Jan. 17 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

Hey everyone, we have a new "Jewelry District" podcast out! Tune in to hear JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and me discuss what should be...

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...

Jan. 10 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week in Diamond Shavings: Why Warren Buffett may have passed on Tiffany. Man found smuggling almost 300 diamonds in his gut. And the Diamond...

Roll Call for 2019’s Departing Jewelry Retailers

As we do every year, we would like to pay tribute to all the jewelry retailers that closed up shop last year. After the Jewelers Board of Trade...

$1 Million Mercury Free Challenge May Have an Answer (But Not $1 Million)

Last year, jeweler and designer Toby Pomeroy launched a $1 million challenge to find an alternative to the widespread use of mercury in artisanal...

Jan. 3 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

Hope everyone had a great holiday and new year! This week in Diamond Shavings: How did jewelers find the holiday? Indian customs broking...

My Favorite Jewelry Promotions of 2019

As I have for the past seven years, once again I would like to spotlight my favorite jewelry promotions of the past 12 months, from companies both...

Dec. 27 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

Hope everyone had/is having a great holiday! 2019 was a weird year, as basically every year is, and what better way to celebrate that with...

25 of the Best Jewelry-Related Reads of 2019

As I do every year, I would like to spotlight my favorite articles from 2019 on jewelry and related industries and topics that did not appear on...

JCK’s 2019 Holiday Jewelry Commercial Roundup

Welcome to JCK's 10th annual holiday commercial roundup. Each year, I like to do the roundup differently. In past years, I have supplemented my...