GLG News by Digital Outdoor Advertising Purchasers

Zale's top-line sales problems continue to be greater than the effects of a recessionary economy.  Here's why.

2009 is going to be a tough year but what else is new? TV, like other media is not immune to the economic downturn. Advertisers are being forced to re-look media/marketing expenditures, that in itself is not unusual or a bad thing per se.

In late 2008, the advertising industry appeared to be headed in the same direction as the American economy, except that the federal government is expected to provide some help to the economy in 2009. Advertising couldn't even count on a Holiday bonus and 2009 had nothing in sight to replace the...

Discounting and over distribution could spell the end to many luxury and aspirational brands.  Here's why.

The business model of mid market jewelry companies like Signet and Zale depended on an increasing money supply and cheap credit for growth.  Now that the old monetary paradigm is broken, both chains, as well as, most of their competitors need look for new ways to create value for...

Signet's decision to wait two years for Terry Burman to retire could mean the company falls behind in adapting to a new economy and customer fostered by this recession.  Here's why.

DeBeers' decision to double its advertising investment in the US market comes too late to help retail jewelers this year; especially the middle market ones like Zale and to a lesser degree Signet.  However, leadership in rough diamond distribution and a renewed commitment to the US market could...

Blue Nile faces huge challenges in the fourth quarter, as well as, in FY 2009.  Here's why the Internet's biggest jeweler's growth may slow to a trickle.

For the first time in a half century diamond prices are behaving like commodities.  Here why the $65 billion dollar jewelry industry is in for even more volatile times.   

With financial markets imploding and directors managing both financial institutions and the company they invest in, CFO's professional independence may constitute the last line of defense against self interest and greed.  Here is why.