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To all my readers, happy 2007 Valentine day.
I haven’t been updating the blog very often recently due to personal commitments but I hope to bring out some great new articles shortly.

Again, happy valentine. Make sure you make that day special for your loved one. It doesn’t have to be an expensive gift, just make sure it ha s a personal touch.

Want a special gift idea? You can send a valentine to your someone special by leaving a comment. The comment will be online and seen by the whole world.

Less than three hours to the start of a new year. Here are some random thoughts from the last week of 2006.
2006 was a great year for our business, we were very lucky to help more customers and provide better products, better service, and all at a better price. Here is how we did it.

Inventory Status

A lot of effort went into automating the back office. Inventory levels are now tracked in the system and linked directly to our website. A customer views the prices AND number of items in stock before placing his or her order. This feature is very convenient for customers as they can tell if their order will ship next business day or they will have to wait for a month to get it.

PO Automation

Another biggie was purchase order automation. This is a back office automation that allowed us to extract PO information from the accounting system into a plain excel sheet AND place the product photo along each line item. This greatly reduced data entry errors and facilitated communication with our suppliers. Customers do not directly see this feature of course, but they do benefit from faster order fulfillment and reduce errors.

Product Reviews

We added a product review section for each item we sell. Any site visitor can submit a product review by filling in review section below the item details and hitting the submit button. The review is recorded in a database and we are notified by email. The review is published on the item page after it is approved. We decided to publish all reviews, positive and negative, as we believe they provide a great resource for potential buyers and help them make informed buying decisions. The approval process is meant to filter out spam reviews.
Live Site Update

This is a cool feature where we refresh the site with current inventory status. How is this different from the inventory automation point above? well, in addition to updating inventory counts, we also temporarily delete items that are out of stock. So if someone buys the last GPB003 perfume bottle it will be deleted from the site with the next update. Why? while we didn’t validate this with any scientific method, we think that a customer browsing less choices but all shipping next business day is more likely to convert as compared to browsing more of items with some out-of-stocks. I would like very much to ready any studies on that subject, please drop me a comment if you can recommend some good reads.

What is in for 2007?

I am sure every small business owner has this question on their mind. The answer can be more success, more profitability, better margins, … For us, it is providing better value to the customer by aligning our merchandising and presentation to what the customer wants and expects.

Happy New Year to all our readers.

Checkout these Egyptian themed glass ornaments for this year’s tree. These are handmade and hand painted ornaments with beautiful designs.

An Icicle ornament..

Tea is one of the more popular beverages in Egypt. it is customary to drink it hot with sugar/milk and some peppermint leaves. Iced Tea is not common in Egypt.

The last piece we present here is the Snowman ornament. While Egypt is not known for cold weather or snowy white Christmas, it still produces these very cute snowman ornaments.

This season give you family or your friends a taste of old world christmas ornaments. Affordably priced with fast and friendly service. Our store is ready to take your orders.

Here are four articles we collected from over the net and posted on our main store. There articles cover several points around history of Egyptian Jewelry, making of silver jewelry and more. Please let us know if you know of more articles on the subject that we can post here.

The History of Jewelry from Egypt

History of the very well known Ancient Egyptians remarkable Jewelry.

Egyptian Jewelry

As Egypt is the cradle of civilization, no doubt that it is also the cradle of the arts and the home of craftsmanship. Personal ornaments appear to have been among the very first objects on which the invention and ingenuity of man were exercised.

A Closer Look At The Legacy Of Egyptian Jewelry

The Egyptian culture is steeped with a rich history going back thousands of years. Long ago pharaohs were buried with much of their wealth as a sign of their importance. One of the most significant and lasting legacies of the ancient Egyptians is the beautiful jewelry and other ornaments that have survived to present day.

Egyptian Silver

Silver is a metallic chemical element, known from the earliest times. According to legends, Gold was considered to be the skin of the ancient Egyptian gods, but their bones were thought to be of silver. Ancient Egyptians were able to obtain gold and even electrum, but it is believed that silver was not known to them for a long time. Electrum is a gold-silver alloy which occurred naturally. It had silver contents somewhat higher than twenty percent and its color was pale amber. It was worked and used similarly to gold.