If you have asked yourself one of these questions you should attend

1.    “Do you know what your wages should be as a percentage of sales?”

2.    “Do you have complete control over your buying?”

3.     “Do you ever have trouble paying your bills on time?”

Click here to download a document containing many of the questions that retail jewellers commonly ask.

­Who Should Attend

1.  Progressive retail jewelry store owners, partners and managers who are looking to:

•    Increase Sales, Gross Profit and Net Profit - GUARANTEED
•    Improve cash-flow
•    Know how much inventory they need in each category and price point
•    Reduce discounting
•    Retire wealthy
•    Spend less time working in their business
•    Learn how to negotiate with Vendors
•    Hire better, manage better and sell more  
•    Manage the business (and the people) for results...

2.  Vendors who are looking to establish new, long term relationships with progressive retailers.

3.  The next generation.  Family members or senior managers who need to know how to run your business profitably and sustainably.

4.  Anyone wanting to enjoy greater business success, personal prosperity, peace of mind and more free time for themselves and their family.

Why you should attend?

This conference provide expert advice and take home value in all aspects of effective retail business management including:

• Build Effective Marketing skills that will enable you to clobber the competition, increase market share, maintain pricing and increase profits, in spite of the recession.

• Management - effective leadership and how to manage for results.
  
• Never again have tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars tied up in non-performing inventory. Discover the liberating freedom and control of your enterprise that comes when you control your inventory, instead of the other way around.
• Protect yourself from the typical money-management disasters that hamper many small to mid-sized businesses.
• Discover the secrets to simple, but wise financial management that will not only keep you out of trouble, but enable you to direct your resources for greater short and long-term success and prosperity.

• How to set up your business to guarantee your safe and prosperous exit or move to another career, whether sale or succession is your exit strategy.
• Take advantage of Business Growth Strategies including appraisals, repairs, custom work and a new and innovative solutions guide.
• Get more out of your people. Make them more effective and happy, as you attract better quality team members, reduce turnover, yet maintain reasonable pay scales.

So what areas of your business offer the best returns for the least effort?

For most stores diamonds represent anywhere from 25-50% of storewide sales
but can occupy less than 3% of total sales units sold......and most stores gain 80% of their business from existing customers...

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realise that those numbers stack
up very well as a Return on Investment! They can provide the best growth opportunities for the least cost.

But you need the tools and resources to help you develop both your existing customers, by clienteling,and your diamond business further, by working
those significant sales - and at our conference we'll be providing you with exactly that:

• Learn how to make cut the most important selling point of the 4C's
• Discover why the male client is an underutilised opprtunity waiting to be tapped
• Find how to use existing clients to bring you new business (for 1/6th of the cost of a new one)
• Uncover the hidden potential that your database is offering you

Click here to hear Janice discussing the importance of the Significant Sale
Click here to hear Janice discussing the importance of clientelling

Discover why

• How some jewellery stores in Australia and New Zealand are much more profitable than others.
• Learn from some of the top retailers how they make, on average, twice the GMROI (Gross Margin Return on Investment) that an average USA store makes.  For example for every $100 invested in Inventory, an Australian store owner generates $135 of Gross Profit while a US Jewellery store makes just $70.
• Your opportunity to meet these store owners face to face and listen to their stories.

 Listen to

• Top key note presenters as outlined on the presenter page.  Click here to go to the presenters page.

Combine business with pleasure

• Take a holiday – enjoy the beautiful temperatures of Australia's sunny Gold Coast.
• Experience the beaches, theme pa­rks for the kids, golf courses, fishing, great dining, sightseeing, ‘Steve Irwin’s Australian Zoo.  Click here for lots more information and detail on what to do on the Gold Coast.
• Travel before or after the conference – or both – to other areas of Australia or New Zealand.  Visit beautiful Queenstown, taste award winning wines from some of the world’s greatest vineyards.  See the fiords and glaciers of New Zealand, or venture into Australia's famous outback for a “Crocodile Dundee” experience including excellent fishing, natural thermal springs and the most spectacular scenery in the world.

If you are in the USA please call 1-877-569-8657. If you are based in NZ please call +64 3-352-5598. If you are based in Australia please call toll free 1800-124-113 or 07 5574-0322. Alternatively you can email us on:edgedownunder@hardingconsultants.co.nz

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