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By the time a bride pays for her wedding décor, dress, and shoes, she is down to the end of her wedding budget. This means that she doesn’t always have a lot of money to spend on

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Remember the jewelry you wear on your wedding day elevates your outfit and showcases your style. This is why you should pick pieces that you love. If you’re on a budget, then here are some tips to keep in mind to help you invest in stunning jewelry while saving money.

Choose lab-made gemstones

Lab-made diamonds have the same chemicals, optical, and physical properties as natural diamonds with the exception of being made in a lab. These diamonds are tough, brilliant, and quite affordable even at larger carat sizes.

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Not all metals are created equally and not priced the same. While you might want to select premium metals like platinum that will last you for a long time, they might be expensive. Instead, choose pieces like sterling silver or rose gold that are affordable.

You can then invest in high-end pieces over time when you can afford them.

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Stick Season - Noah Kahan

this one doesn't take place in a southern small town or anything- im thinking a small town still in the state of New York.

its one of those towns where it looks pretty- it has history, it has a Main St. full of mom and pop shops, it's this postcard picture perfect place with everything on the surface and absolutely no substance.

and Jack Kelly? he loves it, but he hates being here.

it's not exciting. the same thing happens every day, everyone has a routine and no one can get out of it, and he longs for adventure- adventure that's more than just riding his bike with his pack of friends and going to the park, or the skate park, or the parking lot of the grocery store across town.

and he tells his friends all the time, i'm going to get out of here one day. he's going to make that move to the city, or maybe hop on a plane and move to Los Angeles, or Santa Fe, or maybe even San Antonio or Miami or Portland or somewhere new.

but he ends up being the friend that goes nowhere.

you see, everyone else? they go to college in great places. Davey and his brilliant mind are at Columbia, while Sarah is living it up at a fashion school in Boston. Kath got into a journalism program at Yale, Race is went off to Texas to study aerospace engineering, Charlie wound up in at a uni in Chicago, Spot is full-on pre-med at some bigwig school in Pennsylvania and Al is a mechanic in the heart of New York City now.

and Jack, he's an undecided major at the closest community college, because he doesn't know what he wants to do with his life yet. he just knows he had dreams of getting away, but he can't do that if he has no footing.

he's trapped, because everyone else is spread out. most of them come home for the holidays, but even then, Jack rarely sees them anymore; they talk about their big schools and their aspirations and how city life is treating them, but all Jack can add to the conversation is local drama he gets from the kooky grandma who works at the Walmart.

and because i'm me: seeing Davey hurts the most, because Jack doesn't recognize him.

since moving away, Davey has blossomed; he's no longer the "mom friend" who encourages the group not to take risks- no, he's reckless in the best way now, confident in his actions, strong-willed, opinionated, stubborn as hell and not willing to take no for an answer without a good reason. he's left behind big sweaters and ratty converse for skin-tight clothing, jewelry, painted nails, makeup, docs and a new air of confidence to him- something that says he's finally out of his shell. something that says he finally cares enough about how he's treated to do no harm but take no shit.

he's everything that Jack used to be, and it throws him for a loop the first time Davey comes home.

and Jack Kelly loves David Jacobs. he loves him. he would do anything for him, but it's increasingly more obvious that David has outgrown Jack. all of them have, really. he sees photos on instagram of everyone meeting up without him- Charlie and Race in Chicago during a random weekend in October; Davey, Sarah and Kath in L.A. over spring break- it's hard to see his closest friends grow up without him, while Jack is stuck in that same little town where he has nothing going for him.

Jack is supposed to be the adventurer. he's supposed to be the guy with the big ideas; that was his shtick in high school, being the dreamer, but now Jack dreams of his friends all coming home, coming back, coming to save him from the pavement he's cemented himself to.

and he dreams of Davey, the guy he loves more than his heart can say, the boy he wanted to share a life of adventure with, the person he never had in high school and will never have now.

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Jeffrey Dahmer - The Milwaukee Cannibal

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Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21 1960 – November 28 1994)

Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. He murdered 17 men and boys from 1978 and 1991. He commited that majority of these crimes between 1987 and 1991. His murders frequently included rape, dismemberment, necrophilia, and cannibalism. He was arrested when his last victim managed to escape and flag down a police car. When police entered his apartment, they were met with the horror of the Milwaukee Cannibal. He was indicted on fifteen murder charges. Dahmer ended up pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. The court however found him sane and guilty on 15 counts of murder and he was given 15 life sentence (the maximum penalty at the time)

EARLY LIFE

Jeffrey Dahmer was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin on May 21, 1960 to Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. His mother Joyce was reported to have had a difficult pregnancy. As a child Jeffrey was described as happy and bubbly. He loved wooden blocks and stuffed animals. He even helped nurse a baby bird back to health with his father Lionel.

When he was 2 his family moved to Iowa where his father Lionel began his PHD at Iowa State University.

When Jeffery was around age 4 he was first introduced to bones. His father swept out the remains of small animals from below their house. Young Jeffrey found himself fascinated by the sounds they made when he let them roll against one another. Jeffrey was reported to have undergone double hernia surgery at age 4 (some sources report it having happened at age 6). After this surgery Jeffrey’s disposition completely changed and he became reserved and quiet. It's believed that this surgery was a huge source of trauma for Dahmer and his sudden change was the result.

At 6 years old his family moved again. This time they moved to Doylestown, Ohio. Jeffrey began first grade at Hazel Harvey Elementary School in nearby Barberton, Ohio. During this time the Dahmer family expanded to include Jeffrey’s younger brother David. David was born on December 18,1966. In elementary school Jeffrey’s teacher reported that they felt he was neglected at home. Tension was certainly growing as his parents fought often when Lionel was home and they even moved to separate bedrooms in the house.

In 1968 the Dahmers move to 4480 Bath Road in Bath, Ohio. Jeffrey switched from Hazel Harvey Elementary School to Bath Elementary School. There has been allegations that during this time in Dahmer’s life that he was sexually abused by a neighbour. However both Lionel and Jeffrey deny this.

