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- Charm Diamond Centres is the largest independently owned Canadian jewellery retailer, and second-largest jewellery retailer in Canada. Its stores are primarily located within regional malls, in Canadian provinces including Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island. Charm Diamond Centres uses the Kimberley Process to certify that their diamonds come from legitimate sources. The business was founded in Nova Scotia by Richard Calder in 1972, the chain is still owned and operated by the Calder family. 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. Charm Diamond Centres has been chosen as one of Canada's Fifty Best Managed Companies since 2007, and in 2013 it received Platinum status. In January 2017 the company 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. Under the 3 brands Charm Diamond Centres, Crescent Gold and Diamonds, and Ben Moss Jewellers they operate 82 stores in 9 provinces. Recent estimates put the number of employees at 800 with 60 at their Head Office in Nova Scotia. (en)
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- Charm Diamond Centres is the largest independently owned Canadian jewellery retailer, and second-largest jewellery retailer in Canada. Its stores are primarily located within regional malls, in Canadian provinces including Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island. Charm Diamond Centres uses the Kimberley Process to certify that their diamonds come from legitimate sources. Charm Diamond Centres has been chosen as one of Canada's Fifty Best Managed Companies since 2007, and in 2013 it received Platinum status. (en)
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