Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
14 Jan

We’re on-trend. It’s official.

I spent some time over the holiday period catching up by reading old-fashioned things like newspapers, looking for new innovations in business and predictions for 2011 (more…)