MIRA INFORM REPORT
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Report Date : |
13.05.2013 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
SAMUELS JEWELERS, INC. |
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Registered Office : |
2914 Montopolis Drive, Ste 200, Austin, TX 78741 |
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Country : |
United States |
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Date of Incorporation : |
20.08.1998 |
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Legal Form : |
Corporation - Profit |
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Line of Business : |
Sells Fine Jewelry Items. |
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No. of Employees : |
35 |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
B |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively
below average. |
Small |
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Status : |
Moderate |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Slow but correct |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
NOTES :
Any query related to this report can be made
on e-mail: infodept@mirainform.com
while quoting report number, name and date.
ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2013
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Country Name |
Previous Rating (31.12.2012) |
Current Rating (31.03.2013) |
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United States |
A1 |
A1 |
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Risk Category |
ECGC
Classification |
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Insignificant |
A1 |
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Low |
A2 |
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Moderate |
B1 |
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High |
B2 |
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Very High |
C1 |
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Restricted |
C2 |
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Off-credit |
D |
UNITED STATES - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
The US has the largest and most technologically powerful
economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $49,800. In this market-oriented
economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and
the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly
in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than
their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital
plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same
time, they face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than
foreign firms face entering US markets. US firms are at or near the forefront
in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace,
and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War
II. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a
"two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education
and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more,
fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other
benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone
to the top 20% of households. Since 1996, dividends and capital gains have
grown faster than wages or any other category of after-tax income. Imported oil
accounts for nearly 55% of US consumption. Crude oil prices doubled between
2001 and 2006, the year home prices peaked; higher gasoline prices ate into
consumers' budgets and many individuals fell behind in their mortgage payments.
Oil prices climbed another 50% between 2006 and 2008, and bank foreclosures
more than doubled in the same period. Besides dampening the housing market,
soaring oil prices caused a drop in the value of the dollar and a deterioration
in the US merchandise trade deficit, which peaked at $840 billion in 2008. The
sub-prime mortgage crisis, falling home prices, investment bank failures, tight
credit, and the global economic downturn pushed the United States into a
recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted until the third quarter of 2009, making
this the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression. To help
stabilize financial markets, in October 2008 the US Congress established a $700
billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The government used some of these
funds to purchase equity in US banks and industrial corporations, much of which
had been returned to the government by early 2011. In January 2009 the US
Congress passed and President Barack OBAMA signed a bill providing an
additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over 10 years - two-thirds
on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to create jobs and to help
the economy recover. In 2010 and 2011, the federal budget deficit reached
nearly 9% of GDP. In 2012 the federal government reduced the growth of spending
and the deficit shrank to 7.6% of GDP. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required
major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and
contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through 2011,
the direct costs of the wars totaled nearly $900 billion, according to US
government figures. US revenues from taxes and other sources are lower, as a
percentage of GDP, than those of most other countries. In March 2010, President
OBAMA signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a health
insurance reform that will extend coverage to an additional 32 million American
citizens by 2016, through private health insurance for the general population
and Medicaid for the impoverished. Total spending on health care - public plus
private - rose from 9.0% of GDP in 1980 to 17.9% in 2010. In July 2010, the
president signed the DODD-FRANK Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,
a law designed to promote financial stability by protecting consumers from
financial abuses, ending taxpayer bailouts of financial firms, dealing with
troubled banks that are "too big to fail," and improving accountability
and transparency in the financial system - in particular, by requiring certain
financial derivatives to be traded in markets that are subject to government
regulation and oversight. In December 2012, the Federal Reserve Board announced
plans to purchase $85 billion per month of mortgage-backed and Treasury
securities in an effort to hold down long-term interest rates, and to keep
short term rates near zero until unemployment drops to 6.5% from the December
rate of 7.8%, or until inflation rises above 2.5%. Long-term problems include
stagnation of wages for lower-income families, inadequate investment in
deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an
aging population, energy shortages, and sizable current account and budget deficits
- including significant budget shortages for state governments.
