Cartier and Saks Settle Lawsuit Over Location
Cartier and Saks seem to have settled their 14-month-long lawsuit, filed when Cartier was asked to vacate what it deemed a prime location on...
Ask Your Vendors: Who’s Your Daddy?
This week, reports alleged that jewelry brand de Grisogono was funded by money siphoned from the Angolan government through a series of shell...
How the Dos Santos Family Acquired a Stake in Jeweler De Grisogono
We wrote about the history of Isabel dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo as stakeholders in Swiss fine jeweler de Grisogono yesterday. Dos...
GIA Suspends Diamond Sealing Services
The Gemological Institute of America’s grading lab is suspending its diamond sealing service for the second time in six years, after a likely...
Gold Is Causing a River of Problems for the Amazon Rainforest
One unusual session at NYC Jewelry Week in November was a screening of the documentary River of Gold. Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy...
No Jewelers Were Killed During Industry Crimes in 2019
Every year, at the Jewelers’ Security Alliance's annual luncheon, president John Kennedy asks attendees to observe a moment of silence for all the...
WD Sues 6 Lab-Grown Diamond Companies Over Patents
On Thursday, the Carnegie Institution of Washington and M7D Corp.—the legal name of WD Lab Grown Diamonds—sued six created-diamond companies for...
Canadian Jewellers Association Hires Director of Loss Prevention
Kelly Ross (pictured) has been appointed managing director of loss prevention for the Canadian Jewellers Association and Jewellers Vigilance...
U.S. Sanctions Diamond Dealer for Allegedly Aiding Hezbollah
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Lebanese diamond dealer Nazem Said Ahmad (pictured) for...
Rolex Sues La Californienne Over Altered Watches
This summer, JCK’s Amy Elliott wrote that La Californienne’s “reimagined” Cartier and Rolex watches will either “thrill or horrify”...