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Highly Toxic Metal Found in Children's Jewelry - Jan 11th, 2010
Despite the risks, some manufacturers in China's east coast are using lower quality materials, including cadmium (which is known to cause cancer) in charm bracelets and pendants sold throughout the U.S., an investigation shows.
J. Goodin DOES NOT use any toxic metals in its jewelry products...
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J. Goodin at the IFJAG Show - Warwick, RI Sep 9th-13th 2009
The International Fashion Jewelry and Accessory Group is the only international trade event dedicated to fashion jewelry and accessories industry in the USA...
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It's a Twitter Revolution!
It all started one June Gloomy afternoon here in our SoCal office. I had just finished entering a sales order for a customer and began preparing to leave the office. Jay, our CEO, walks by my desk and says to me, “Keith, get us on twitter.” I have heard much about this fast growing social media tool...
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Reorganizing our warehouse
We spent a Saturday reorganizing our binning system in the warehouse one hot summer weekend. This project was a lot of work, but we were able to pull it together in one day...
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Southern California Fires
If you live in Southern California, you're no stranger to fires, smoke and ashes. If you've only been a spectator of such fires and devastation, which includes all of us at J. Goodin, count your blessings. However, for the victims of these unrelenting fires in the past week, the aftermath was very real to them...
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ICON - A Third Jewelry Factory
It is 2008 and we are doing it again, a new factory floor with already 50 persons by month two of operations in a space called “Ai Kang” in Chinese, meaning “Love and Prosperity” and pronounced similarly with “ICON” in English...
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Beta Site Launched - August 26, 2008
August 26, 2008 - We officially launched our beta site at http://store.jgoodin.com (now http://shop.jgoodin.com) and it was a success. We received very positive feedback from our customers. Many companies were excited about our new drop ship opportunities and are eager to sign up...
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The 510 - Purpose Fulfilled
Amazing grace. Every now and then I’m reminded of how powerful God is and how fortunate we are to be a part of His grand plan. Our recent (April 2008) move to 903 Mariner St left our 510 W Central location vacant...
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903 Showroom Budget
The management team has decided to budget up to $40k for the showroom at 903 Mariner. Three or four walls will have to be removed. Some of the walls are sheer walls that support the ceiling so they can’t be taken down. We are still deciding how much we are willing to spend on demolition. The bulk of the cost will go to demo and engineering of new walls...
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Moving to 903 Mariner St
So.. it’s finally done. We’ve officially closed the purchase of our new 9,000 sq ft front lot building at 903 Mariner St.
Yes, the building is still in Brea, California. And it will be the home of our new headquarters...
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