Charm Diamond Centres

Charm Diamond Centres
Type	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
Website	charmdiamondcentres.com

Charm Diamond Centres is the largest independently owned Canadian jewellery retailer, and second-largest jewellery retailer in Canada.[1][2][3] In 2012 the company employed more than 700 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 it received Platinum status.[2][6]

In January 2017 the company announced it had acquired the brand rights to Ben Moss Jewellers which had gone into receivership in 2016. Charm rehired many former staff members and reopened 2 stores in Winnipeg, and announced its intention to open several others in ensuing months.[7] Under the 3 brands Charm Diamond Centres, Crescent Gold and Diamonds, and Ben Moss Jewellers they operate 82 stores in 9 provinces. New estimates put the number of employees at 800 with 60 at their Head Office in Nova Scotia.

References

Charm Diamond Ltd., retrieved 2012-03-25
Lopez-Pacheco, Alexandra (February 12, 2008), "Business Built on Family Values", The National Post
Charm Diamond Centres, archived from the original on 2013-01-15, retrieved 2012-03-24
Pen Centre Newsletter (PDF), retrieved 2012-03-25
Maclean, Heather (December 2007 – January 2008), "2007 Entrepreneur of the Year - Retail", Progress Magazine, Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Issue
Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies - Gold Standard Members, archived from the original on 2012-12-17, retrieved 2012-03-25
Cash, Martin (January 12, 2017). "Works like a Charm: Ben Moss to reopen". Winnipeg Free Press. FP Canadian Newspapers. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

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[Hoovers_1-1] Charm Diamond Ltd., retrieved 2012-03-25

[NationalPost_1-2] Lopez-Pacheco, Alexandra (February 12, 2008), "Business Built on Family Values", The National Post

[NS_Local_1-3] Charm Diamond Centres, archived from the original on 2013-01-15, retrieved 2012-03-24

[thepencentre-4] Pen Centre Newsletter (PDF), retrieved 2012-03-25

[ProgressMagazine_1-5] Maclean, Heather (December 2007 – January 2008), "2007 Entrepreneur of the Year - Retail", Progress Magazine, Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Issue

[Canadas50Best_1-6] Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies - Gold Standard Members, archived from the original on 2012-12-17, retrieved 2012-03-25

[7] Cash, Martin (January 12, 2017). "Works like a Charm: Ben Moss to reopen". Winnipeg Free Press. FP Canadian Newspapers. Retrieved 18 January 2017.