How one jewellery entrepreneur has defied tough market conditions, to succeed with a concept based on slow handwork and heritage.

Bead by bead, a rainbow emerged around the table at the Nelson Hagnauer Township Hall July 31 as the designers of Beads with Benefits worked on their creations. Beads with Benefits is a new social ...

had the knack for that kind of work, and opened Burke Gems & Beads, which just celebrated their seventh year in business. “My pearl necklace broke and I decided to learn how to fix them,” she said.

While science and crafting may seem disparate, Lawther — the owner of String Bead, a beading and jewelry-making supply store in Chico — said there’s more commonality between the two than one would ...

"People just enjoy coming here to see what we've got in our store," said co-owner Margie Zercher on the same day. "Thanks to our location near the outlets we get about 40 percent of our business from ...

In the late ‘70s, the Lawitz family – mom, dad and their four sons – entered the bead business by going to swap meets. In 1986, the family opened Beads Galore in a Tempe industrial park. “We started ...

Buyer beware. As fads go, this one promises to be fleeting. Beads and bead work have been around for a scant 102,000 years. As yet, there is no sign they’re gaining any traction in the culture. A memo ...