com> Continue . News selected by Covalence | Country: USA | Company: Wal-Mart | Source: Modern [...] […] Canyon Mine in Utah, the largest man-made excavation in the world. Image source : ebayimg.com> Continue . News selected by Covalence | Country: USA | Company: Wal-Mart | Source: Modern […]

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