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Price increase on fancy yellow diamonds

Separately, Laurelton Diamonds, which supplies yellow diamonds to Tiffany & Co and is a polishing subsidiary of the jewellery giant, will implement a 25 per cent price increase on exclusive, rare yellow diamonds from the Ellendale mine in Western Australia. The price increase was agreed upon between Laurelton and Gem Diamonds, which owns the Ellendine mining subsidiary, Kimberley Diamond Company.

“This shows the benefits of partnering with such a highly regarded brand and major player in the diamond jewellery and retail sector,” Elphick said.The decision also discussed the name “Tiffany” and its limited popularity in Australia.

“Tiffany & Co in America is very strongly positioned at the top end of business but they are accessible because they have malls on the high street. People look to them aspirationally for design ideas and particularly as bridal products.”

Tiffany also failed to prove that “eBay [had] intentionally set out to deceive or mislead consumers” because it did not provide any survey data demonstrating a significant number of tiffany outlet customers had been deceived.After a drawn-out battle, Sullivan ruled in 2008 that eBay was not liable for trademark infringement and false advertising.

Tiffany & Co is planning a major expansion of its Australian operations.In 2009, Tiffany employed a number of smart strategies to help it maintain sales during tough times. These strategies remained under wraps until last week, when the US-based company released its annual report.

Raise prices for bridal jewellery and discount fashion jewellery.This was a dramatic increase from 2008 and 2007 when only 40 per cent of its diamonds were polished tiffanys jewellery in-house. The company also has a long-standing policy of not entering into long-term supply agreements with manufacturers, ensuring the company has greater flexibility during times of uncertainty.

In the three months ending October 31, Tiffany also managed to increase gross margin by 3.7 per cent. The rise was attributed to retail price increases, improvement in manufacturing processes and sales leverage on fixed costs.Although growth occurred in all geographic regions, total sales in Asia Pacific increased by the largest margin, up 24 per cent to $127.1 million from the same period last year while same-store sales climbed 15 per cent.

As of October 31, Tiffany operated 93 stores in the Americas tiffany blue , 56 in Japan, 49 in Asia Pacific and 27 in Europe – store growth since October last year had been most substantial in Asia Pacific, where six new stores have opened.Between now and the end of the fiscal year, Kowalski forecast a booming Christmas trading season.