Jewelers Plan for Holiday Priced in Volatile Gold

Gold is $1,300 off its January high and its price won’t stand still. With the holidays a little over two months out, the volatility,...

JIS Fall 2026 Opens Oct. 16 With 600-Plus Exhibitors and a New Holiday Theme

Assuming everything goes according to plan, at 9:59 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, Sara McDonough will be standing in the Miami Beach Convention Center...

What Fine Jewelers Can Learn From the Luxury Travel Boom

Of all the competitive threats facing jewelers today, the growth in luxury travel may be the most consequential. While soft luxury categories such as...

Luxury Jewelers Open Fewer Stores but Larger Flagships

Luxury jewelry and watch brands are opening fewer stores but investing more heavily in flagship locations, according to a new report from JLL, the...

When the Gold Rush Broke the Refining Pipeline

During the last week of January, as gold blew past $5,500 an ounce and every jewelry drawer in America suddenly held real money, United Precious...

School in Session: How Three 100-Year-Old Jewelry Retailers Turned Training Into a Survival Strategy

The jewelry industry has spent 2026 writing big checks to solve its talent problem from the outside in—most visibly Jewelers Mutual’s record $10...

McKinsey’s Holiday Shopping Forecast: Consumers Plan to Spend Less on Jewelry

McKinsey & Co.'s ConsumerWise survey, conducted in late July and early August, found that 43% of consumers expect to spend less on jewelry during...

Kay Overhauls Website and Stores Under New “Love All In” Platform

With its new "Love All In" campaign, Signet Jewelers is rebranding Kay as jewelry for everyday expressions of love, using smaller moments of...

August Jewelry Sales Rise 5%, Driven by Higher Ticket Values

Independent jewelry retailers recorded a 5% year-over-year increase in gross sales in August, even as unit sales declined 8%, according to monthly...

4 Tips to Get You Ready for the 2026 Holiday Season

Summer road trips are in the rearview mirror, pumpkin spice tops the menus, and Halloween candy fills every endcap. Oh, and if you haven’t started...