Trade Resources

Huge shout out to Katrina & Jeffrey Hess from Hess Fine Art (Poly ID 330) who work tirelessly to help put this together and co-host in their hometown of St-Pete!

The pawn industry plays a crucial role in facilitating financial transactions and providing collateral-based loans to individuals in need of immediate financial assistance. To service the many needs of their customers, pawnbrokers need to be able to effectively assess the worth and authenticity of a variety of goods that may come through their doors – including name brand and luxury goods, jewelry, diamonds, watches and more. Having access to the expertise of professionals in the gem & jewelry industry is thus key for pawnbrokers.

Polygon, powered by mdf commerce (TSX:MDF), a leading online marketplace for the jewelry trade, is pleased to participate as an exhibitor at the upcoming Pawn Expo in Atlanta, July 17-20.

We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Jewelers Going Digital Survey Report!



Report results are based on a survey launched to retail jewelers and jewelry businesses in late 2020. The main goal was to see how COVID-19 has impacted jewelry businesses, specifically considering an accelerated digital transformation brought on by restrictions and closures.

CHICAGO - August 11, 2020 Polygon (www.polygon.net) a mdf commerce product, the online community and marketplace for jewelry professionals and BriteCo (www.brite.co) the innovative jewelry appraisal and insurance provider, announced today a joint strategic marketing partnership that provides retail jewelers with valuable insights to help grow their businesses in an evolving omni-channel environment.

It’s been an eventful year in the retail jewelry industry - so eventful, in fact, that you may have missed several important stories as they passed through the news headlines. Have no fear: we’ve assembled some essential stories from 2018 that you may have missed, and present them below to bring you up to date.

Polygon (www.polygon.net) – the online community & marketplace for jewelry professionals – announced today, a strategic marketing partnership with GemFind, experts in digital marketing and e-commerce solutions for the jewelry industry.

Hoover & Strong and Polygon announced today that the myAuction^TM service will be available to all Polygon retail jewelers as part of their membership, accessible directly on the member platform (www.polygon.net).

You would expect that someone who drives state-of-the-art racecars for a living wouldn’t be afraid of much. But Dale Earnhardt Jr., a living legend on the NASCAR circuit, has an intense phobia of something that might surprise you: metal jewelry.

In 2017, U.S. couples spent less on their weddings on average than they did the year before, according to a survey produced by wedding planning website The Knot.