
Thomas Shomaker, watchmaking instructor and certification coordinator of the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute, presented a series of popular seminars on a variety of watchmaking topics in the Watches Pavilion, during JCK Las Vegas 2013 earlier this month.

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Since a federal appeals court in late May revived a potential class-action lawsuit alleging that Kohl's Department Stores Inc. had engaged in “fake sales” to lure shoppers into making impulse purchases, there has been some lively debate about the decision in consumer and business blogs across the Internet.

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