Later that year Jeffrey was given a child’s chemistry set after showing interest in the subject. He would use this set to experiment on animals (such as preserving insects in jars, and later impaling cats and frogs on sticks). Childhood friends of Jeffreys recall that he was interested in the insides of the animals, and how their bodies worked.

At age 10 Jeffrey began collecting road kill and bleaching the bones of chickens. His father taught him how to strip the flesh off of road kill using acid. This is likely because he was excited that Jeffrey was interested in chemistry like himself. However, Jeffrey also began decapitating small rodents and keeping insects in bottles of formaldehyde.

Adolescence

Jeffrey began drinking in early adolescence. It's reported that he first drank alcohol at age 13.

He attended River High School where he reportedly had his first homosexual experience and began fantasizing about necrophilia.

Jeffrey continued his “hobby” of collecting road kill from the sides of roads and stripping the flesh with acid. One notable incident is when Dahmer mounted a dog’s head on a stick.

At age 16 Dahmer is said to have developed a noticeable drinking problem and even began drinking scotch in class. Classmates described him as a loner. Ironically, his classmates also described him as a "class clown" and his name even became synonymous with pulling a prank.

In 1978 his parents filed for divorce and his father Lionel moved out.

STEVEN HICKS (18) June 18 1978

In June of 1978 Dahmer committed his first murder at the age of 18. Dahmer met Steven Hicks (18) while Hicks was hitchhiking. Dahmer invited him back for drinks and they both got drunk and had consensual sex. However when Hicks tried to leave Dahmer hit him over the head with a dumbbell which killed Hicks. Dahmer dismembered the body with a carving knife. He later would pulverize the bones with a sledgehammer and scattered around the property. He placed the remains in bags and buried it beneath the house in the crawlspace. It took Police 3 years to find remains.

1978

Lionel and Joyce’s divorce is finalize and Joyce is given custody of David. Joyce and David moved away and Lionel moved back in with his oldest son. Later that year Lionel appealed for custody and won for custody of David.

In the Fall of that yearJeffrey enrolls in Ohio State University where he later dropped out due to his drinking habits.

Out of options Jeffrey did what many young men did in that time and decided to enroll in the army.

Jeffrey Dahmer enrolled in the US army at Fort McClellann in Anniston AL on January 12 1979, with hopes to become a military policeman. He got reassigned to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio TX as a medical specialist. Later on July 13 1979 he was sent to West Germany to serve as a combat medic. In Germany it was reported that he continued to drink heavily.

Dahmer was dishonarbly discharged from the military in 1981 due to his alcohol abuse. Now a free man Dahmer moved to Miami Beach, like most young men at the time, and decided to work in Subway Shop called “sunshine subs”.

October 7 1981 Dahmer was arrested in Bath Ohio for Disorderly Conduct, Open Container, and Resisting arrest.

1982

Dahmer moves to West Allis WI to live with his elderly grandmother.

In 1983 Dahmer admitted to taking home a vial of blood from his job at the Milwaukee Blood Plasma Center and drinking it. He never tried it again.

1983

Dahmer began his infamous job at the Ambrosia Chocolate Co, and he began attending church. To try and satiate his needs for human contact Dahmer hid in a department store until it closed. He then stole a male mannequin and used it in various sexual ways. Unfortunately his grandmother found it and he later threw it away.

In 1986 Dahmer was arrested for lewd behaviour after he was caught masturbating infront of two 12 year old boys. He was charged with disorderly conduct however and only sentenced to one year probation.

STEVEN TUOMI (25) – 9/15/1987 – September 15 1987

In June of this year Dahmer was accussed of taking people to his private room and drugging them at Club Baths. He was eventually kicked out of the club due to these accusations.

Dahmer would meet 25 year old Steven Tuomi at a gay bar called Club 219. By Dahmer’s perspective they both went to the ambassador hotel, got drunk, and later passed out. When he awoke Tuomi was dead with blood coming from his mouth. Dahmer said that he could not recall the night’s events. With his second murder now committed Dahmer left the hotel to buy a suitcase. He placed Tuomi’s corpse in the suitcase and used it to return to his grandmother’s basement. As he had done previously with Hick’s corpse, Dahmer had sex with the body, masturbated on it, and sliced the flesh off. He then dismembered the remains, placed them in plastic bags and threw them away. It is reported that Dahmer beat Tuomi in an attempt to rip out his heart. Steven Tuomi’s remains have never been found.

December 1987 – Steven Tuomi was reported missing.

JAMES DOXTATOR (14) – January 1988

Dahmer (then 27) picked up Doxtater outside of Club 219 and invited him back to his grandmother’s house with the promise of cash for nude photos. They went back and watched videos and had some drinks. Unknown to Doxtater, Dahmer would drug one of his drinks with a sleeping pill. Once Doxtater was unconscious Dahmer strangled him. He would later dismember the corpse with a knife, and break the bones with a sledgehammer. He later threw the remains into the trash.

This same year, Dahmer’s probation ends.

RICHARD GUERRERO (25) – March 20, 1988 – March 24, 1988

Dahmer picked up Richard Guerrero outside of the same Club that he had met James Doxtater, Club 219. Guerrero was also brought back to Dahmer’s grandmother’s house where they engaged in oral sex. Just like Doxtater, Guerrero was drugged and then strangled to death. His corpse was also dismembered and thrown away.

In April of 1988 a man named Ronald Flowers made a police report that Dahmer had invited him to his grandmother’s house and drugged him. He also reported that he had stolen jewelry from him.

On September Dahmer moved to an apartment on 808 North 24th ST, Milwaukee

ASSAULT ON LAOTIAN BOY (13) – September 26, 1988 (KEISON SINTHASOMPHONE)

Dahmer approached a 13 year old Laotian boy and offered him money to come back to his apartment and pose for pictures like he had persuaded men before. Dahmer was able to convince the young boy to partially disrobe and allow Dahmer to take photos. Dahmer assaulted the boy and fed him Irish Liquer laced with Halcion tablets. When the boy did not fall asleep Dahmer let him go and he returned to his family who took him to hospital.