Source
: CIA
Company name: SAMUELS JEWELERS, INC.
Address: 2914 Montopolis Drive, Ste 200,
Austin, TX 78741 - USA
Telephone: +1
512-369-1400
Fax: +1 512-369-1500
Website: www.samueljewelers.com
Corporate ID#: 2929362
State: Delaware
Judicial form: Corporation – Profit
Date incorporated: 08-20-1998
Stock: -
Value: -
Name of manager: Nehal
MODI
Business:
Samuels Jewelers sells fine jewelry items through some 100 direct or
franchised jewelry stores in California, Texas, and about 18 other states;
stores are primarily located in regional shopping malls, power centers, and
strip centers.
Samuels also operates some stand-alone stores and sells jewelry online
at SamuelsJewelers.com.
Its stores operate under the Samuels Diamonds and Samuels Jewelers
banners. India's GITANJALI GEMS LTD., a jewelry maker and retailer, purchased a
majority stake in Samuels in late 2006.
Suppliers include:
Gitanjali Gems Ltd.
Mumbai, India
EIN: 95-3746316
Staff: 35
Operations & branches:
At the headquarters, we
find the corporate office and showroom, on lease.
Shareholders:
GITANJALI GEMS LTD
Mumbai - India
Gitanjali Gems Limited engages in the design,
manufacture, distribution, and retail of diamonds and jewellery in India and
internationally.
Its activities include manufacture, sale, and
export of cut and polished diamonds; manufacture, sale, and export of plain
gold and diamond studded jewellery; and manufacture, purchase, and sale of
jewellery. The company offers gold, silver, platinum, and stainless steel
jewllery; and jewllery studded with diamond and other gems under the brands of
GILI, Nakshatra, Asmi, Sangini, D’damas, Maya Gold, etc. It also provides
fashion accessories, jewellery, watches, and silver ware under the brands of
Vivaaha, Glitterati, Diya, Stefen Hafner, Shuddhi, Nizam, Lucera, Revv, Rivaaz,
Giantti, World of Solitaire, Me Solitaire, World of Silver, Bezel, Morellato,
Amore, Gdivas, etc. The company sells diamonds and jewellery to merchant
jewellers and retail chains. It operates 4000 points of sale, including 233
stores, 577 shop-in-shop format stores, and 319 franchise stores.
Gitanjali Gems Limited was founded in 1966 and is
based in Mumbai, India.
The Company is publicly
trade in India.
Management:
Mehul CHOKSI, Chairman and Director (resides in Mumbai, India)
Nehal MODI, President
Steve VELASQUEZ, Vice President of Operations
Dave DELL’AGLIO, Sr. Vice President
Lou MENENDEZ, Vice President and Controller
Robert HERMAN, CFO
As far as we know, he is they are not involved in other local
corporations.
Subsidiaries and
partnership:
None
In United States, privately
held corporations are not required to publish any financials.
On a direct call, nobody
accepted to answer our questions.
We sent a fax but no answer
received.
However, sales estimate for
year 2012 is in the range of USD 5,000,000=
The business is said to be
profitable.
Banks: Sovereign Bank
600 W 5th St, Austin,
TX 78701
Ph: 512-482-6000
Legal
filings & complaints:
State: Minnesota
Case number: 0:12-cv-02427-JRT-FLN
Plaintiff: Richline Group, Inc. et al
Defendant: Samuels Jewelers, Inc.
John R. Tunheim, presiding
Franklin L. Noel, referral
Date filed: 09/20/2012
Date of last filing: 04/16/2013
Cause: Copyright infringement
Secured debts
summary (UCC):
File number: 040048477549
Date filed: 11-18-2003
Lapse date: 11-18-2013
Secured Party: House of
Tanzanite 554 Middle Neck Road, Great
Neck, NY 11023
File number: 08-0029623676
Date filed: 09-05-2008
Lapse date: 09-05-2013
Secured Party: Shahar
Diamonds LLC
15 W. 47th
Street, Ste 1707, New York, NY 10036