COSTUME CARRIES ON; RHODE ISLAND'S COSTUME JEWELRY PRODUCERS LOOK TO POLISH UP THEIR ACT TO SURVIVE IN A COMPETITIVE OVERSEAS CLIMATE.(Industry Overview)

WWD | October 27, 2003| | Copyright

Under its dust, Rhode Island's costume jewelry business still glitters with rhinestones. Even though the majority of costume jewelry houses that once made this city a global production hub are gone, the old industry is holding on by a gold-filled thread.

More than 1,000 firms once churned in the 16-mile corridor stretching south from Attleboro, Mass., to Cranston, R.I. Now, there are an estimated 279 firms left, according to the trade association Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America.

Of these domestic producers, there are manufacturers and ...

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