About Us – The Kingswood Company

To offer the highest quality private-label jewelry care products in the market, combining the most effective formulas with the most beautiful and customizable packaging.

To offer exceptional customer service to every customer, every day, every time.

To offer our employees a rewarding, exciting and stimulating opportunity to utilize their skills to contribute to our team’s success, and to foster a culture built on hard work, commitment and citizenship.

To do all of the above profitably and responsibly, in order to ensure our future viability and success.

The Kingswood Company is committed to manufacturing exceptional jewelry care products that allow you to create an exclusive jewelry care line that reflects your brand. Ours are the most effective formulas in the market, have stood the test of time, and are distributed worldwide. We are also committed to conducting business in an environmentally sustainable manner, and our products are Made in the U.S.A.

Sustainability

At The Kingswood Company, we foster a culture built on hard work, commitment and citizenship. That is why we are committed not only to producing a superior product, but also to giving back to our community and our customers. Our employees are involved in a number of organizations that make meaningful impact on our local community. In addition, we provide financial support to organizations like Women’s Jewelry Association and Jewelers for Children.

We are also committed to reducing our environmental impact, which affects all communities worldwide. But we realize that there is more to sustainability than buzz words. Following is a summary of where we are focusing our efforts and making strides to do even more.

Think Local

Nearly one hundred percent of our suppliers are based in the United States. This is a win for our national economy and the planet. Buying raw materials from local suppliers results in fewer road miles traveled for the materials to get to our production facility in Ohio. We specifically seek out local and regional suppliers for heavy materials such as corrugate and chemicals. When we do buy from national sources, we work to ensure that inbound shipments are consolidated and utilize back-haul shipping lanes to conserve fuel usage.

Packaging (Reduce)

When it comes to packaging, we believe that less is more. In 2006, before many companies were even focused on green initiatives, The Kingswood Company introduced a new jar design that uses significantly less plastic. This change alone saves over 25,000 pounds of plastic each year and results in less fuel used to transport both raw materials and our final product.

In addition to reducing the amount of plastic we use, we are also committed to utilizing as much recycled material as possible in our jars, caps, baskets and brushes. We also source our corrugate from suppliers that use recycled waste in their manufacturing process. And we remain hopeful that our customers also reuse and recycle the boxes and plastics that they receive from us!

Community Partnership (Reuse)

While The Kingswood Company has worked hard to improve environmental sustainability for many years, until recently that work really focused on the Recycle and Reduce portions of the waste hierarchy. In 2013, we added Reuse to the mix. By partnering with a local moving and storage company, roughly 2,500 pounds of cardboard which we used to recycle is now being reused as moving and storage boxes.

Corporate Office (Recycle)

The Kingswood Company practices a variety of energy-saving strategies in our corporate and production facility, including ensuring that lights, computers, and heating and cooling systems are off when the office is not in use.

The recycling program we instituted in 2009 reduced manufacturing waste by over 65 percent. And our employees are encouraged to use public transportation and carpooling to and from work.

The benefits of working with The Kingswood Company do not end when your product line arrives in your store. We offer a variety of additional services to ensure that you get the most from your private-label jewelry care line.

Women’s Business Enterprise National Council

 

The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is the largest certifier of women-owned businesses in the U.S. and a leading advocate for women business owners and entrepreneurs. WBENC certification validates that a business is at least 51 percent owned controlled, operated and managed by a woman or women.  The world-class certification standard is accepted by more than 1,000 corporations, including many of the Fortune 100, as well as America’s most prestigious brands and governmental entities.  The Kingswood Company has been certified as a women-owned business since 2006, and is actively involved in its local chapter.

 

 

Women Owned

 

The Kingswood Company has been certified as a women-owned business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) since 2006. And, starting this year, we are offering the option to place the WBENC Women Owned logo on private-label products we manufacture. The Women Owned program raises awareness of female entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses, making it easier for consumers to identify and support businesses that are at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled by one or more women.

 

 

COUTURE

 

The Kingswood Company is the exclusive jewelry cleaner of The COUTURE Show and sponsor of the Sparkle + Shine Lounge. COUTURE Las Vegas, held annually at the luxurious Wynn Resort, is the most exclusive and intimate destination for the luxury jewelry and timepiece market. Catering to an elite community of renowned heritage brands, emerging design talent, the finest retailers and award-winning media from around the globe, COUTURE is the premier event where the jewelry industry gathers to connect, collaborate and conduct business.

