Everyone, I’d like you to meet Jun Tatesawa - prized consultant for the shadow conglomerate known as the London Diamond Gallery.

Never heard of the London Diamond Gallery? Well, that’s exactly the way they want it. Notoriously underground and only known to the most savvy of jewellery collectors around the world, LDG epitomizes the word exclusive.

How exclusive? How about this – their showroom in Tokyo (which has been in business for more than 30 years) is invitation-only and not open to the public. That means they will ONLY open their doors to you if you are an existing customer or referred to them by TWO existing customers.

This year however, LDG has decided to come out from behind the diamond curtain and make its presence known to the general public. Very quickly, they have set up showrooms in strategic locations around Asia and are looking to expand their retail arm exponentially within the next 24-months.

I’m fortunate to be part of this expansion plan as I am helping them to formulate their new global marketing strategies.

It shouldn’t be too hard since after all, they are the company that supplies diamonds to Tiffany & Co. and Gucci to name a few.

Oh yeah, they also work with another joaillier you might have heard of – Cartier.

So I’ve been meeting/chilling with Jun every day and working on some ideas that we will put into action soon. The cool thing is that Jun is a very mellow guy and all our meetings take place in very informal situations and the vibe is very relaxed.

I’ve also been doing my best to take Jun to sample all the amazing food that we have here in Penang.

You’ll be seeing a lot more of Tatesawa-san on my blog in the coming months.

On a totally different note – half-way through my meeting with Jun, our friend Tamago-chan dropped in to tell us an amusing story about a guy who’s been taking photos of himself wearing What’s Good?/Dope stuff and telling everyone that I shot those photos for a Dope photoshoot. He also told Tamago-chan that he was participating in a Dope photoshoot last week in Port Dickson (I assure you, there wasn’t one)

Apparently this is the only way he gets laid.

-_-”

Posted on August 17th, 2009 by BadBoyBen
Filed under: Bad News