On Feb. 9, the Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association of America (DMIA) chose Stuart Samuels (pictured) as its new president. Samuels, a principal with Premier Gem Corp. in New York City, has long been involved with the group. He succeeds Ronnie Vanderlinden, who has headed the group since 2013.
I don’t normally double over with laughter while interviewing jewelers, but this happened several times during a recent conversation with Mick Edwards, wherein allusions to Nabokov novels and a barrage of good-natured f-bombs were often uttered in the same breath.
Most of us were happy to say good riddance to 2020. It was a year fraught with heartache, fear, financial uncertainty, racial unrest, and a deep political divide.
A year ago, Fredericksburg, Va.–based designer Cindy Liebel was hoping to ride the coattails of her accomplishments in 2019—her best business year since the founding of her line in 2014.
The Plumb Club, a New York–based coalition of suppliers in all facets of the jewelry, diamond, and watch sectors, met the industry’s needs in 2020 by creating TPC-365, a B2B virtual platform