 

 

The Plumb Club

 

The Kingswood Company was selected for exclusive membership in the The Plumb Club in 2017. Founded in 1983, the club is a unique coalition of leading, responsible and important suppliers spanning all facets of the jewelry, diamond and watch industries. The purpose of the organization is to connect its members and their customers and help shape the future of the jewelry industry. The Plumb Club’s membership accounts for a significant percentage of the domestic fine jewelry market.

 

 

Women’s Jewelry Association

 

Over the years, the Women’s Jewelry Association (WJA) has reached out to the jewelry industry to foster professional skills with programs and workshops to encourage young women with its Scholarship Fund. With Regional Chapters and a strong national leadership, the association and its committees strive to play a relevant role in the lives of its members and the vitality of the jewelry industry. The Kingswood Company is highlighted as a supporter of WJA by hosting an annual member event at the COUTURE show in Las Vegas.

 

 

American Gem Society

 

The American Gem Society (AGS) was established in 1934 with a vision to create an association of fine jewelry professionals dedicated to setting and maintaining the highest possible standards of business ethics and professionalism in the jewelry industry. As a member for many decades, The Kingswood Company joins an exclusive number of companies who hold a reputation for unquestioned integrity in the business community and are operated in a way that will enhance the confidence of the public in the jewelry industry.  Members are committed to ethics, knowledge and consumer protection.

 

 

Private Label Manufacturers Association

 

The Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) is the industry trade association representing more than 4000 member companies around the globe.  Founded in 1979, in the US, PLMA now provides member services to manufacturers in more than 70 countries, with members ranges from multinational corporations to small family-owned companies.

 

 

American Chemical Society

 

The American Chemical Society (ACS) was founded in 1876 as a congressionally chartered independent membership organization.  Today, it is the world’s largest scientific society, with a mission to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people. The Kingswood Company has been a contributing member since 2007.

 

 

Jewelers Board of Trade

 

Established in 1884, The Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) is a non-profit trade association whose primary function is to compile and disseminate accurate and reliable credit information among its members as to the financial standing, credit history and background of dealers of jewelry and related products. The Kingswood Company has been an Interchange Member since 2011, offering additional support and insights to the industry.

 

 

Jewelers of America

 

Jewelers of America was founded in 1906 by jewelers with a desire to advance the professionalism and ethics of the jewelry industry. Jewelers of America represents companies from all areas of the jewelry supply chain, including jewelry stores, jewelry retail chains, jewelry manufacturers and suppliers, jewelry designers and brands, and service providers to the jewelry industry. As a member of Jewelers of America, The Kingswood Company signs an annual Code of Professional Practices, so you can be confident that you are partnering with a company that holds itself to the highest standards of professionalism and ethics. Click here to view the Jewelers of America Supplier Guide, in which both The Kingswood Company and our low-MOQ wholesale brand Clean + Care are featured

Kristie Nicolosi is President & CEO of The Kingswood Company, the industry’s leading manufacturer of high-quality jewelry care products. Since acquiring the business in 2005, Nicolosi has focused the company on sustained, profitable growth, with almost tenfold growth under her leadership. She has reenergized the company’s product lines and expanded design capabilities, offering an array of products that can be tailored to a customer’s brand, improving both sell-through and brand recognition.

Nicolosi has also expanded the company’s distribution channels from almost exclusively US domestic retail jewelers to manufacturers and brands, e-commerce channels, direct sales companies, pawn stores, big-box retailers, and international retailers and distributors. Kingswood products are now distributed on six continents and to over 12,000 doors worldwide.

In 2020, the company earned recognition on the Inc. 5000, Inc. Magazine’s prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Nicolosi was recognized as one of Columbus Business First’s Forty Under 40® honorees, and was also named a 2020 Entrepreneur Of The Year® East Central Award finalist, the most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. Sought for her expertise in jewelry care and as a female-owned business-owner, Nicolosi is a regular contributor to publications such as InStore, National Jeweler, Martha Stewart Weddings, the American Gem Society’s Spectra, American Gem Trade Association’s Prism and more. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Nicolosi appeared in several videos and webinars educating retailers and jewelers globally on the importance of cleaning jewelry as part of overall hygiene.