Skip to content
INSTORE's 4-minute Brain Squad Survey - October 2018
BASIC QUESTIONS
A few sales questions to get started
*
1.
How were sales last month compared to September 2017?
(Required.)
Way Up (25 percent or more)
Up
About the Same
Down
Way Down (25 percent or more)
2.
HOT SELLERS
Please tell us what sold well in your store in September and what you’ll be re-ordering. It could be a product category, a design, a brand, even a price point (although brand names and specific products are best!).
3.
How were your sales of PLATINUM jewelry in the last 12 months?
Way up (20 percent or more)
Up
They're about the same
They're down
Way down (20 percent or more)
NA
4.
CONFIDENCE INDEX
Here is the latest installment of our Jeweler's Confidence Index, which is based on the following two questions:
(1) In the past month, do you feel the short-term outlook for your business has …
Improved
Remained the same
Deteriorated
5.
(2) Compared to the same month in 2017, did you order more or less stock in September?
Same
More
Less
GENERAL QUESTIONS
Now, a few more general inquiries about the way you do business
6.
ONE QUICK QUESTION
What do you do on your commute to work?
Listen to music
Listen to a work/productivity-related podcast or radio program
Plot the day ahead with Siri, your phone planner, pad and pencil, in your mind, etc
Play Candy Crush (or some other diversionary game)
Other (please specify)
7.
DO YOU OR DON'T YOU?
Do you or don't you provide food for your staff?
Yes
No
NA
8.
If you said yes, please tell us what, how and when you lay on food, and what's the rationale for providing such a benefit. If you said no, please tell us why not.
9.
BUZZ SESSIONS
The tight labor market is allowing workers to be more picky. If you've tried to hire recently, were you surprised by any of the questions or demands made by the people you interviewed?
10.
POP QUIZ
Yep, here's our latest effort to parse the psychological make-up of America's jewelers. Please choose:
A
B
N/A
Wealthy in 1918 or middle class in 2018
A
B
N/A
Contrarian or Conformist
A
B
N/A
Han Solo or Luke Skywalker
A
B
N/A
Platinum or Gold
A
B
N/A
What's worse: Seeing your best friend succeed or Seeing your best friend fail
A
B
N/A
If money were no consideration: Prep school or Public school
A
B
N/A
Flu shot or No flu shot
A
B
N/A
Karaoke or bar trivia
A
B
N/A
Train or Bus
A
B
N/A
Americano or Latte
A
B
N/A
Venus or Mars
A
B
N/A
Ketchup or Mustard
A
B
N/A
Halloween or Thanksgiving
A
B
N/A
Disney or Nickelodeon
A
B
N/A
Bagel Bites or Mini Quiche
A
B
N/A
Daylight or Moonshine
A
B
N/A
Frank Sinatra or Elvis
A
B
N/A
New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day
A
B
N/A
What’s Worse: Losing your car keys or Losing your phone
A
B
N/A
Procrastinator or Precrasinator (someone who compulsively does things before they need to be done)
A
B
N/A
... AND WRAPPING UP
Finally, your chance to sound off about our magazine, the industry or even our surveys.
11.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Is there anything you'd like to say about the jewelry industry in general, the magazine or our most recent lead story ("4 Weeks to Peak Performance")? If so, the floor is yours.
(And if you haven't received the magazine yet, please be patient, it should be arriving very soon.)