Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
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20 Aug
Your chance to own a piece of Diamondthrills
As mentioned earlier, we’re off to Africa at the end of the year – a work assignment in Botswana which proved much too exciting to turn down.
So, much as we would like to pack all our stunning diamond jewellery and take it with us to Africa, we think we should allow our pieces to find loving new homes in the UK (more…)
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27 Oct
Why a $3 coffee beats a $500 hotel room
This is one of those blog posts which has little to do with diamonds or jewellery but is an observation about markets, or perhaps market failure (more…)
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04 Aug
A fabulous contradiction: ‘fresh diamonds’
Bouncing around the webosphere this week I spotted a story about diamonds which throws some interesting light on the various ways (more…)
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29 Apr
Building trust… through Facebook
We hire out precious diamond jewellery, so how do we establish trust with our customers, not just their trust in us (more…)
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13 Apr
A life without wheels: update
In January I blogged about the news that we had sold our car and were trying to a life of ‘rentalism’ – getting around with the help of Zipcar, Whipcar, taxis (more…)
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05 Apr
Russians dig carats; De Beers digs dollars
I like numbers (it must be my engineering background). They can tell stories, if you know where to look (more…)
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09 Feb
Exemplary brand-building, the Virgin Atlantic way
From time to time this Blog veers away from diamonds and jewellery and weddings and suchlike, and takes a look at some of the very best work being done (more…)
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27 Jan
Our diamonds shine at the National Television Awards
I spent more time than I would recommend glued to live coverage from the O2 of the National Television Awards on ITV last night (more…)
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26 Jan
Living ‘rentalism’: Now we’re hip Zipsters
At Diamondthrills we’ve taken a high-value product that is traditionally owned and turned it into something borrowed (more…)