The next day Police arrested Dahmer at his job at Ambrosia Chocolate Co and searched his apartment. He was charged with exploitation of a child as well as second – degree assault.

At trial Dahmer pleaded not guilty at his preliminary hearing and was freed on $2500 cash bail. His trial was set for May 1989. However shortly after Dahmer changed to a guilty plea.

On May 23 1989 Dahmer was found guilty of 2nd degree assault in the Laotian boy case. He was sentenced to 8 years.

While serving this sentence it was reported that Dahmer would tell other inmates that he hated people of colour and would like to kill 1000 of them. He was also prohibited to have any contact with children.

ANTHONY SEARS (26) – March 29, 1989

Dahmer met Sears at La Cage Aux Folles, a gay bar, and offered him money to be photographed. Like previous victims Sears followed him back to his grandmother’s house and had consensual sex before Dahmer gave Sears a laced drink. Once asleep Dahmer strangled him, committed necrophilia, and dismembered the body. After decapitating the corpse Dahmer boiled the head to remove the skin before he painted the skull. Dahmer intended to keep this skull as a type of trophy. Dahmer also cut off Sears genitals.

In November of 1989 while serving his prison sentence Dahmer was given a 12 hour pass to go home for thanksgiving. Dahmer decided to go to a bar instead and got drunk. He awoke hours later, tied up, to a man sexually assaulting him. He returned to the prison hours late.

Jeffery Dahmer also wrote a letter pleading for leniency, with this he only ended up serving 10 months of his 8 year sentence.

In May of 1990, Dahmer moved to 924 25th St.

EDWARD SMITH (27) – June 14 1990

Dahmer and Smith met at the Phoenix Bar and agreed to go back to Dahmer’s apartment for sex. Smith ended up drugged and murdered in similar fashion as previous vicitims. Dahmer would place his bones in a tank of acid to dissolve.

RAYMOND SMITH (33) – May 20 1990

Dahmer meets Raymond Smith (aka Ricky Lee Beeks) at the 219 Club and Smith becomes his seventh victim. He is drugged and murdered before Dahmer dismembers the body. Dahmer also keeps Raymond’s skull. Dahmer left Smiths bones in a tank of acid until they were completely stripped of flesh and then placed those bones around his apartment as decorations.

ERNEST MILLER (24) – September 3 1990

Ernest Miller becomes Dahmer’s eighth victim at only 24. Dahmer keeps his entire skeleton as a trophy. Miller would also become Dahmers first victim of cannibalization. While Dahmer used acid to remove most of the flesh with acid he also bleached the skeleton and kept it in his closet. Dahmer kept Miller’s biceps and would later cook and eat them.

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Thanksgiving is behind us now, and that marks the traditional beginning to the annual holiday shopping season. It’s the major event for the retail industry, as a majority of retailers are in the red through the first three quarters of the year and only turn toward profitability in Q4 – and for some, specifically in December of Q4.

But this is 2020, a crazy year if ever there has been one, and can we really rely on past patterns to inform retail marketing and investment decisions? In a series of recent reports, the analysts at J.P. Morgan show that we probably can – that some patterns in American retail life are here stay, despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

“Consumers are in a decent place, with household savings 2x historic levels; but the biggest backhalf boost will likely come from the spending shift from “leisure” into goods, ” says JPM’s US credit strategist Carla Casella.

Expanding on this, and drilling down to specifics on the December shopping season, JPM analyst Christopher Horvers writes in a report on Broadlines & Hardlines Retail: “Given rising COVID fears, we expect ecommerce to further widen the gap vs. brick and mortar (as has been the case for most of this year) and believe the early December “spending valley” will be deeper this year given the shifting of holiday to November (and to some extent October with Amazon Prime Day); this favors ecommerce winners in retail, share gainers, and trip consolidators…”

To this end, Horvers has been looking for stocks that are well-primed for gains as we head into the hottest season of the year for retail. Let’s take a closer look.

BJ’s Wholsesale Club Holdings (BJ)

We’ll start with a wholesale membership warehouse, a popular bulk-sale option that has attracted shoppers looking for deals. BJ’s, based out of Massachusetts, operates on the East Coast as well as in Michigan and Ohio, where it competes with the likes of Costco (COST). With the social and economic lockdown policies enforced against the coronavirus, consumers were kept home for large portions of the year – and simultaneously did not know when or where they’d be able to shop. The result: a surge in sales for warehouse clubs, whose bulk options offered convenience and competitive pricing.

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This is clear from the share price, if nothing else. BJ stock barely blipped in mid-winter, when the pandemic response cratered the markets, and it rose for seven months solid afterwards. Entering the post-Thanksgiving shopping season, BJ is trading up an impressive 83% year-to-date.

Revenues and earnings also have been strong in 2020, with Q1’s top line at $3.8 billion, Q2 at $3.9 billion, and Q3 at $3.7 billion. EPS rose consistently through the year, and the third quarter earnings came in at 92 cents per share, up 19% sequentially and 124% year-over-year.

Horvers is highly bullish on BJ’s, writing of the company, “BJ remains one of our top picks and one of our three existing JPM Analyst Focus List stocks (along with TGT and MIK) given the potential for it to seize on its “moment in time” with strong comp and membership growth ultimately driving a significant re-rating given the inherent value of the membership model.”

In line with those comments, Horvers rates BJ an Overweight (i.e. Buy), and his $56 price target implies 33% growth in store for the year ahead. (To watch Horvers’ track record, click here)

Overall, the analyst consensus rating on this stock is a Moderate Buy, based on 9 reviews that include 6 Buys and 3 Holds. BJ shares are selling for $42 and the average price target, at $52.50, suggests it has room for a 25% upside in the next 12 months. (See BJ stock analysis on TipRanks)

Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO)

This sports and outdoors supply chain is active in 16 states across the Midwest, South, and Southeast. The company got its start in San Antonio, Texas over 80 years ago, and now operates more than 250 stores with over 23,000 staff. The company is new to the public trading markets, having held its IPO just this past October.

