Cloud-Based POS Software Jewel360 Launches for Jewelry Retailers - National Jeweler

Cloud-Based POS Software Jewel360 Launches for Jewelry Retailers
The end-to-end software allows for real-time control over all sales, inventory, repairs, customer communications, and marketing.
A collaboration between the mine and five Brazilian jewelry designers was on display at the 2022 Couture Show.
In a career that spanned decades, Ramsey promoted jewelry via the Diamond Information Center and the Jewelry Information Center.
With a simple swivel, this on-trend gemstone ring goes from east-west to north-south and back again.
Use these tips to create a more personalized and successful customer experience.
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The myriad motifs of the “L’Imperatrice” tarot informed the designs of rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces.
Plus, CEO Brian Duffy on how supply shortages have spread to brands beyond Rolex and Patek Philippe.
Rare & Forever is helping to create an enjoyable diamond buying experience for the millions of newly-engaged couples.
The jewelry and watch market is expected to see more moderate growth this year compared with 2021.
Michelle Meltesen joins the company with nearly two decades of experience in fine jewelry.
The suspects shot a store employee during the robbery, but he has been upgraded from critical to good condition.
Red-hot ruby matches summertime temperatures, writes Style File columnist Amanda Gizzi.
The economy is moving from “extremely strong” to “moderate” growth, said NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz.
The men’s collection is full of sumptuous chains and signet rings.
Columnist Peter Smith shares a prediction for the year ahead as the jewelry industry faces a possible slowdown.
Stories on celebrity engagements and engagement ring trends attracted a lot of readers, as did articles about Alrosa and Betty White.
The U.K, Canada, and Japan have also banned the import of gold originating from Russia.
Jewelry marketing expert Laryssa Wirstiuk shares her tips and tricks for hosting a livestream shopping session.
The current agreement, originally set to expire in 2020, will now go through June 2023.
The brands have collaborated on a fine jewelry ode to cannabis.
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Plus, JSA President John Kennedy talks about the trajectory of industry crime over the last 20 years.
The fair was evacuated temporarily Tuesday after four suspects smashed a showcase and stole jewelry from British jeweler Symbolic & Chase.
The 21st annual awards show and gala will take place in New York City next March.
The jewelry trade show is scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 3 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
It is the fifth acquisition under the ownership of private equity firm Epiris, which bought Bonhams in 2018.
The “Celebration Infinite” diamond has more than three times the number of facets in a traditional brilliant-cut diamond, the retailer said.
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Marty Stuart shares stories behind Johnny Cash, George Jones guitars - Tennessean

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BCLS hosting summer gardening workshop - WCBD News 2

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by: Chase Laudenslager
Posted: Jul 8, 2022 / 05:27 PM EDT
Updated: Jul 8, 2022 / 05:27 PM EDT
by: Chase Laudenslager
Posted: Jul 8, 2022 / 05:27 PM EDT
Updated: Jul 8, 2022 / 05:27 PM EDT
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) will host a workshop to educate residents on summer gardening in the Lowcountry.
The Garden and Grass: Summer Tasks workshop will be hosted by Christopher Burtt, who serves as the Horticulture Agent for Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties.
Burtt will discuss how to care for plants in the heat and what gardeners can do to keep landscapes looking vibrant.
The event will be at the Goose Creek Library on July 23 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Seating is limited and registration is required. Click here to register.
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JPMorgan Chase tells employees the bank will pay for travel to states that allow abortion - CNBC

JPMorgan Chase tells employees the bank will pay for travel to states that allow abortion  CNBC
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US Investment Sales Facing Cooldown Amid Fed Rate Hikes - Commercial Observer

