Retailer and Designer Lugano Diamonds Purchased for $256 Million
Lugano Diamonds, a four-store upscale retailer and jewelry designer based in Newport Beach, Calif., has been purchased by investment company Compass...
Inside Jesper Nielsen’s Ill-Fated Multilevel Marketing Company
As a stay-at-home mom with two children, Mary Francese had spent the last four years doing multilevel marketing (MLM) for a variety of products. ...
Solving New Trends in the New Normal
2020 has seen explosive growth in two disruptive areas: online shopping and lab-grown diamonds.
From electronics to jewelry, the way consumers...
Watch Guru Danny Goldsmith Blends Art and Time in New Store
Historically, salons were gathering spaces where people exchanged ideas, talked to intellectuals, and debated the latest criticism. Take that...
Ross-Simons Hires Signet Vet As CMO
Luxury Brand Holdings, parent company of Ross-Simons, has hired Signet Jewelers veteran Cathy Fischer (pictured) as its new chief marketing officer....
Greenwich St. Jewelers Remembers: “9/11 Was the Catalyst for So Much Change”
Like many who lived through the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, jeweler Jennifer Gandia remembers the day and subsequent weeks with a series of...
Four Jewelry Companies Land on Inc. Fastest-Growing List
In a challenging business environment including coronavirus impacts, at least four jewelry companies made the Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the...
Bucherer Completes Flagship Revamp, Debuts Blue Collection in U.S.
Earlier this summer, JCK reported that Tourneau changed its name to Bucherer and was turning Tourneau's TimeMachine at 12 E. 57th St. in New York...
Detroit Jeweler Rebel Nell Evolves With Artists and Baseball Dugouts
It takes a bold set of jewelers to collaborate with one of their favorite artists—and then take apart the finished work. (more…)
Signet’s Hot Streak Continues As Sales Soar
Signet Jewelers posted another strong set of results for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 (ended July 31), leading the company to boost its fiscal...
Jewelry E-tailer Brilliant Earth Files For IPO
On Aug. 30, Brilliant Earth Group, owner of the San Francisco–based jewelry e-tailer of the same name, filed for an initial public offering (IPO)...