Women’s Jewelry Shop Catalog and Wholesale Markets Update
Well this November has been a slow one. Most of the Christmas jewelry orders have already been prepared.
We have also set up a new jewelry catalog for November. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to publish the catalog directly on this website because of our exclusive contracts with some of the jewelry manufacturers. However, we can tell you that there are three sections. They included Designer Jewelry, Fashion Jewelry, and Pearl and Coral Jewelry.
Our Designer Jewelry is very high quality. In fact, our manufacturers supply major brands including Gucci. All of our jewelry is in complete compliance with US safety regulations. The Fashion Jewelry section includes jewelry that utilizes semi precious stones. We guarantee that we only use the top 99.9% of all jewelry manufacturers and factories located on the mainland china. Why? Because we have searched all over China and spent thousands of dollars in the process. We understand that that only .01% of the things we find are viable and of the appropiate quality level. The jewelry designers are from Korea, the US, Russia, and China. The wholesale jewelry is already sourced through us to major retailers all over the United States.
Finally, our coral and pearl jewelry comes from local manufactures located in Shanghai. We have an exclusive agreement with a few suppliers in which we supervise all aspects of the jewelry production. See the example picture below.
Notice the linkages and and handiwork. All of the metal used is 925 silver. This includes the silver wire connecting the spring clasp to the necklace. Also notice (may be hard to make out) the spring clasp tooth has 925 micro inscribed on it. Nothing is left out in our jewelry manufacturing process.
If you would like to see our November Catalog please contact us.
Hong Kong Jewelry Fair and Jewelry District
Hong Kong Jewelry Fair
For the past 3 days we were down in Hong Kong China attending the International Jewelry Fair. The event was huge but we didn’t really see anything that amazing or competitively priced. We asked ourselves why would someone buy from the suppliers in attendance? The answer is if the buyer has no experience sourcing from mainland china. While the show is definitely a great opportunity for first time buyers, there are problems for seasoned jewelry professionals. Suppliers in attendance have to hire multiple employees that speak english. They also have to ship all of their goods to hong kong china and purchase a booth (registration, setup materials etc.) All this adds up to a significant additional cost. These cost hikes were clearly evident in the prices of the jewelry. Also buyers run into the problem of buying jewelry that has already been bought multiple times during the same show.
Kowloon Hong Kong China
We also traveled to the Jewelry District in Hong Kong. It is located on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong (the rest is a secret 
) Regardless, we saw the same thing as the show. Wholesalers pedaling Chinese goods for a significant price hike. I think the lesson learned here was Hong Kong is already well known in the jewelry world. The prices simply are not competitive. An experienced jewelry buyer should focus on companies located strictly in the chinese mainland.
Our trip to the markets 09/20/09
Here is are some of the pictures that we took from our most recent trip. The first picture is an agate necklace with a twine necklace. The inside of the stone is clearly visible. The second picture is a labrodorite or Topaz necklace. Topaz is consider a mystical stone and the clasp has the Chinese character meaning fu or “happiness”
