A radio contest put together by Schwarzschild Jewelers and Cox Media Group has resulted in the engagement of a local couple.

Fox Fine Jewelry here is holding a more unconventional promotion this week, offering 200 $80 sterling silver pearl necklaces for $20--or nothing, to help make Valentine’s Day special for their customers.

Virginia retailer Schwarzschild Jewelers is teaming up with Cox Media Group to give one prospective fiancé a very public forum to propose this Valentine’s Day while also giving the retailer some online and outdoor exposure prior to the holiday.

In March, the National Retail Federation will begin accepting video submissions for its new “This is Retail” contest, a contest designed to highlight the owners of the most innovative stores in the country.

About 2,000 people came through the doors of the Diamond Boutique here over a single weekend, drawn by the allure of $1 million worth of diamond brilliance.

The “Ice & Dice” night, a charity event partly sponsored by Weston Jewelers, returned here on Dec. 14 to provide guests a night of casino-style entertainment with some hockey stars.

Bartow’s Jewelers here has announced that it will donate 20 percent of every purchase of select Sarah’s Hope Jewelry designs from the store this holiday season to Families Advocating Autism Now (FAAN), a local group dedicated to helping the families of children diagnosed with autism.

Borsheims’ 7th Annual Weekend of Giving resulted in a donation of thousands of dollars to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands, an organization that makes monitored matches between adult volunteers and children in the Omaha area.

This year marks the third in a row that residents of this New Jersey town were found trolling the streets in search of free jewelry, courtesy of Devon Fine Jewelers. The only difference is that this year, they had clues to guide them, provided they had access to the Internet.