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While there is plenty of fuel for future commercial real estate momentum with ample liquidity on the sidelines, investment sales activity appears to be headed for a summer cooldown as market participants grapple with elevated borrowing costs in a rising interest rate environment. Concerns about a looming recession only add to the industry’s uneasiness for the second half of 2022. 
The Federal Reserve set the stage for commercial real estate transactions to largely grind to a halt in the coming months after raising its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points on June 15 — the central bank’s first three-quarters of a percentage point hike since 1994 — to combat inflationary pressures. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell also laid the groundwork at the June meeting for interest rates to rise up to 3.4 percent by the end of the year from its current range of 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent, a stark contrast from previous economic estimates in March that the federal funds rate would hit 2.5 percent by the end of 2022. 
“When the cost of capital changes so drastically, it usually causes a little bit of pause and indecision,” said Michael Gigliotti, co-head of brokerage firm JLL’s New York City office. “It’s very, very strange times we’re in now. Rates have been going up, and some people are starting to think that rents might be going flat or down, and are considering that as an underwriting consideration.”
Another factor causing a near-term slowdown in deal activity is widening credit spreads, which in the past have tightened when interest rates rise. Gigliotti noted that the dynamic has been different this time around largely due to global unrest stemming from tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coupled with fears of a possible recession. 
Chris J. Coiley, Valley Bank’s head of commercial real estate for the New York and New Jersey markets, said his team is putting his loans through stressed underwriting scenarios aimed at identifying whether borrowers will succeed during difficult economic times, in terms of project-specific items like reserves and material costs. He said borrowers will have to adjust to the new interest rate reality by contributing more equity or utilize interest rate swaps. 
“When you have a rise in interest rates you are going to have a slowdown in the sales market,” Coiley said. “There is going to be more due diligence for investors.”
Despite more challenging lending conditions, Coiley expects his firm to exceed last year’s volume of $2.8 billion after executing $1.8 billion in the first half of 2022, which he puts down to a continued strong appetite for multifamily deals and higher mortgage rates driving more renters to continue leasing apartments rather than buying homes. He stressed that while the higher interest rates create more challenges for sponsors, borrowing costs are still “fairly low” compared to where they were 10 to 15 years ago and will not price them out of doing business. 
Will Nelson, director of real estate lending at Columbia Pacific Advisors, said that while CRE has seen “fundamentally sound underwriting” in recent years, the long period of low interest rates meant many borrowers got used to cheap capital with very little equity placements or alternative investments needed for their projects. Columbia is better positioned in a volatile market than other lenders, Nelson said, since it solely provides equity with no debt. That said, Nelson stressed he will also be more selective in the next few months and focus largely on industrial and multifamily deals.
Sponsorship remains key, and high-quality sponsors will continue to close transactions without too much strife, Nelson said. 
“For quality sponsors and really good transactions there’s still capital,” Nelson said. “Some of the deals perhaps you shouldn’t have been able to get done you’ve been able to get done in the last 10 to 12 years, and I think those projects are going to be impacted, but you still have the option to execute. You just might not like the terms as much.” 
The current market conditions make it even more imperative that real estate investment firms diversify the sources and locations of their transactions, according to Bentley Zhao, CEO of New Empire Corp. Zhao noted that New Empire’s current portfolio of properties in New York City consists of between 30 to 40 percent all-cash buyers, which has incentivized it to build more luxury properties “in areas primed for growth to attract investors that are likely to provide the capital necessary in cash,” he said.
New Empire, which has renovated and built over 100 multifamily projects throughout New York City, recently acquired three Queens properties, including a 19,000-square-foot development site at 58-01 Queens Boulevard in Woodside for $16.2 million in late June. Zhao, who has worked with a long-standing equity partner on many deals, stressed that building this type of relationship will play an important role amid the current market conditions as will the revitalized EB-5 investment program, which allows investors to obtain green cards in exchange for financing real estate projects.
“Depending on the size of the project, the capital necessary may be reliant on long-term relationships and more individualized investors,” Zhao said. “We expect to see EB-5 as an alternative source of capital as existing regional centers can now operate and accept new EB-5 investors.” 
Zhao added that the EB-5 program will play a large role in helping bring foreign investment back to pre-pandemic levels with investment sales in the New York area, which could help offset some of the current economic barriers facing market participants. The program returned in May following nine months of limbo after both its congressional authorization expired and a federal court invalidated its latest rules. Changes to the program include mechanisms designed to better deter fraudulent schemes and improve national security protections on inbound capital. 
Despite some of the market headwinds facing CRE at the moment, observers also feel plenty of tailwinds given all the dry powder on the sidelines that could offset some of the inflationary fears. Gigliotti noted that there is $248 billion of capital in closed-end funds that will need to be deployed in the next year. There is also the strong possibility of the world’s top three sovereign wealth funds in Japan and Norway, which currently allocate only 1.6 percent of their holdings on average toward real estate, increasing their investment in the sector, according to Gigliotti. Individual high net worth investors are also very underweighted toward CRE, he added.
“It’s liquidity that drives transactions, not the cost of capital, and we have more liquidity than ever before,” Gigliotti said. “Unlike in 2010 when liquidity dried up, these groups had an option of not investing in real estate because it wasn’t a recognized asset class. That is no longer the case.” 
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