This week: Is the diamond enterprise shifting away from Mumbai? Overstock has renamed itself Past. And what are Kylie Jenner’s jewellery plans? All under.
Jewellery buyback firms Worthy, Circa be part of forces
Transfer over, Canadamark—right here comes Botswanamark
– Speech by Botswana President Masisi at Facets 2023
Okavango Diamond Firm halting diamond auctions
– De Beers output falls amid Venetia mine transition
– Petra sees market starting to stabilize
HB Antwerp “gets reality check” (registration required)
G7 announcement on Russia anticipated by end of month
– African Diamond Producers Affiliation opposes G7 protocol
– EU attending to work on sanctions package
– Industry split (video)
– Anger is “inevitable”
Indian growers needs to reap the benefits of WD Lab Grown implosion
InStore reader notes lab-grown diamond “paradigm shift”
– Potential “breakout class” for fashion jewelry
Diamond Foundry manufacturing unit plans have native residents “up in arms”
– Manufacturing facility set to being manufacturing in 2024
Pandora, like Signet, needs to increase its service enterprise
– Pandora plans to construct factory in Vietnam
EU approves Yoox Net-a-Porter acquisition
– What the deal means for luxury e-commerce
– Will the terms change?
Mumbai fears exodus as Kiran Gems moves to Surat
Younger designers reviving Rhode Island’s 300-year-old jewelry factories
Luxurious woes separate winners from losers
Jewellery gross sales solid at Kering
Watches “subsequent frontier for quiet luxury”
Rich patrons need “less bling”
What luxurious loses by ignoring plus-size customers
This 94 ct. Paraiba tourmaline necklace could possibly be yours
A diamond-encrusted Gucci purse will be sold by Christie’s
What occurred to the Rapaport “Peace Diamond”?
Is totally traceable gold possible?
Recycled gold is a “marketing scam”
U.S. Treasury removes helpful possession reporting “escape hatch”
Will the watch business revenue from going green?
Pure Earth honors Iris Van der Veken
Jewelers for Youngsters honors Hampton, Coreys
Longtime Costco CEO Jelinek steps down
Katie Stelmaszek joins Sides of Fireplace as advertising and marketing director
Tough Diamond Sellers Affiliation of South Africa elects new executive board
Michael Kazanjian of Kazanjian Beverly Hills dies at 86
Baltimore man pleads responsible to armed theft of local jewelry store
Ohio jeweler repays hundreds of {dollars} in workers’ comp fraud case
Man trapped in a single day in Diamond District vault
Zimbabwean diamonds not as helpful as widely believed
– Consolidated Diamond Firm eyes $500 million this year
Ritani expands diamond buyback program
Overstock to vary company name to Beyond
Factor Six chosen for Department of Defense program
How microbes may help discover kimberlite deposits
Monique Lhuillier provides lab-grown diamonds to Kay Jewelers collection
Kylie Jenner secretly filed for jewelry trademarks
Best method to untangle a necklace, according to celebrity jeweler
Megan Thee Stallion is carrying jewellery on her nails
Wedding ceremony ring unintentionally donated to Goodwill
Police retrieve girl’s engagement ring from sewer
Pittsburgh airport staff discover traveler’s lost diamond in bathroom
Lady strikes gold (and diamonds) in thrift store
Media Watch
HuffPost, Quintessentially, CNN, and New York Post on lab-grown diamonds
Newsweek: Diamond gross sales “lack sparkle”
From the Weblog
Transfer Over, Canadamark—Right here Comes Botswanamark
From the Podcast
The Jewellery District, Episode 107: Visitor Edahn Golan
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