This week: Was October good or unhealthy for jewelers? The licensed pre-owned watch value warfare. And creating the world’s largest lab-grown ring. All beneath.
Edge Retail: Impartial jewellery gross sales do well in October
– Tenoris sees continued negative trend
Famous Pa. jeweler David Craig to close its doorways
Nobody “needs to purchase luxury goods online anymore”
Sensible Earth gross sales increase 2.5%
– Earnings name transcript
Watches of Switzerland’s jewelry sales sink
– Shares rise as retailer reiterates plan to double profits
– Helped by secondhand market
LVMH’s progress slows
Pandora’s U.S. gross sales bounce back
– Earnings name transcript
Charles & Colvard gross sales decrease 33%
– Earnings name transcript
De Beers diamond sales slump—again
– Is Anglo committed to diamonds?
– Diamond biz wants to “wake up”
– Indian firms put together for long shutdown (video)
Botswana nonetheless shifting forward with HB Antwerp deal
– President Masisi’s tackle (video)
India diamond trade plans to cut bank financing
Seven adjustments predicted for the lab-grown diamond market
– Is the lab-grown market “a bubble”?
India nonetheless warming as much as lab-grown diamonds
– Chow Tai Fook says Chinese language customers prefer natural diamonds
Diamond Foundry’s deliberate energy station upsets Spanish locals
– Native group requests investigation
Diamond Foundry creates first diamond wafer and diamond-based electric car inverter
– Why diamonds could possibly be key to faster microchips (subscription)
– WSJ podcast transcript
– “Coolest, quickest CPUs yet”
One other pivot! Adamas One begins tech division
Hamas warfare hits Israel’s diamond industry
EU shifting forward with Russian diamond ban
– May Russian ban create “parallel diamond trade”?
– Will diamond sanctions work?
Kimberley Course of Civil Society opening statement
– WDC needs to additional Kimberley Process (speech)
– Martin Rapaport begins three-day fast to protest WDC
Journal of Italian author’s journey to Sierra Leone with Rapaport
– Video exhibits impact of Peace Diamond on Koyardo village
Petra tries to return clear about “tarnished previous” in Tanzania
Watch sustainability comes into focus
– Interview with Breitling sustainability director
Worth warfare breaks out amongst Rolex certified pre-owned dealers
Boucheron acquires excessive jewellery workshop
Swiss watch magnate Jörg Bucherer dies
Rio Tinto appoints new COO for Diavik diamond mine
David Weisz appoints new territory managers
Bleu Royal fetches $44 million at Christie’s
94 ct. paraiba tourmaline withdrawn from Sotheby’s auction
– Coloured diamonds “get some love”
Sotheby’s to public sale Mary Tyler Moore’s jewellery
Hindman gives jewels from Brummer household
Kendra Scott enters magnificence market
Amazon gives FTC protection at company-wide meeting
Settlement in Canadian diamond class motion to be distributed
Cyprus courtroom rejects extradition of Israeli mining mogul Steinmetz, frees him
Sale of apparatus and belongings from Alex and Ani’s fulfillment center
Indignant prospects say New York consignment retailer stole their heirlooms
Seattle jewellery retailer suffers seventh break-in
Australian jeweler compelled to pay document damages in sexual harassment case
Namdia appeals for approval of diamond bill
Lucapa finds Angola’s mine second-largest diamond
Meet the maker of the world’s largest lab-grown diamond ring
Are uncut diamonds worth the gamble?
Kim Kardashian covers herself in crystals for Swarvoski
CBS Sunday Morning goes to Rolliefest
Man turns into TikTok star with “Watch Spotting” videos
From the Podcast
The Jewellery District, Episode 108: Istanbul, WD Chapter, Sustainable Watches, and the 1916 Firm
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