Academy operates in a profitable niche – leisure goods like patio sets and barbecue grills, along with hunting and camping gear – which is particularly well fit for the consumer mood during the pandemic period. For the six months ended Aug. 1, Academy doubled its income to $157.7 million, compared to $73.8 million in the same period one year earlier.

ASO debuted on the market at $13 per share, and railed $203 million for the company. Since then, the shares shown solid gains, and are up 28% since trading commenced.

In his recent report on ASO shares, Horvers takes a positive stance, saying, “We believe ASO remains early in its ‘retail 101’ turnaround story with its assortment localization, merchandise planning, pricing, and promotion, and space productivity efforts harmonizing with strides in customer engagement and share gains… We see potential upside to 2H20 forecasts with the absolute magnitude of the comp strength yielding “revisions to our 2021 estimates. In addition, we expect ASO to pay down $600MM+ of debt in 4Q…”

It’s not surprising, then, why Horvers gives ASO stock a Buy rating. His $21 price target indicates confidence in a 25% one-year upside.

Wall Street agrees with Horvers on this stock; the analyst consensus rating here is a Strong Buy, and it is unanimous, based on 8 Buy reviews set since the IPO. The average price target is $19.58, suggesting a 17% upside potential. (See ASO stock analysis at TipRanks)

Target Corporation (TGT)

Target Corporation is one of the staples of the retail scene, and in Horvers’ description, a ‘trip consolidator.’ Target stores offer their customers everything they need, from clothing to groceries to jewelry to housewares to toys for the kids – under one roof and at strong pricing points. Like BJ’s above, this aspect of ‘one-stop shop’ convenience has been an advantage for Target during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company’s fiscal third quarter results show the extent of that advantage. The company gained $1 billion in market share during the quarter, and the top line revenue came in at $22.6 billion, compared to the $20.9 billion expected. Same-store sales, a key metric, rose more than 20%, and EPS came in at $2.79, a whopping 74% above the forecast. An important factor behind Target’s success this year was its status as an ‘essential retailer,’ allowing the company to keep its 1,900 stores open despite the lockdown policies.

TGT shares rose along with revenues. The stock is up 43% year-to-date, riding high on the strong retail numbers the chain is putting up.

In Horvers’ assessment, Target is a ‘best pick’ stock. He writes of the company’s position and potential: “With consumers still nesting, TGT is one of the best positioned to continue the market share gain this holiday season, in our view, with its multi-category portfolio and sprawling fulfillment options… we estimate a $1B sales run rate for TGT’s same-day delivery Shipt business, which compares to its $550MM acquisition cost… TGT is a core long-term holding given its ability to compete in the new world of omni-channel retailing and its opportunity to gain share over time and deliver relatively consistent financial results in line.”

In addition to these upbeat comments, Horvers rates TGT an Overweight (i.e. Buy) along with a $197 price target. This figure suggests an upside of 9.5%. This is modest compared to the upside on some of Horvers’ other picks – but only because share price gains have pushed the stock value up in recent weeks.

The Strong Buy rating on TGT, based on 15 Buys and 5 Holds, shows that Wall Street is in broad agreement with the JPM analyst. The stock is selling for $180.84, and its $193.12 average target implies a 7% upside from current levels. (See TGT stock analysis on TipRanks)

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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analysts. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making any investment.

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Overlooked No More: Bette Nesmith Graham, Who Invented Liquid Paper

Since 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men. With Overlooked, we’re adding the stories of remarkable people whose deaths went unreported in The Times.

Bette Nesmith Graham didn’t tell anyone about the first few bottles. She mixed the whitish concoction in her kitchen blender and poured it into nail polish containers. She hid the contraband in her desk, furtively applying it only when needed to avoid the scrutiny of a disapproving boss.

In due time, her mix would be in virtually every office desk and supply cabinet.

The substance was Liquid Paper, the correction fluid that relieved secretaries and writers around the world from the pressure of perfection.

Graham brought it to market and by the end of her life led an international business out of Dallas that produced 25 millions of bottles a year at its peak, with factories in Toronto and Brussels. She would sell the company for $47.5 million and donate millions to charity.

But in 1954, Graham was a divorcee and a single mother supporting herself and her son from paycheck to paycheck, earning $300 a month as a secretary for a Texas bank. She was a bad typist to boot. And then she was forced to use a new typewriter model which had sensitive key triggers and a carbon ribbon instead of a fabric one. The typos piled up, and when she tried to use an eraser, carbon ink would smear all over the page.

Graham was also an artist who observed that painters covered up mistakes not by erasing their work, but by painting over them.

So she snuck some fast-drying white tempera paint into work and concealed her typos with a watercolor brush. The new process was much faster and cleaner than an eraser and barely noticeable on the page. Soon the other secretaries wanted their own supply, and she found herself staying up late, filling bottles in her kitchen.

Bette Clair McMurray was born in Dallas on March 23, 1924. Her mother, Christine Duval, was an artist and a businesswoman who opened her own knitting store and taught Bette oil painting. Her father, Jesse McMurray, worked at an auto parts store.

Bette was passionate about painting and sculpting, if not particularly skilled. “When I found out that talent wouldn’t support me, then I realized that I would have to give that up,” she recalled in a 1980 interview for the Business Archives Project at North Texas State University.

She left school at 17 to become a secretary and married her high school sweetheart, Warren Nesmith, two years later. When Nesmith went off to fight in World War II, Bette was pregnant.

They divorced shortly after her husband returned, in 1946.

Graham struggled to make ends meet, taking on side jobs like painting bank windows, designing letterheads and modeling furs.

“She would often burst into tears of panic,” over money, her son, Michael Nesmith, one of the members of the rock group The Monkees, wrote in his autobiography, “Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff” (2017).

Graham’s invention of correction fluid gave her a glimpse of a way out and she tried to form the Mistake Out Company but couldn’t afford the $400 copyright fee. She moved forward anyway, poring over books in the public library to study formulas for tempera paint, and working with a chemistry teacher to improve the consistency of her product.

“Our lab is working on a faster drying solution,” Graham wrote to one customer; the “lab” being her kitchen and her blender.

