Posted on December 10, 2010
Looks like a “luxury” Christmas.
Jewelry commercial round-up.
Zale 10Q.
- Company talked up on Nightly Business Report.
- Wall Street Journal on Zale. Nothing really new.
Smartphones and retail jewelers.
- Blue Nile’s mobile strategy.
- Blue Nile’s stock surges.
Harry Winston sales up 88%.
- “Sparkling season” for Canadian miners.
Tiffany stock at highest point since 1987.
Diamond commodity fund launched. Company site here.
- Polished prices increase.
Purple-pink diamond makes $1 million a carat.
GIA: Treated diamonds gets larger.
Alrosa is leading diamond producer in 2010.
- Now a “joint custodian” of industry.
Zimbabwe wants to nationalize all its mines.
- Or maybe not. “Mixed messages,” the FT says.
Wikileaks and Zimbabwe’s diamonds.
- Dealer named, denies.
- Edahn Golan’s thoughts.
Kimberlimbo
- Negotiations between Zimbabwe and KP continue.
- Zim told “take it or leave it.” ($$)
- Zimbabwe newspaper talking tough.
- So is India.
Africa Report on Cote d’Ivore diamond smuggling.
Congo’s child diamond miners. (Video.)
Diamond company manager alleges assault by owners. Truly strange story.
Crime Watch:
Lawsuit over "switched" diamond will proceed.
Groupon “most cloned business” in web history.
Iphone with diamonds and dinosaurs.
Jewelry business “lends itself to lying.”
Somone drops diamond ring into Salvation Army bucket. (Video)
Media Watch:
- Minneapolis Star Tribune on DNA Diamonds.
- Newsday’s favorite jewelry shops.
- Two views on diamond marketing: Here and here.
From the Blog:
Smartphones and Retail Jewelers.
WikiLeaks and the Kimberley Process.
Holiday Jewelry Commercial Preview. (Part One.)
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