Ritani is a jewelry company based in
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History
In 2012, Chief investor
Cantor Fitzgerald
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invested $15 million in Ritani, following the Julius Klein Group selling their stake in the company. In January 2014, Ritani was selected for the ''
Forbes
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'' list of America's Most Promising Companies for its unique "clicks and bricks" model that blends online shopping and brick-and-mortar stores.
In June 2014, Ritani announced that the former
Blue Nile
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CEO Diane Irvine had joined the company's board of directors. Ritani's independent jewelry store partners network has over 180 locations across the United States and Canada. The focus of "clicks and bricks" is to assist the customer in ring design, Ritani also offers a free in-store preview and has an inventory of over 60,000 diamonds ranging in price from $184 to $1.7 million.
Dealing diamonds online
''Opening Bell with Maria Bartiromo''. Published May 13, 2014; retrieved May 16, 2014.
References
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External links
Ritani Website
Online jewelry retailers of the United States