Every evening, she returned home from work to tinker with the formula, write letters to potential buyers and send samples.

“During that time, I often became discouraged,” she told the magazine Texas Woman in 1979. “I wanted the product to be absolutely perfect before I distributed it, and it seemed to take so long for that to happen.”

She solicited wholesalers and traveled from Dallas to San Antonio and Houston on weekends to market her product.

Her first employees were her teenage son and his friends. For a dollar an hour, they worked out of her garage, using ketchup bottles to squeeze the substance into small nail polish bottles, applying labels by hand and cutting the tips of the brushes inside the caps at an angle.

Graham became so devoted to her venture that she accidentally signed a letter at her job with “The Mistake Out Company.” She was promptly fired, giving her a chance to become a full-time small business owner in 1958. That year she applied for a patent and changed the name to the Liquid Paper Company.

Graham’s product began to catch on. She was written about in an office supply magazine, had a meeting with I.B.M. and received a large order from General Electric.

Each new breakthrough required more employees and more space. She moved her operation from her kitchen to a trailer, then to a four-room house and finally to shiny new headquarters in downtown Dallas. In 1968, she opened an automated plant. By 1975, Liquid Paper was producing 25 million bottles a year and holding the lion’s share of a multimillion dollar market that had spawned several competitors, like Wite-Out.

Bette Graham was now wealthy, with fabulous jewelry and a Rolls Royce. She established two foundations, the Gihon Foundation and the Bette Clair McMurray Foundation, which gave grants and financial support to promote women in the arts and in business, respectively.

But her power and capital came with setbacks. In 1962, Graham married a frozen food salesman, Robert Graham, who took an increasingly active role in the company, including a seat on the board. In 1975 they had an acrimonious divorce.

The bitterness remained, and Robert Graham led a group of executives in barring her from any company decisions.

“They wouldn’t let me come on the premises or let anyone there have anything to do with me,” Bette Graham said. To add insult to injury they attempted to change the very makeup of Liquid Paper, thus removing her right to royalties from the formula she had whipped up in her kitchen.

Amid the power struggle, and despite declining health, Graham managed to wrest control of the company and engineer its sale to Gillette for $47.5 million in a deal that restored her royalties. She died six months later, on May 12, 1980, of complications from a stroke. She was 56.

She left her fortune to her son, who took over her foundations and continued to dole out money to striving women.

“Most men are ignorant. They don’t really understand,” she said in 1977 in an interview with the Business Archives Project. “And so women have to just keep on with their determination and be relentless. We have to not relent.”

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San Antonio boasts an incredible selection of wedding rings for couples. Whether you prefer classic elegance or a modern twist, the city’s jewelers cater to diverse tastes. Wedding rings here often feature fine craftsmanship and premium materials, making them a cherished symbol of your love.

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Exceptional Craftsmanship San Antonio jewelers are known for their meticulous attention to detail. From intricate engravings to flawless diamonds, the artistry is unmatched.

Diverse Options The variety of wedding rings in San Antonio TX includes everything from traditional gold bands to modern platinum designs with diamonds.

Custom Designs Many jewelers specialize in custom creations, enabling couples to design rings that reflect their unique love stories.

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Popular Styles of Men's Wedding Bands

Classic Gold Bands Timeless and elegant, gold bands remain a favorite choice for men.

Platinum Perfection Platinum bands are durable and sleek, perfect for those seeking a modern aesthetic.

Textured and Unique Designs Many men in San Antonio opt for bands with brushed or hammered finishes, adding character to the traditional ring.

Mens Wedding Rings San Antonio A Fusion of Tradition and Modernity

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Consider Lifestyle Choose a ring that complements daily activities. Durable materials like tungsten or titanium are ideal for active lifestyles.

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Pavé Bands Tiny diamonds adorn the band, adding sparkle and sophistication.

Three-Stone Rings Representing the past, present, and future, these rings hold deep sentimental value.

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Custom-designed rings allow couples to express their individuality. San Antonio’s skilled jewelers excel at transforming ideas into stunning pieces of jewelry.

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Personalized Touch Customization ensures your ring is one of a kind.

Control Over Design Couples can select the metal, stone, and design details to suit their preferences.

Symbolic Meaning Incorporate elements that represent shared memories or values for added sentimentality.

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2. Research Local Jewelers

Explore reputable jewelers specializing in mens wedding bands san antonio to find quality craftsmanship and reliable service.

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Visit local stores to try on rings and see how they feel and look in person.

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San Antonio is home to numerous jewelers renowned for their exceptional collections and bespoke services. Some stores even offer financing options to make your purchase more convenient.

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High-End Boutiques These jewelers feature luxury collections with premium materials and intricate designs.

Independent Artisans Support local talent by opting for rings crafted by independent San Antonio jewelers.

Online Options Many San Antonio jewelers have online stores, offering convenience and a virtual preview of designs.

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Professional Inspections Visit your jeweler for regular inspections to ensure the stones are secure.

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Overlooked No More: Bette Nesmith Graham, Who Invented Liquid Paper

Since 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men. With Overlooked, we’re adding the stories of remarkable people whose deaths went unreported in The Times.

Bette Nesmith Graham didn’t tell anyone about the first few bottles. She mixed the whitish concoction in her kitchen blender and poured it into nail polish containers. She hid the contraband in her desk, furtively applying it only when needed to avoid the scrutiny of a disapproving boss.

In due time, her mix would be in virtually every office desk and supply cabinet.

The substance was Liquid Paper, the correction fluid that relieved secretaries and writers around the world from the pressure of perfection.

Graham brought it to market and by the end of her life led an international business out of Dallas that produced 25 millions of bottles a year at its peak, with factories in Toronto and Brussels. She would sell the company for $47.5 million and donate millions to charity.

But in 1954, Graham was a divorcee and a single mother supporting herself and her son from paycheck to paycheck, earning $300 a month as a secretary for a Texas bank. She was a bad typist to boot. And then she was forced to use a new typewriter model which had sensitive key triggers and a carbon ribbon instead of a fabric one. The typos piled up, and when she tried to use an eraser, carbon ink would smear all over the page.

