JCK Online - July 18, 2003

A New York woman will marry soon wearing a dress adorned with 1,100 diamonds—some 300 carats—and worth $300,000, Reuters reports.

• Diamonds
• Bill Clinton to headline Antwerp Diamond Conference

• Retail Roundup
• New jewelry study estimates 1Q sales at $8.9 billion
• Retail growth should accelerate in second half of 2003, says NRF
• Fastest-growing U.S. cities are in the West