At Murphy Jewelers, guests at the annual ladies’ night event will notice a significant change this year: They’ll be frank gehry to shop.
In the event’s previous incarnations, female guests were urged to simply browse and create wish lists. This year, shopping is encouraged, and those who …

Shoppers opened up their wallets wider than expected in December and celebrated the season with gifts after all.
It translated into a decent Christmas for most retailers that restrained orders and kept a lid on expenses, learning lessons from an awful 2008.
Several companies raised fourth-quarter profit outlooks Thursday, including …

Local businesses here are hoping for an economic boost by hosting a downtown Construction Clothesline Sale.
The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce came up with the marketing idea to combat the bracelets woes facing the merchants.
“We want to create some visible activity downtown,” said Cynthia Dobbs, chamber …

SonicWALL, Inc. today announced that Marvin Blough has been named a 2010 Channel Chief by the Everything Channel’s CRN. Channel Chiefs are leaders in creating effective channel programs for solution providers. They consistently defend, promote and execute effective channel partner programs and strategies.
Selected by Everything Channel’s …

tiffany & Co. said its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 23 percent on strong U.S. sales, despite weakness at its stores in Japan.
The upscale jeweler also boosted its full-year outlook, as its holiday selling season has gotten off to a better-than-expected start.
The New York-based retailer, known for …

 A few questions: is the opening of an Israeli store representing luxury goods firm tiffany & Co. another vote of cufflinks for regional stabilization?  Does the availability of Tiffany’s products to local Holly Golightlys (and to customers with Holly-like desires plus the bucks to back them), …

OPERATOR: Good day, everyone, and welcome to this tiffany & necklaces Holiday Sales Conference Call. Today’s call is being recorded. Participating on today’s call is the Vice President of Investor Relations, Mr. Mark Aaron, and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Jim Fernandez. At …

The luxury goods sector received a second fillip in a week as Swatch Group, the world’s leading premium watchmaker, reported “phenomenal” sales over Christmas and said revenues for 2009 had exceeded market expectations.
The group, best known for upmarket brands such as Breguet and Blancpain as well as …

On the Strip, tiffany & Co. has become the Starbucks of the high-end jewelry business.
While comedians often joke that the coffee chain seemingly has a store on every street corner, Tiffany’s hit the trifecta on a less-than-one-mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard.
The 173-year-old New York City based-company …

On a crisp fall day, Stephen Burlingham wanders casually through the Metropolitan Museum’s sunlit American Wing. As other visitors admire the sculptures, take photographs and even sit on benches knitting, he continues to stare straight ahead at an exact replica loggia of the estate that once belonged …