De Beers’ Carbon-Neutral Mining Plan Moves to Next Step De Beers Group’s research into a process that could possibly lead to carbon-neutral diamond mining has just received a grant in the amount of CAD...
Belgian Diamond Research Center WTOCD’s Future in Doubt Belgian industry group Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) will no longer provide “unrestricted” financial support for the Scientific and...
The Plumb Club Offers Members Advanced Virtual Meeting Technology The Plumb Club, a New York–based coalition of suppliers from all facets of the jewelry, diamond, and watch industries, has met the new frontier by...
What to Consider if You’re Contemplating a Proprietary App I recently interviewed Rick Dunetz, a tech entrepreneur in the nonprofit space (and founder of the Side-Out Foundation), about how small business...
De Beers’ Blockchain Platform Hopes to Track Every Diamond Tracr, the blockchain platform originally launched by De Beers, aims one day to track almost every natural diamond from the mine to the retail...
The RealReal Is Going Public—For Real On May 31, secondhand luxury e-tailer The RealReal filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The San...
LVMH Debuts Blockchain Tracking System for Luxury Goods Global luxury powerhouse LVMH is one of the guiding forces behind Aura, a new blockchain platform that will let luxury brands, as well as the...
The Next Lab-Grown Diamond Fight May Be Over Patents Forget the FTC or GIA. The new created-diamond battle may be over intellectual property. In an interview this week, executives at WD Lab...
The RealReal Opens First-Ever Store–Consignment Office in New York City Digital-first luxury consignment retailer The RealReal opened a joint store and consignment office this week on Madison Avenue on New York...
Why GIA Is Growing Diamonds in New Jersey GIA is known for many things: diamond grading, diamond education, and diamond devices. But what many don’t know is that it also grows...
Check Out Kate Spade’s Cute New Smartwatches Fossil Group's wearables for the Kate Spade New York brand are always cute and creative and convey the enduring brand's young-and-whimsical...