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JCK 2007 Holiday Jewelry Retail Report
For many retailers, the 2007 holiday selling season was not especially jolly—and jewelers were among those taking a hard hit to the cash register as consumer spending tightened up significantly from the previous year. » » »

DTC Ends Suspension to Sightholders
The Diamond Trading Company, in a brief statement Tuesday, said it has ended the suspension of six sightholders in relation to what is known as the "Brenig case." » » »

East Coast Jewelry Partners with Make-A-Wish
Jewelry and watch retailer East Coast Jewelry has partnered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida for the inaugural Gems of Time Invitational. Slated to be an annual event, the 2008 invitational will take place at Miami’s La Gorce Country Club on March 17. » » »

DKSH Acquires Desco
DKSH Group, a leading international market expansion services provider, will acquire the Asian operations of the Desco von Schulthess Group, the parent firm of Swiss luxury watch brand Maurice Lacroix. The announcement was made Jan. 11 and released in the United States on Jan. 18. DKSH and Desco are two of Switzerland’s oldest global trading houses. » » »

Flamm Joins JVC
Suzan Radin Flamm has joined the Jewelers Vigilance Committee as assistant general counsel where she will mediate disputes, conduct legal compliance seminars, develop anti-money laundering and legal compliance materials for trade publications, and JVC’s Web site and contribute to special projects. » » »

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Rio Tinto to be Plumb Club Forum Presenting Sponsor
Rio Tinto Diamonds, the diamond sales and marketing division of international mining giant Rio Tinto, will be the presenting sponsor of The Plumb Club Forum, which will be held at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City on March 2-3. » » »

New Group Wants to Advance Jewelry Studies
Author and publisher, Elyse Zorn Karlin, founder and executive editor/publisher of Adornment, the Magazine of Jewelry & Related Arts, has formed the Association for the Study of Jewelry & Related Arts, LLC, dedicated to the advancement of jewelry studies. » » »

OJA Names New Board Members
Six members of the Ohio Jewelers Association have been appointed to the organization's Board of Directors. » » »

Bangkok Fair to Showcase Purple
The Bangkok Gems and Jewelry Fair will have a new pavilion designed to "capture the mystery and magic" to what it's calling the "purple evolution." » » »

Bench Jewelers Design Competition
The fourth annual Bench Jewelers Passion Award Design Competition will be held in conjunction with the Bench Jewelers Conference & Expo, April 24 – 27 in Los Angeles. The competition is open to all professional bench jewelry artists and designers actively involved in the design and production of jewelry. The design contest consists of two divisions: finished jewelry and CAD renderings. » » »

Maurice Lacroix Moves to Hackensack
After more than 12 years in Encino, Calif., the U.S. subsidiary of luxury Swiss watchmaker Maurice Lacroix has relocated to Hackensack, N.J. » » »

Sundance Offers Free HPHT Testing in NYC
Sundance Diamonds, a high pressure high temperature diamond processing company, said Thursday that it is opening a diamond testing service in New York City. At no charge to the trade, the testing will indicate if HPHT processing can increase the value of a diamond to a colorless, near colorless, or fancy yellow, orange or pink color. » » »

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