This week: Roblox becomes a hot brand platform. Is Rolex entering the multiverse? And a woman has issues removing her rings after 15 years. All below.

 

Jewelry company financial results vary from hot to not

– U.S. industry closure rate increases

– U.S. gold jewelry demand down 6% in third quarter

 

Blue Nile now selling lab-grown diamond engagement rings

 

Colored diamonds have a gray week at auction

 

Diamond fetches $2.5 million in online sale, new record

 

Instagram’s last-minute checklist to get your store holiday ready

 

More brands going on Roblox

 

Is Rolex entering the metaverse?

 

Watch world boosts its sourcing transparency

 

Diamond negotiations “distraction” to Botswana government

 

Kimberley Process divided over Russia

– Botswana to host secretariat

– John Jeffay: “Time for a change”

 

Famed jeweler Sidney Mobell dies

– Official obituary

 

Traveling salesperson Robert Lindahl dies

 

Tiffany executive dies in fall from cruise ship

 

Lesotho diamond magnate enters politics

 

Impact Transform looks at the role of women in gold smuggling

 

World Gold Council urges miners to plan for further climate change risks

– Report

 

Petra Diamonds suspends operations at Tanzania mine

 

Nirav Modi loses extradition appeal

 

Kohl’s CEO Michelle Gass leaves discounter

 

Sears Holdings is out of bankruptcy, with only handful of stores

 

“Positive mood” at GemGenève Fair

 

Pomellato acquires minority stake in Italian goldsmith

 

The winners of the 2022 CPAA design competition

 

A “caviar conversation” with Steven Lagos

 

“Jacob the Jeweler” plans world’s tallest residential building

 

J.Lo pays tribute to Ben Affleck with necklace

 

Tiffany Trump gets $1.2 million diamond ring

 

Super Bowl champion goes bankrupt after spending fortune on jewelry

 

Woman has issues removing rings from her finger after 15 years

 

Man knocks himself out after stealing from Louis Vuitton store

 

Man finds missing 4 carat diamond ring believed stolen

 

Teen returns $20,000 in jewelry found in donated jacket

 

Minnesota couple finds 1.9 carat diamond during Crater of Diamonds visit

 

Media Watch

The New York Times says a “two-stone” bauble has become the “it” engagement ring

The New York Times reviews diamond doc “Nothing Lasts Forever”

Interview with film’s director

FT interviews jeweler Solange Azagury-Partridge

 

From the Blog

Kimberley Process Divided Over Russia

 

From the Podcast   

The Jewelry District, Episode 82: Guest Paul Schneider

My fourth appearance on Paul Zimnisky’s podcast

 

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