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GIA Offers Retailers New Support Kit
GIA is offering a new “Retailer Support Kit” to jewelry retailers.Each new GIA Retailer Support Kit includes various tools sales associates can use to help explain essential diamond information such as the Four Cs to their customers. The kit can be ordered online at www.retailer.gia.edu. The kit was created to support GIA's public outreach campaign to build awareness of the GIA International Diamond Grading System™ and contains the following:
  • A GIA crystal display for the jewelry case
  • A GIA window decal that shows the store carries GIA-graded diamonds
  • Brochures explaining the Four Cs of Diamond Quality
  • Give-away pocket cards that contain the GIA Color, Clarity and Cut grading scales, along with Carat Weight information. Cards are designed to hold a business card.
  • A new, "How GIA Grades Diamonds" DVD to play in the store
  • A counter pad that helps explain to customers how to read a GIA Diamond Grading Report
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GIA Laboratory News
GIA Thailand:  GIA's  laboratory in Bangkok, is now offering the Institute’s Diamond Dossier ® grading services to clients in the region. More information...

GIA South Africa: GIA officially opened “GIA South Africa,” its new laboratory in Johannesburg. More information...

Institute News
American Cut is now available
Al Gilbertson, a noted GIA Research Associate, recently published his first book, American Cut: the First 100 Years.  More information...

Public Awareness Campaign
GIA launched its first-ever national public awareness campaign to help better educate people about diamonds, the famous GIA-created Four Cs and GIA Diamond Grading Reports. More information...

GIA Research News
Treated Diamonds, the third book in the Gems & Gemology in Review series, is now available. More information...

Advisory Committee Named for GIA’s 2009 GRC                                                                     A broad, international spectrum of individuals across academia, the research community, and the gem and jewelry trade have agreed to serve on the Advisory Committee for GIA’s second Gemological Research Conference (GRC). More information...

GIA Gem Instruments News

Four Cs Brochure in Spanish  GIA announces the first-ever Spanish version of the Institute’s famous Four Cs brochure. More information...

Alumni News
Alumni Chapters        Twelve New GIA Alumni Chapters Emerge Worldwide. More information...

Education News
The 2009 Richard T. Liddicoat Scholarship fund appeals to contributors. More information ...

Museum News
GIA Historical Jewelry Collection to tour, inspire and educate.  More information...

Native American Jewelry Exhibit is currently on display at the Institute's headquarters. More information...

Ricardo Basta Exhibit
Beverly Hills designer, Ricardo Basta’s bejeweled brooches are currently on exhibit at the Institute’s headquarters. More Information ...

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