Your Net Roundup  – JCK

This week: We in all probability gained’t have a recession, although the “rot economic system” lives on. Apple Watches driving 911 operators nuts. Plus: Who’re the “de-influencers”? All under.

 

Exit interview with De Beers CEO Bruce Cleaver

– Why Lightbox was “one of many scariest issues” he ever did

 

Diamond commerce sees “cautious” start to 2023

 

Exhibitors “upbeat” at Centurion show

 

Nationwide Retail Federation: Recession unlikely, growth ahead

– NRF’s insights into 2023 consumers

 

Jewelers say vacation sales were “off”

 

Is LVMH’s slowing development an omen?

 

Personal fairness corporations taking more durable line with retailers

 

Jeweler’s billboard tagline written with synthetic intelligence

 

“Sci-fi improvements taking jewellery into the stratosphere”

 

Is Tiffany transferring “too quick” toward Generation Z?

 

Sensible Earth lays off “fewer than 50” workers

 

Pandora to increase lab-grown diamond range

– Why lab-grown diamonds are actually important to Pandora

– Pandora “unsure” about future in China

 

No, lab-grown diamonds are usually not “mining-free”

 

Tough & Polished: lab-growns gaining “wider acceptance”

– Will “ultimately dominate the fashion markets”

– Pam Danziger unsurprisingly disagrees with Rapaport on lab-growns

 

Watches of Switzerland gross sales develop as watches become “investment assets”

– Shares fall on lower jewelry revenue

 

MoonSwatch helps Omega close gap with Rolex

 

Jacob & Co. gross sales greater than double in two years

 

Public sale home Bonhams up on the market: report

 

U.Ok. authorities probing Yoox Internet-a-Porter deal

 

WatchBox-owned De Bethune buys music-box maker Reuge

 

Petra Diamonds opens to M&A deals

 

World’s largest gold miner makes $17 million acquisition bid

 

Angola to promote 5 to 10% stake in nationwide diamond miner Endiama

 

Letšeng diamond mine claims it’s not guilty of polluting rivers

 

Anjin mine fires 31 for diamond theft

 

New York Publish has extra on the Christie’s/pink diamond/fake psychic story

 

India’s PC Jeweller receives mortgage recall notices from banks

 

Jeweler charged with issuing pretend gold purity certificates

 

Adani fallout may hurt Indian economy

– How Adani misplaced billions in a week

 

Prepare for the “great fraud reckoning”

 

We stay within the “rot economy” (This and the above article are usually not particularly jewelry-related, however are value studying regardless.)

 

911 operators inundated with fake Apple Watch calls

 

What’s subsequent for secondhand Rolex market?

 

Ukraine jewellery turns into image of national identity

 

Contained in the Dubai manufacturing facility dealing with $100 million value of high-end diamonds

 

William Michaels, former proprietor of Michaels Jewelers, dies

 

Pat Ciner Hill, proprietor of Ciner, dies

 

Richard Marcus, final member of Neiman Marcus founding family, dies

 

9 artisanal gold miners killed in Burkina Faso

 

Kohl’s names new CEO, chief merchandising officer

 

Lengthy’s Jewelers appoints director of shops

 

Find out about Blue Nile’s onboarding process

 

Kendra Scott companions with Museum of Ice Cream

 

NYC restaurant Serendipity3 creates diamond and gold dessert in collab with Lorraine Schwartz

 

The “exceptional story” of Grace Kelly’s two engagement rings

 

Inside Justin Bieber’s luxury watch collection

 

New novel brings Suzanne Belperron’s bejeweled historical past to life

 

Metallic detector hobbyist finds 500-year-old pendant linked to Henry VIII

 

Misplaced necklace results in profitable jewelry design business

 

“De-influencers” say assume twice earlier than buying that mascara

 

Media Watch

The Guardian on Nothing Lasts Forever. The reviewer would possibly need to double-check Stephen Lussier’s title and retirement date.

Additional evaluations in Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and The Times (all subscription)

GQ profiles U.Ok. diamond seller Matthew Jones

The New York Occasions on Alex Moss’ latest collection

 

From the Weblog

This Billboard Tagline Was Written by Synthetic Intelligence

No, Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Not “Mining-Free”

De Beers’ Cleaver: Lightbox Was “One of many Scariest Issues I’ve Ever Performed”

Exit Interview with De Beers CEO Bruce Cleaver (Half 1)

 

From the Podcast   

The Jewellery District, Episode 88: VicenzaOro Recap, Sarine Buying GCAL, and Noncompetes

 

 

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