Graham was also an artist who observed that painters covered up mistakes not by erasing their work, but by painting over them.

So she snuck some fast-drying white tempera paint into work and concealed her typos with a watercolor brush. The new process was much faster and cleaner than an eraser and barely noticeable on the page. Soon the other secretaries wanted their own supply, and she found herself staying up late, filling bottles in her kitchen.

Bette Clair McMurray was born in Dallas on March 23, 1924. Her mother, Christine Duval, was an artist and a businesswoman who opened her own knitting store and taught Bette oil painting. Her father, Jesse McMurray, worked at an auto parts store.

Bette was passionate about painting and sculpting, if not particularly skilled. “When I found out that talent wouldn’t support me, then I realized that I would have to give that up,” she recalled in a 1980 interview for the Business Archives Project at North Texas State University.

She left school at 17 to become a secretary and married her high school sweetheart, Warren Nesmith, two years later. When Nesmith went off to fight in World War II, Bette was pregnant.

They divorced shortly after her husband returned, in 1946.

Graham struggled to make ends meet, taking on side jobs like painting bank windows, designing letterheads and modeling furs.

“She would often burst into tears of panic,” over money, her son, Michael Nesmith, one of the members of the rock group The Monkees, wrote in his autobiography, “Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff” (2017).

Graham’s invention of correction fluid gave her a glimpse of a way out and she tried to form the Mistake Out Company but couldn’t afford the $400 copyright fee. She moved forward anyway, poring over books in the public library to study formulas for tempera paint, and working with a chemistry teacher to improve the consistency of her product.

“Our lab is working on a faster drying solution,” Graham wrote to one customer; the “lab” being her kitchen and her blender.

Every evening, she returned home from work to tinker with the formula, write letters to potential buyers and send samples.

“During that time, I often became discouraged,” she told the magazine Texas Woman in 1979. “I wanted the product to be absolutely perfect before I distributed it, and it seemed to take so long for that to happen.”

She solicited wholesalers and traveled from Dallas to San Antonio and Houston on weekends to market her product.

Her first employees were her teenage son and his friends. For a dollar an hour, they worked out of her garage, using ketchup bottles to squeeze the substance into small nail polish bottles, applying labels by hand and cutting the tips of the brushes inside the caps at an angle.

Graham became so devoted to her venture that she accidentally signed a letter at her job with “The Mistake Out Company.” She was promptly fired, giving her a chance to become a full-time small business owner in 1958. That year she applied for a patent and changed the name to the Liquid Paper Company.

Graham’s product began to catch on. She was written about in an office supply magazine, had a meeting with I.B.M. and received a large order from General Electric.

Each new breakthrough required more employees and more space. She moved her operation from her kitchen to a trailer, then to a four-room house and finally to shiny new headquarters in downtown Dallas. In 1968, she opened an automated plant. By 1975, Liquid Paper was producing 25 million bottles a year and holding the lion’s share of a multimillion dollar market that had spawned several competitors, like Wite-Out.

Bette Graham was now wealthy, with fabulous jewelry and a Rolls Royce. She established two foundations, the Gihon Foundation and the Bette Clair McMurray Foundation, which gave grants and financial support to promote women in the arts and in business, respectively.

But her power and capital came with setbacks. In 1962, Graham married a frozen food salesman, Robert Graham, who took an increasingly active role in the company, including a seat on the board. In 1975 they had an acrimonious divorce.

The bitterness remained, and Robert Graham led a group of executives in barring her from any company decisions.

“They wouldn’t let me come on the premises or let anyone there have anything to do with me,” Bette Graham said. To add insult to injury they attempted to change the very makeup of Liquid Paper, thus removing her right to royalties from the formula she had whipped up in her kitchen.

Amid the power struggle, and despite declining health, Graham managed to wrest control of the company and engineer its sale to Gillette for $47.5 million in a deal that restored her royalties. She died six months later, on May 12, 1980, of complications from a stroke. She was 56.

She left her fortune to her son, who took over her foundations and continued to dole out money to striving women.

“Most men are ignorant. They don’t really understand,” she said in 1977 in an interview with the Business Archives Project. “And so women have to just keep on with their determination and be relentless. We have to not relent.”

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Overlooked No More: Bette Nesmith Graham, Who Invented Liquid Paper

Since 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men. With Overlooked, we’re adding the stories of remarkable people whose deaths went unreported in The Times.

Bette Nesmith Graham didn’t tell anyone about the first few bottles. She mixed the whitish concoction in her kitchen blender and poured it into nail polish containers. She hid the contraband in her desk, furtively applying it only when needed to avoid the scrutiny of a disapproving boss.

In due time, her mix would be in virtually every office desk and supply cabinet.

The substance was Liquid Paper, the correction fluid that relieved secretaries and writers around the world from the pressure of perfection.

Graham brought it to market and by the end of her life led an international business out of Dallas that produced 25 millions of bottles a year at its peak, with factories in Toronto and Brussels. She would sell the company for $47.5 million and donate millions to charity.

But in 1954, Graham was a divorcee and a single mother supporting herself and her son from paycheck to paycheck, earning $300 a month as a secretary for a Texas bank. She was a bad typist to boot. And then she was forced to use a new typewriter model which had sensitive key triggers and a carbon ribbon instead of a fabric one. The typos piled up, and when she tried to use an eraser, carbon ink would smear all over the page.

Graham was also an artist who observed that painters covered up mistakes not by erasing their work, but by painting over them.

So she snuck some fast-drying white tempera paint into work and concealed her typos with a watercolor brush. The new process was much faster and cleaner than an eraser and barely noticeable on the page. Soon the other secretaries wanted their own supply, and she found herself staying up late, filling bottles in her kitchen.

Bette Clair McMurray was born in Dallas on March 23, 1924. Her mother, Christine Duval, was an artist and a businesswoman who opened her own knitting store and taught Bette oil painting. Her father, Jesse McMurray, worked at an auto parts store.

