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  • State of the Industry: Coffee, Bagels & Big Ideas
    Rob Bates, Dave Siminski, Peter Smith, Ross Wesdorp
    Done
  • Reading the Market: Gold, Diamonds, and the Economy Heading Into Q4
    Paul Zimnisky, CFA , Rob Bates, Dave Siminski, Sherry Smith. Moderated by Andrea Hill
    Done
  • The Feet Follow the Eyes: Focal Point Displays that Guide Movement and Attention
    Lyn Falk
    Done
  • AI-Powered Workflows: Using Claude to Streamline Key Retail Processes
    Andrea Hill
    Done
  • The Outsider Advantage: What Jewelry Retailers Can Learn from Entertainment & Lifestyle Brands
    Erin Moyer-Carballea
    Done
  • Locked, Loaded, and Liable: What Every Jeweler Needs to Know About Security Right Now
    Howard Stone (Jewelers Mutual), Chris Sellers (Jewelers Mutual)
    Done
  • The Art and Science of Why We Buy Luxury
    Peter Smith
    Done
  • The AI-Powered Jewelry Store: Build a Private, No-Code AI Knowledgebase and Training Agent for Your Store
    Andrea Hill
    Done
  • Onboarding: Making Those New Hires "Stick"
    Dayna Brown
    Done
  • No Holds Barred: Mastering High-Impact Events For Jewelry Store Success
    Bill Warren
    Done
45 Ideas in 45 Minutes
Location: Cobb Ballroom E - 8/21/26, 5:30 PM - 8/21/26, 6:15 PM (US/Eastern) (45 minutes)
Dayna Brown, Lyn Falk, Paul Zimnisky, Peter Smith, Sherry Smith, Tim Glasgow
Dayna Brown, Lyn Falk, Paul Zimnisky, Peter Smith, Sherry Smith, Tim Glasgow

This session is built for people who like ideas they can actually use and prefer to get a lot of them quickly.

A panel of industry experts, representing a wide range of roles and business experience across the jewelry industry, will take turns sharing one practical tip at a time. Each speaker gets one minute. Not two. Not almost two. A timekeeper with a cow bell makes sure everyone stays honest, and then it is on to the next idea.

The tips span the full spectrum of how jewelry businesses really operate, from sales and customer relationships to merchandising, operations, marketing, staffing, technology, and day-to-day decision making. Some ideas are small adjustments. Others are mindset shifts. All of them are meant to be clear, usable, and grounded in real experience.

This is a fast, lively session that rewards attention and note-taking. Attendees will leave with pages of ideas they can try immediately, a few that spark new ways of thinking, and at least one moment of “we should have been doing that already.”

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The Atlanta Jewelry Show was founded on a simple but powerful idea ... 
A trade show should serve the people who make it possible. 

From its earliest days, the Southern Jewelry Travelers Association, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit, set out to create a show where every decision would contribute to the shared success of jewelers, manufacturers, and sales professionals across the Southeast. It was built not as a commercial enterprise, but as a community investment in the future of the jewelry industry.

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