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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 17 Dec 2008, p. 20

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l 20 - WM Hunt) Hummer}. - Wednesday, [111 wither If Jot»! Let it snow ' O O O O O . Local Jeweller wzll refimd purchases If 31x makes of snow fall on Ian. 15 . Bvlmmran Oimsmn ,~ ~ . (‘ltroriit‘le Stuff " '." _ - l , ._ I To mark its an years in business, Knur le\yâ€" > ’ E ellery is turning the tables on its clients this holiday season l Shoppers just might get that Rolex watch 4 . ' ‘t‘ , or Hearts on Fire diamond ring they pur~ » . l‘ J chased there for free courtesy of the uptown - _ l » ieweller's “anniversary snowfall celebration" , ' , ’ promotion 1, a . ~ _ there‘s a catt'h though. m . ' - Io get a full refund on purchases made _ ‘ I; ‘ ° between Nov, 25 andDec. 24, there must be M C: ”W six niches ol'siiotstall on lan. 15. 2009. _~ : ' M a?" " “ “Right now we're Santa's workshop. but it N 1 ~ k “ would he great to actually play Santa for a 5 fl “ 32: da}' and give everyone their money hack,” ”9 (t l a fi‘ , said let? Buzhu/jan, who owns the company - ' . g With his brother Greg. ‘~ , s ' "We thought that would really mark a great iltlth anniversary celebration." \ _ , In 1978, Knar lewellery got its start in a a a? ’ i‘a ' small 30()4.square»foot shop in Guelph. Greg, “ ‘ ‘. i“- the older of the two brothers, had been _ P ' planning to go to teachers' college. but ' decided to try his hand at this venture , _ 3 instead. ‘ lefT was just 18 at the time, and deciding " . _ ..‘ whether to become a dentist or a landscape 4- a, 14 i architect. But after a trip to ltaly / one of ‘ f 371 >_ y the jewelry capitals of the world r the ' v- course he had charted for himselfchanged “My brother had already set up the little store. so I came back and got myself an 4 apprenticeship With a master ieweler," he I retalled, After that. he routed Greg in the â€"-""' l a, _’ ,,-r i - / (mollyâ€"owned liusiness. ~<-' _ JET”, (Jr/4“ less than a decade after opening the tâ€" " ”53 O -/“ (inelph sltH’e, the Buzhuzians opened a sec f ' v ond lotation. this time to Kitchener. sshtch ’ , ' 3 4 Memo-ill» turned to uhtms'n Waterloo in the o ' é‘ ‘ ‘ mid l‘hltls lhat shop, at no King \t s , . i r \ ',_ ‘ . employs eight people t 3 “A lot ot ottr tllt'lllt‘lt' was trom Waterloo." z’E ‘ . . letl satd about this relocation ‘lt rust made & ' ' . , \ sense for us to come down " â€" , In the Pit“ few WA“ Kn.” lewellery m left Buzbuzian of Knar Jewellery hopes enough snow Will tall on Jan 15, 2009 to refund his customers holiday purchases as part of a 30th (itielph underwent a rnaior renovation and anniversary promotion ' ‘mrnwmmu expansion, and a third location was estab- lished in (lakwlle (”hri’stmas." Jeff said. “So we did some that's not when the snowfall is heanest and possibly W‘m " ”to stores (am a selection offine jewel? research and thought. wouldn't it be great if "It really does spike up in the middle of And after all these decades in business, ry and at t (“ssttrlt‘s from such exclusive the snow tell and we were able to give our January. and we decided we wanted to this is a great way for Knar lewellery to say names as Rolex, tamer and l'aherge. as well clients their money back." increase the odds." he said. adding he thinks thank you to its clients as pier es by contemporary designers ”10V [he iewellers have never done anything there's a ( hance ll Will happen, especially "We We the communities we're m a lot also offer a range of serVices. including cits» like this before, but are hopeful it will snow after all the snow that fell to Waterloo last they've supported us for many years We turn designs, repairs. restorations and in enough on lan. l:'> to refund the tustornt'rs' year just thought. let's try it house appraisals purthases, ext’ept the taxes. lt seems customers can't help hut get . “If it works it's going to he the N's! year lo telehrate their milestone anniversary. lhey've bought an insurance policy to excited ahout this promotion [eff said the ever" the llu/hii/ians are doing something spectal ttl\'(‘\' the purchases, so it costs the Company stores are seeing an increase in sales this eath month, tut-ginning last septemher It the same amount of money whether ll yearthanks to the offer tould he an event. priiiiiotion or trunk show snows stir inches or not. 7 “lt's (in the finest tewelry anywhere~ lefT Knal' lewellel'y Rut they wanted to make the holidays "So we really want it to snow." let? said said "There are places where you can go , _ \ really iiietnomhle “We're really hoping." and hiiy a ( artier watt h or a Roll-t watt h, H” km“ “3“ ”We were trying to thinlt what would he ln lilt‘l. they were going to selett New hut they're never going to giw tutu money 519 ”88 ‘L‘tltl really rt‘all\ spet i.il lot out tlients and also tears he as the day to measure the snow. hark WWW“"“”‘”" ‘ sot-t ial for us with this being our Nth hut det ided against it het ause histotu ally ”Sons a store whereyiititan him the lK"sl l , . . l . _ ' . ' l ' .‘ fa. - Fresh & Festive Foods & Lots of Gift ldeas - A, -’ t . ‘ ' o ‘l . a i, . l 0 _ " l a, h d , \. . FREE HORSE-DRAWN TROLLEY RIDE ON SATURDAYS ' '|' '. I ‘ W 5:3??? 515, .=. FEES "zrss-araan tral Gt, ode around the ”an“? 5 s‘tc‘t St Jil(")l)$ _ 255 l W . O“ > t s 3" Sat.x3a,e '. C"rstmas argue Soweto .',â€"°.tct“or Ears ' ' ' u.“ . f " ' 2! l ’ ° 8“,- ° -/l ' [5 VISIT SANTA Jean out spawns com (9' armers , ‘ - â€" "/ / Sa'ttassched., eatthe “t‘arkets ' _ , ‘ . ' THURSDAY 8. SATURDAY ALL YEAR 7 am to 3 30 pm at 878 Weber St Waterloo 519-747-1830 bS . swam MARKET to am to 4 pm to Dec 2a 08. SATURDAY ALL YEAR 7 am to 2 pm at 345 Weber St . Waterloo www.stjaco .com 7 ‘â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_~l

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