Bette was passionate about painting and sculpting, if not particularly skilled. “When I found out that talent wouldn’t support me, then I realized that I would have to give that up,” she recalled in a 1980 interview for the Business Archives Project at North Texas State University.

She left school at 17 to become a secretary and married her high school sweetheart, Warren Nesmith, two years later. When Nesmith went off to fight in World War II, Bette was pregnant.

They divorced shortly after her husband returned, in 1946.

Graham struggled to make ends meet, taking on side jobs like painting bank windows, designing letterheads and modeling furs.

“She would often burst into tears of panic,” over money, her son, Michael Nesmith, one of the members of the rock group The Monkees, wrote in his autobiography, “Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff” (2017).

Graham’s invention of correction fluid gave her a glimpse of a way out and she tried to form the Mistake Out Company but couldn’t afford the $400 copyright fee. She moved forward anyway, poring over books in the public library to study formulas for tempera paint, and working with a chemistry teacher to improve the consistency of her product.

“Our lab is working on a faster drying solution,” Graham wrote to one customer; the “lab” being her kitchen and her blender.

Every evening, she returned home from work to tinker with the formula, write letters to potential buyers and send samples.

“During that time, I often became discouraged,” she told the magazine Texas Woman in 1979. “I wanted the product to be absolutely perfect before I distributed it, and it seemed to take so long for that to happen.”

She solicited wholesalers and traveled from Dallas to San Antonio and Houston on weekends to market her product.

Her first employees were her teenage son and his friends. For a dollar an hour, they worked out of her garage, using ketchup bottles to squeeze the substance into small nail polish bottles, applying labels by hand and cutting the tips of the brushes inside the caps at an angle.

Graham became so devoted to her venture that she accidentally signed a letter at her job with “The Mistake Out Company.” She was promptly fired, giving her a chance to become a full-time small business owner in 1958. That year she applied for a patent and changed the name to the Liquid Paper Company.

Graham’s product began to catch on. She was written about in an office supply magazine, had a meeting with I.B.M. and received a large order from General Electric.

Each new breakthrough required more employees and more space. She moved her operation from her kitchen to a trailer, then to a four-room house and finally to shiny new headquarters in downtown Dallas. In 1968, she opened an automated plant. By 1975, Liquid Paper was producing 25 million bottles a year and holding the lion’s share of a multimillion dollar market that had spawned several competitors, like Wite-Out.

Bette Graham was now wealthy, with fabulous jewelry and a Rolls Royce. She established two foundations, the Gihon Foundation and the Bette Clair McMurray Foundation, which gave grants and financial support to promote women in the arts and in business, respectively.

But her power and capital came with setbacks. In 1962, Graham married a frozen food salesman, Robert Graham, who took an increasingly active role in the company, including a seat on the board. In 1975 they had an acrimonious divorce.

The bitterness remained, and Robert Graham led a group of executives in barring her from any company decisions.

“They wouldn’t let me come on the premises or let anyone there have anything to do with me,” Bette Graham said. To add insult to injury they attempted to change the very makeup of Liquid Paper, thus removing her right to royalties from the formula she had whipped up in her kitchen.

Amid the power struggle, and despite declining health, Graham managed to wrest control of the company and engineer its sale to Gillette for $47.5 million in a deal that restored her royalties. She died six months later, on May 12, 1980, of complications from a stroke. She was 56.

She left her fortune to her son, who took over her foundations and continued to dole out money to striving women.

“Most men are ignorant. They don’t really understand,” she said in 1977 in an interview with the Business Archives Project. “And so women have to just keep on with their determination and be relentless. We have to not relent.”

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( National Jeweler ) - Take off the New Year's tinsel, it's over.

The festive season of 2016 officially ended, leaving at least 11 jewelers, extremely pleased with the results.

Retailers who talked to National Jeweler on Tuesday last week spoke of less resistance to prices, a decrease in the number of indecisive buyers and a large volume of sales of diamonds.

Read about this further and compare the results of your own holiday season with the results of jewelers in your region.

Northeast: "Ready to spend money"

Roberto Chiappelloni of Manfredi Jewels in Greenwich, Connecticut, said that although the number of buyers this year was slightly lower, sales increased slightly when compared to the festive season last year.

"Everything somehow broke free almost immediately after the elections," he told National Jeweler, once again repeating what many jewelers said. Many consumers, regardless of their attitude towards the results, were glad that it was over.

This dynamic seems to have survived throughout the season, and the store saw that "people are willing to spend money."  

Great buying activity continued until Christmas Eve, which also coincided with the beginning of Hanukkah, and it lasted all next week, as many people came to exchange their gifts or buy something better in return.

"I have a great impression of this season," said Chiappelloni.

Daniel Niebauer (Daniel Niebauer) said that both the sales volume and the number of customers increased from Ralph Miller Jewelers & Gallery in Erie, Pennsylvania. He also said that the buyers, it seems, were happy to go shopping again.

"It was the best year in the past about four years," he said.

For Ralph Miller (Ralph Miller) the most active this season was the time immediately after Thanksgiving and the first week of December.

Niebauer said that the business slowed slightly towards the end of the season, he believes, because Christmas Eve fell by the end of the week.

All the same, the week between Christmas and New Year was good for the retailer, who performs many jewelry on order, as buyers came to repair the products or change the size.

He said that this year the buyers sought to acquire what they like for appearance, not what they like at a price, and also returned from 925 silver to precious metals, even yellow gold.

"This year we sold several fine large items, from diamond rings to large diamond earrings," he said.

Southeast: Less sales of expensive items For the Tiny Jewel Box in Washington, DC, December was not as good as last year, but it was not surprising for a family that owns a retailer.

Chairman of the Board Jim Rosenheim said that the Tiny Jewel Box moved to its new 8,000-square-foot building at the end of last year and their shop was visited by 1,500 people in the first 4 days of its opening. The fuse, which was noted during the opening of the store, led to the fact that there was an "incredible" December and the next 11 months.

"We had a phenomenal year by any standards," Rosenheim said.

Although this December did not surpass December last year, Rosenheim said that it met their expectations for this month and that sales of watches, as well as designer jewelry and wedding ornaments went well.

