{"id":40153,"date":"2018-05-14T13:42:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T17:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40153"},"modified":"2018-05-15T00:00:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T04:00:25","slug":"wendy-brandes-jewelry-in-the-press-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/wendy-brandes-jewelry-in-the-press-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Brandes Jewelry in the Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jckonline.com\/editorial-article\/brandes-loaner-program-retailers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JCK Magazine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaljeweler.com\/independents\/retail-profiles\/6610-wendy-brandes-debuts-jewelry-loan-program-for-retailers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Jeweler<\/a> for their recent coverage of my new Concierge program! <\/p>\n<p>I introduced Concierge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/fly-over-to-hummingbird-jewelers-in-rhinebeck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just before the holidays last year<\/a>, but it&#8217;s really blossomed with our third retail partner &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alexanders_jewelers\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexanders Jewelers<\/a> in Columbus, Ohio. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BiISeHzH3g6\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.5% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BiISeHzH3g6\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Excited to have @wendybrandesjewelry now on hand to show our VIP Couture clients.  Shown by appointment, One of a Kind Onyx Skull ring, NYC Taxi ring and limited edition 1 of 5 Vampire ring #cmh #columbus #style #fashion #boss #asseenincolumbus #onlyincbus #exclusive #fashionista #fashionblogger #1oak #hautecouture #couture #designer #designer #stylegoals #luxurylife #instagood #instalove #jewelry #jewelrylover #billionaire #millionaire #ladyboss #nyc #chanel<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alexanders_jewelers\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Alexanders Jewelers<\/a> (@alexanders_jewelers) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-04-28T21:38:58+00:00\">Apr 28, 2018 at 2:38pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>As I explained in a video this January, Concierge is all about identifying retailers who are committed to exceptional customer service. These stores get my big, gorgeous Concierge book showing off my finest designs. Salespeople &#8212; or customers themselves &#8212; look through the book and choose the designs they&#8217;d like to see in person. I then send those designs to the approved store, with no payment required upfront. The customers make their purchases, and any remaining pieces are returned to me within a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hCgBhfme2pw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The difference between this and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/the-financial-times-on-consignment-practices\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">traditional consignment arrangement<\/a> often used in the fine jewelry industry &#8212; to the detriment of designers, who can go unpaid for a year or even longer &#8212; is that Concierge is personalized and time-sensitive. My program is for retailers with salespeople who have genuinely close relationships with their customers. These salespeople know their customers&#8217; birthdays, anniversaries, work life, personal styles, charitable causes, and so on &#8212; and they pro-actively reach out to those customers when the perfect one-of-a-kind or limited-edition jewelry becomes available. After two or three weeks, when the selections have been made and purchases are complete, any unpurchased pieces are once again safe in my hands.<\/p>\n<p>I also provide Concierge partners with fabulous promotional material in addition to the Concierge book, including signage, social-media content, and so much more. If you&#8217;re a retailer and you think this program might be right for you, contact my brand manager and right-hand woman Eryn at info at wendybrandes dot com &#8230; or just stop by our booth at the Couture show in Las Vegas at the end of this month so we can chat.<\/p>\n<p>Here are those story links again:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jckonline.com\/editorial-article\/brandes-loaner-program-retailers\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JCK&#8217;s story by Emili Vesilind<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaljeweler.com\/independents\/retail-profiles\/6610-wendy-brandes-debuts-jewelry-loan-program-for-retailers\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Jeweler&#8217;s story by Ashley Davis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to both JCK Magazine and National Jeweler for their recent coverage of my new Concierge program! I introduced Concierge just before the holidays last year, but it&#8217;s really blossomed with our third retail partner &#8212; Alexanders Jewelers in Columbus, Ohio. Excited to have @wendybrandesjewelry now on hand to show our VIP Couture clients&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/wendy-brandes-jewelry-in-the-press-5\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1493,1475],"class_list":{"0":"post-40153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-press","7":"tag-concierge-service","8":"tag-wendy-brandes-jewelry-concierge-service","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40153"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40160,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40153\/revisions\/40160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}