Inside Track- January 2024 by RJO inc

INSIDE

TRACK

JANUARY 2024

RJO EXCLUSIVE

RETAIL MEMBER TRENDS & OFFERS

IN THIS ISSUE... RJO Newsletter .................................................................................................................... Page 4 Market Trends .................................................................................................................... Page 5 Edge Retail Academy ...................................................................................................... Page 8 The Edge ................................................................................................................................ Page 9 Brevani/Color Merchants .............................................................................................. Page 10 Oro Alexander ...................................................................................................................... Page 11 Sterling Reputation ........................................................................................................... Page 12 WJewel by Ishal Inc. ........................................................................................................ Page 13 Steven Royce ...................................................................................................................... Page 14 Hari Jewels .......................................................................................................................... Page 15 Legend Jewelry ................................................................................................................. Page 16 Charles Frey & Co ............................................................................................................. Page 17 Ofer Mizrahi/EVERLEE by OMD ................................................................................... Page 18 EFFY ......................................................................................................................................... Page 19 Guild & Facet ........................................................................................................................ Page 20 Imagine Bridal .................................................................................................................... Page 21 IZI Creations ........................................................................................................................ Page 22 Metal Marketplace International .............................................................................. Page 23 Paris 1901 ............................................................................................................................... Page 24 Jewelry Innovations ........................................................................................................ Page 25 Kelly Waters ....................................................................................................................... Page 26 MALO ....................................................................................................................................... Page 27 Mercury Ring ........................................................................................................................ Page 28 Montage Jewelry Care .................................................................................................... Page 29 Interings ................................................................................................................................ Page 30 NUNU ....................................................................................................................................... Page 31 Quality Gold .......................................................................................................................... Page 32 United Precious Metals ..................................................................................................... Page 33 VRB Internet Solutions .................................................................................................... Page 34

Newsletter JANUARY 2024

The latest RJO news and announcements

IMPORTANT January DATES January 1st RJO Office Closed

2023: A YEAR IN REVIEW By the time you are reading this newsletter, we will be just a few weeks away from the 2024 Winter Buying Show. We have some fun things in store for this show and we can't wait to see our RJO family in sunny Palm Springs. There is always a little bit of excitement as we flip the calendar from December to January. 2024 brings promise and joy and we are hopeful for all this year has in store for us. We can't look ahead without taking a moment to recognize a few of our triumphs from 2023.

January 10th

Payments due in the RJO Office

January 12th

Last day to submit any changes to show registrations

January 26th-29th

RJO Winter Buying Show

Week of January 29th

First Dividend Check Sent

CELEBRATING IN 2024? If your store is celebrating a milestone this year, please remember to send information (and a photo) to Sabrina@rjomembers.com so we can share the news with the RJO Family!

TWO record-breaking shows beating both our Summer and Winter sales volume records Highest ever RJO Dividend- Over $15.6 MILLION Our new five-year average of our dividend percentage is 4.99% We welcomed 86 new retail members and 30 new vendor partners into our organization The release of RJOmeet.me, our innovative new platform to help you easily search for vendors and product categories Surpassed $100,000 in RJO Foundation Scholarship awards giving out over $112,000 in scholarships since the Foundation’s inception in 2015. Thank you to our generous donors! We also have some great ideas and initiatives in the works for 2024. 2023 Dividend Announcement (coming in Palm Springs) RJO + GIA Seminar Opportunities in St. Louis RJO + GIA Diamond Grading Lab collaboration with Jewelers Mutual in August RJO's Summer Buying Show - August 3rd-5th in St. Louis, Missouri Initiatives and updates to make your life easier- including paperless billing! The RJO Leadership Teams and office staff are eager to continue to bring new opportunities for RJO members to help you meet your goals for this year. Speaking of goals, what goals are you setting for yourself and your store this year? How can RJO help you meet and exceed those goals? We are here to help, so let us know if there is anything we can do to make your goals a reality. As always, be sure you are following along with all of the latest RJO news and information throughout the month. You can find this important information in your email and on our RJO Exclusive Facebook page. Finally, we want to take a moment to thank each of you for your continued patronage. Our RJO family is top-notch and your loyalty, support, and general awesomeness are unmatched!

Happy New Year RJO!

WHAT IF I HAVE CHANGES TO MY REGISTRATION? Registration for the Winter Buying Show closed Wednesday, December 27th. This gives us time to get final attendance counts into the hotel so we can accurately secure food and beverages, and make sure all of you have a place to sit, and food to eat at all the RJO Show events and activities. We understand changes are sometimes necessary, so if you need to make changes to your registration such as modifying the attendees from your store, adding a guest badge, or if are no longer able to attend the Winter Buying Show, here is what you do: Please forward your original registration confirmation email to kristi@rjomembers.com and identify the changes you have from the registration. If you can't find that confirmation email, then email Kristi your changes so she can update counts in our system. When you let us know these changes ahead of time, it helps us to keep our expenses down by ensuring we only order what we need. The added bonus is you can save yourself some time in the show registration line in Palm Springs. If you do have to cancel your registration, don't forget to cancel your hotel rooms as well.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH IS THE LAST DAY TO MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR REGISTRATION.

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