Charm Diamond Centres

Charm Diamond Centres
Private
Industry Retail
Founded Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
1972
Headquarters Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Number of locations
 74
Area served
 Canada
Products Jewellery
Number of employees
 300
Slogan Canada's Largest Diamond and Jewelry Retailer
Website charmdiamondcentres.com

Charm Diamond Centres is the largest independently owned Canadian jewellery retailer, and second-largest jewellery retailer in Canada.[1][2][3] The company currently employs over seven-hundred people in over 70 stores, primarily within regional malls, in six Canadian provinces including Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island.[3]

Charm Diamond Centres uses the Kimberley Process to certify that their diamonds come from legitimate sources.[4]

Charm Diamond Centres' was founded in Nova Scotia by Richard Calder in 1972, the chain is still owned and operated by the Calder family.[1] In 2007 Calder received the Entrepreneur of the Year Special Citation Award for Retailing Excellence in the Category of Business-to-Consumer Products & Services at the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.[5]

Charm Diamond Centres has been chosen as one of Canada's Fifty Best Managed Companies since 2007 and in 2013 received Platinum status.[2][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Charm Diamond Ltd., retrieved 2012-03-25
  2. 1 2 Lopez-Pacheco, Alexandra (February 12, 2008), "Business Built on Family Values", The National Post
  3. 1 2 Charm Diamond Centres, retrieved 2012-03-24
  4. ↑ Pen Centre Newsletter (PDF), retrieved 2012-03-25
  5. ↑ Maclean, Heather (December 2007 – January 2008), "2007 Entrepreneur of the Year - Retail", Progress Magazine, Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Issue
  6. ↑ Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies - Gold Standard Members, retrieved 2012-03-25


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