With its new fundraising candle project, Greenwich St. Jewelers is collecting money for causes near and dear to co-owners Jennifer Gandia’s and Christina Gambale’s hearts: Puerto Rico, family, and clean water.
The sisters said Island Jewel, a limited-edition candle, is built from the scents of Puerto Rico and New York City, where their store is based. All proceeds from its sale will go directly to Rebuild.us, which is helping Puerto Rican families affected by the island’s ongoing water emergency, where reservoirs have run dry.
“Puerto Rico is where our story began, long before Reade Street, long before any of this,” said Jennifer Gandia. “Our parents carried their homeland with them every day they ran this business, and Christina and I have tried to carry it, too. So when we think about what is happening on the island, families without water, reservoirs running dry, the same kind of crisis our community has weathered before, it feels like something we need to be involved in.”
Here is a look at what else made JCK’s collective brain click this week.
News Worth Reading
Mejuri explains to The Wall Street Journal how it upended its supply chain when gold prices started to rise. (subscription needed)
GIA is offering an informational webinar on the Ethiopian paraiba tourmaline discovery.
India must do more than grow diamonds—it needs to own the technology, IIT Madras professor M.S. Ramachandra Rao said.
You gotta go in a cave for this watch debut? Well, OK.
We feel some kinda way about the new Seiko panda watch.
Deloitte study shows the Swiss adjusting to permanently lower its watch sales volumes.
Are opals unlucky? Doesn’t really matter, because we’re wearing them anyway.
GJEPC debuts UNNATI as a way to empower women in gems and the jewelry industry.
Mining Weekly takes a look at why it is important that natural diamonds market the heck out of themselves.
Some glorious Taffin jewelry is going to auction, and we wish we had the funds to bid on it.
Consumers are spending a spooky amount of money on Halloween this year.
Get ready because Muse is out there, and Meta wants small businesses to give it a whirl. We’ll see…
Now you can buy your Gap jeans using AI.
Obsessions
Ever wonder how the Oppenheimers spent all that money they made from the sale of De Beers? Here you go.
Designer Katherine Jetter, owner of The Vault Nantucket, dishes about the past 10 years of parties and more.
How does Trader Joe’s get us to shop for all of that pumpkin spice? Impulse buys, baby.
Hit or miss? De Beers India introduces Love, From Hubby, a new ritual for a second season of love campaign.
Podcast Queue
The Business of Watches gets into it with Bangalore Watch Co. cofounder and CEO Nirupesh Joshi.
Pass the Torch interviews Jordan Barnett-Parker.
The Luxury Society podcast got the first interview with new Breitling CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué.
The Plumb Club offers help understanding tariffs and their effect on your bottom line.
Brian Cook tells the Hidden Gem podcast about his experiences with Paraiba tourmalines.
Pressing Matters with Avi Krawitz sits down with Karen Rentmeesters, CEO of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre.
Video Yaya
John Feneck tells Mining.com he is waiting for silver to go to $50.
Audemars Piguet is still trying to get us to love padel.
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