Welcome to the Jewelry District, a podcast by J.C.K.

Today, Rob Bates and Victoria Gammelski talk with Mark Smelzer,

chief content executive of Jewelers Mutual and JCPay's former publisher.

Hey, everyone, welcome to the Jewelry District.

This is Victoria Gimelsky, editor-in-chief of J-CK and J--K Online.com, calling in from good old L.A., and I'm with

Rob Bates, news director of J-C-K and J-C-K Online, calling in from good old New York, New York.

New York, New York. Are you still under a blistering heatwave?

Yeah, it's weird. I haven't been out in, like, a couple days. I've been like, but yeah, I believe so, yes, from what I hear.

Poor Rob.

I guess it's probably best when it's so sort of sling.

Yeah, I know.

I need to get out of the house.

You're right.

I am right.

I am right.

It's August.

I can't believe it's August. It's like July always feels like crawls along in the jewelry world because news feels

kind of slow and everybody's out on vacation.

But then August hits and you're like, where did July go?

I have no idea.

We're barreling towards September and suddenly the fall and good Lord, it'll be the holidays.

And then January, I mean, life just flies.

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