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Jewelers Giving It Away For Valentine's Day

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Jewelry has been one of the hardest hit retail areas but some jewelers are striking back this Valentine's Day by giving the stuff away. All across the country, jewelers are offering giveaways of free silver necklaces. The Independent Jewelers Organization has worked with many jewelers to give away free gifts of heart necklaces to those who have been hard hit by the economy. The giveaways began at Fox Fine Jewelry in Ventura, California and now over 45 stores around the country are participating. Most stores are giving away 100 silver necklaces worth $99 to the first people to show up with a a termination or foreclosure notice and an ID. You can find the full list of stores participating here.

Other stores are finding other ways to give it away. In Cleveland, Ohio, Alson Jewelers is giving away 10 pieces of jewelry, one per day, scattered throughout the city. The ten gifts will total about $2,000.

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The Top 10 Jewelry Brands (As Ranked by Wealthy Consumers)

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Although anybody can take gold and diamonds and make jewelry, some jewelers have the gift of putting precious metals and gems together to form truly beautiful and inspiring pieces of art. Much like in the art world every person has their own personal tastes and preferences when it comes to jewelry, but of the best jewelers in the world have you ever wondered who was the best of the best? The Luxury Institute in New York did, and so they recently interviewed 500 wealthy luxury consumers and asked them to rate 20 of the world's top jewelers in order to come up with a ranked list of the top 10.

Harry Winston came out as the #1 most prestigious jewelry brand.

Do you agree or disagree? See the rest of the top 10 and then let us know in the comments!

Gallery: The Top 10 Luxury Jewelry Brands

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iDiamond Ear

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Apparently we all can't get enough of diamond earpieces for our mp3 players, because new ones keep popping up. One of the latest is the iDiamond Ear from Norwegian jeweler Heyerdahl Jewelers, and it's being marketed as "the world's most exclusive earphones for commercial sale." The iDiamond Ear is created by dipping Apple earbud headphones in 18k gold and covering them in 204 brilliant cut diamonds. There will be only 1,000 pairs created, which will be numbered and sold exclusively in the Heyerdahl store starting this upcoming February. $6,400

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Brighter Days Ahead For Asprey Jewelers?

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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When Kiera Knightley, the spokesperson for Asprey, wore Bulgari to the Oscars, rumors began to swirl that the English luxury jeweler had hit hard times. According to this article in the Times, Donald Trump knew before that, when the jeweler changed the look of their distinctive purple bags. Either way, Apsrey has lost a bit of sparkle lately, recently pulling out of a $1million lease at Trump Tower. Edgar Bronfman Jr,a Warner Music chief executive, and three other shareholders lost their investment of about $500 million in Asprey.The retailer seemed to be on a roll in recent years, bringing in Jade Jagger and splashing out on big ads in major fashion mags. But the losses didn't scare off Sciens Capital, a New York private-equity firm, and the American hedge fund Plainfield Asset Management who will invest $80million-$100million in the company. What will it take to get Asprey back in the spotlight? They've already tried the luxe store route and the celebrity ad campaign, maybe some movie placement ala Chopard?

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