He added that less expensive products were sold, but the volume in terms of goods was good.

The company Gause & Son Jewelers in Ocala, Florida, Jerry Gause (Jerry Gause) faced the same circumstances. Store indicators increased compared to tough competition in December 2015, when the company celebrated its 65th anniversary, and it had a steady last 11 months. But in December, the business slowed, which made Goza believe that his customers have already made purchases earlier this year.

Sales of wedding jewelry and watches fell this month, as did the sale of expensive items, but the store still sold many earrings with diamond inserts, as well as other fashionable (not wedding) diamond jewelry.

Both Goz and Rosenheim said that they are optimistically natroeny in relation to 2017.

Midwest: steady end

Jeffrey Mann, whose store with the same name is in Toledo, Ohio, admits that his store was a little behind the week before Christmas, but he was able to finish this year well.

"Our last week was absolutely amazing," he said on Tuesday last week. "It really was like in the good old days, and I have not said that for more than eight years."

He said that the flow of customers in his store was much better than before. It also helped that he did not meet any opposition to its prices from consumers who seemed to be more willing to part with their money than in previous years.

"I think that the economic situation has improved, people feel better, more optimistic," Mann said, when asked what in his opinion led so many people into his store. "I believe that optimism governs our business."

Randy Cole, a retailer from Michigan, also believes that his season ended successfully.

He said that his sales of engagement rings, which usually declined after November 1, "never stopped" this year. He explains this trend with the many positive reviews about his online store that people find when their local jewelers close stores, and they start looking for a new place on the Internet for shopping.

"What are customers going to do? They are going to find someone new, and they go for it on the Internet. If you are not prepared to attract them at the expense of your presence on the Internet, then you will lose, "Cole said.

The wedding brands that sold well in Diamond Vault include Frederic Sage and Beverly K, along with FireCushion diamonds from the New York-based Hasenfeld-Stein.

Cole said that before the store started selling FireCushion diamonds, the stones with a cut were just 1.7 percent of sales, and now they range from 7 to 8 percent.

Jeweler said that, as he expects, 2017 still will be the best for his store.

Mann is also very optimistic about 2017: "I have not experienced such a good start in January for many years."

South Central Region: great season

In the south-central region of the United States, not only was the festive season excellent: the last quarter of the year was profitable for retailers.

"Our entire fourth quarter was excellent," said Craig Underwood of Underwood's Fine Jewelers in Fayetteville, Arkansas, noting that his store achieved double-digit growth compared to the previous year.

In San Antonio, Texas, during the holidays marked a large increase in sales from C. Aaron Penaloza Jewelers.

"We have sales growth of about 30 percent," said Mary Penaloza, noting, however, that "last year was terrible."

Valerie Naifeh of Fine Naifeh Jewelry in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, also experienced a difficult holiday season in 2015 and said that her store "marked an increase of 25 percent this month compared to the same period last year ".

Naifeh's business showed rapid growth "about 10 days before the election" and since then has remained strong.

This is a long-awaited change for the jeweler after the dismal 2015 and early 2016, when the economy of Oklahoma, which depended on oil, lost 3,500 jobs.

"Last year things were much worse for us," said Nayfeh. "We were badly hurt by the drop in oil prices."

But this holiday season, she noted that her customers came to the market to make large purchases of diamonds.

Large diamond inserts were popular, and she sold two pairs of earrings with diamonds totaling 8 carats, plus many more expensive rings for couples that started with small diamonds when they got married 20-30 years ago. During the whole fourth quarter, suspensions with a diamond-tapeworm sold well.

In addition to diamonds, Naifeh buyers also gravitate to high-end fashionable pearls.

"We always have a good business in our category of precious fashion products, because we know this," she explained. - We sold a lot of jewelry with pearls. I produce a line, and we offer a series of pearls extracted from the South Sea, and pendants with Tahitian pearls that sell well, and we almost sold them. "

And for Nayfeh, and for Underwood, the week leading to Christmas was the best in the year.

"This is good and bad," Underwood said of the annual expectations from the pre-Christmas blitz-season sales. "The tension is growing as it approaches, but when the season of big sales actually ends, it's fine."

Both jewelers noted that the week between Christmas and New Year was not so active this year, there were not a lot of returns, but there were not sold many gift cards or purchases for the money accumulated for Christmas presents.

Underwood said that it was "a good week, but not as active as a year ago."

Nayfeh explained: "Usually, a week after Christmas is very, very good for us," partly because many of its customers celebrate the anniversary of the wedding on days close to Christmas Eve.

"It somehow did not happen this year," she continued. "We have not sold many of our gift cards this holiday season." Ultimately, this week was a bit calmer than usual. "

But last week Naifeh Fine Jewelry actually made many products to order. Nayfeh says that it is common for customers to order at the last minute individual products that can not be completed by Christmas, and they are ultimately delivered before the New Year.

West: let's call it a return

In Bellevue, Washington, Steve Goldfarb of Alvin Goldfarb Jeweler, said that the festive season "went very well."

The unusually snowy winter in the Pacific Northwest of the country seems to have sparked a Christmas mood among consumers, Goldfarb said and said: "It reminded everyone that it's Christmas and they'd better make purchases."

The week before December 25, as predicted, was the time of the largest sales volumes. Goldfarb said that even on the eve of Christmas the day before, there were a lot of purchases made at the last minute, but everything was quiet when a football match started with the participation of Seattle Seahawks at 13:30.

The week between Christmas and New Year was "moderately positive", although more quiet than a year earlier, there was not a large number of purchases or returns. Goldfarb expects that this year will be observed more after the holidays.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mike Butterfield, president of Butterfield Jewelers, was "the best December since 2010," despite the fact that initially there were concerns about the liquidation of stocks on the occasion of closing down the business of his competitors.

"In the end, our customers remained true to us, and we have a number of (new) customers," he said. - We know that people went (for sale at liquidation) and saw that the quality of the goods was not what the company usually sold. In the end, this did not affect us very much. In the short term, we could work even better. In the long term, we will have several new customers. "

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