ePRISM: December 11, 2019

Find these AGTA Gembassadors™ at the Show! AGTA AGTA is thrilled to announce this year's GemFair social media influencers or as we like to call them, AGTA Gembassadors™! MORE 2020 AGTA GemFair™ Tucson Special Feature: Angie Crabtree! AGTA Angie Crabtree will be demonstrating her process of taking beautiful gemstones, and recreating them into pieces of art for our homes and offices. MORE Judith Bridges Receives ICA Lifetime Achievement Award AGTA As a touching end to the 2019 International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, Judith Bridges, of AGTA Member, Tsavorite Bridges, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the esteemed organization. MORE Amanda's Style File: December Birthstones National Jeweler See AGTA Members, AG Gems, DILAMANI, Jane Taylor, and little h, featured in this article for their incredible December birthstone jewelry! MORE

ACE© It Conferences by NAJA Appraisers Continuing Education
NAJA Press Release
The National Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA) announces its 53rd Annual Winter ACE© It Education Conference to be held in Tucson AZ on February 2 - 3, 2020. MORE

Announcing the Pantone Color of the Year 2020
Pantone
Instilling calm, confidence, and connection, this enduring blue hue highlights our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era. MORE

Sales Remain Strong, But Jewelers Moderate Expectations a Bit for 2019 Holiday Season
Instore Mag
Jewelers tempered their expectations for the 2019 holiday season as we entered the second week of December with about one in four store owners telling an INSTORE Mini Survey they had fallen behind target. MORE

Turquoise: Pride of the American Southwest
GIA - AGTA Member
This December birthstone adorns the funerary mask of King Tut, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. MORE

3 Disastrous Mistakes in Digital Marketing
Social Media Explorer
Digital marketing is one of those 21st-century professions that emerged with the rise of technology and the evolution of the internet. MORE