IDEX Online Research: Jewelry Inflation Flares At Wholesale, But Retail Prices Stable in December

The margin squeeze continued in December 2009: jewelry wholesale prices rose dramatically – about five times are much – as retail prices for jewelry which were only modestly higher on a year-to-year basis.

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