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Google – Trading Tip of the Week

As our industry trends toward more of a digital market, brick and mortar store owners have been faced with a seemingly massive challenge. How do you sell to customers who aren't in your store? We offer tips on how to best optimize your google business listing to bring customers to your online store.

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Infographic including the carbon emissions for several consumer products including natural diamonds at 160 KG and lab grown diamonds at 511 kg
3 Lab-Grown Diamond Myths

The FTC, the Jewelers Association, and  Good Morning America have weighed in; lab-grown diamonds have made it into the jewelry market. As a diamond and estate jewelry expert, Bluestone Trading’s President, Ritchie Grampp Jr. knows that this is a topic every fine jewelry sales professional needs to be informed on. We are here to help. Below are…

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Bluestone Trading Diamond Expert Cody Grampp examining a diamond
Texas Association of Pawnbrokers

Texas Association of Pawnbrokers Convention and Expo – Seminar – Diamond Fundamentals with a Hands-On Discovery into Lab-Grown Bluestone Trading will be exhibiting at the Texas Association of Pawnbrokers Convention and Expo ( T. A.P. ), at the Embassy Suites Energy Corridor in Houston Texas, on February 28th through March 1st of 2020. Not only…

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Bluestone Trading's CEO, RB Grampp Sr., examining a diamond, held in tweezers through a jeweler's loupe.
Bluestone Trading’s Founder, RB Grampp Sr.

RB Grampp Sr., CEO, and founder of Bluestone Trading Company Inc., age 74, grew up in Pepper Pike, Ohio. He was an entrepreneur for as long as he can remember, from optimizing his paper route at 12 years old to starting Bluestone Trading, an international diamond wholesale organization that has grown to include his family.

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Lab-Grown Diamond Screening

Bluestone Trading Company Inc. is now offering lab-grown diamond screening for free as a service to fine jewelry and diamond retailers, pawnshops, and probate, estate and trust attorneys nationally.

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