Like the overall stock market, the jewelry industry recently enjoyed a few record-breaking years, which clearly benefited the handful of publicly traded jewelry companies. But in the last few weeks, jewelry industry stocks have taken a tumble along with the rest of the market. What’s striking is that just about all the publicly traded companies—including…
Chicago-based jeweler C.D. Peacock has enlisted industry veteran Olivier Stip (pictured) as chief development officer, a newly created role within the company. Stip will lead both the remodeling and expansion of the company’s stores in Chicago. Prior to coming to C.D. Peacock, Stip worked at Chanel as general manager of watches and fine jewelry for…
Named after the small blocks of stone, tile, glass, or other materials used to create a mosaic, the new Tesserae collection from San Francisco–based Yael Designs, due to debut at next month’s Luxury show in Las Vegas, combines a wide variety of colored stones in spectacular assortments to provide plenty of bang for the buck.
This year’s bridal season is expected to be bigger than any since the early 1980s. With more than 2.5 million weddings projected, jewelers face a sea of opportunity for bridal jewelry sales.
With her new lab-grown diamond ring collection about to launch at Jared, Pnina Tornai says she sees weddings and the celebration of marriage in all of its facets growing larger and more meaningful—a timely moment for her to bring Pnina lab-created diamonds into the world. The Pnina Tornai One lab-created diamond collection launches Wednesday at…
You might say Gem Gossip’s Danielle Miele has a thing for opals. “Opal has always been my favorite gemstone, for so many reasons,” says the jewelry blogger and gemologist. “The beauty of the stone, all the colors, its origin and how it’s formed (so fascinating). I just love how there’s really no two exactly alike.…
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