This week: Planned Diamond District hotel ends up in legal dispute. Indian diamond company comes under legal lens. And the best American watchmakers. All below.
Jewelry market cools in July
– Ultra-rich are still “shopping for luxury”
Why Blue Nile’s rebirth sputtered
Pandora bringing lab-grown diamonds to U.S. stores
– Pandora’s U.S. sales down 12%
– CEO calls business “recession proof”
– Pandora appoints new chief marketing officer
– “Recycled gold: beyond the PR”
– Fast Company is impressed
WWD: “Newcomer jewelers” embracing lab
More consumers proposing with nontraditional engagement rings
Paul Zimnisky: Supply chain transparency “game changer” for diamond industry
– Australian laboratory develops diamond “fingerprint”
Sarine rolls out in-house grading
– Podcast on artificial intelligence and diamonds
Sotheby’s to sell NFT jewelry item at upcoming auction
Richemont wants to keep ex-Bulgari CEO off board
Swiss watch exports hit eight-year high
– Watches of Switzerland’s U.S. sales double in first quarter
– Still long waiting lists for Rolexes
Consignment still “touchy” for jewelry creators
Sarena Williams Jewelry debuts direct-to-consumer website
Mikimoto refreshes California boutiques
Cartier closing store in Chicago’s Michigan Ave.; Swarovski moving next door
How listening can boost jewelers’ sales
J.C. Penney appoints new chief financial officer
Kohl’s gets new chief marketing officer
Hodinkee editor Jack Forster decamps to WatchBox
The “mystery behind the Diamond Dealers Club of Australia”
Diamond District hotel mired in legal dispute
Indian authorities say “N-Group” has cost tax losses
Gupta-linked diamond seller raided in Johannesburg
Russian sanctions prove a blessing for Gem Diamonds
New Jersey man arrested for allegedly conning woman into buying $330,000 in gold bars
The accused killer of “Hutch the Jeweler” and his bad-luck cellphone story
New jewelry scams involve pickpocketing
Saudi Arabia’s jewelry sector tops economic activities
Indian jewelry stocks are looking good
Audemars Piguet’s “quiet path toward sustainability”
Moyo Gems celebrates three-year anniversary
Young social media users abandoning Facebook
Profile of former JCK editor Monica McLaughlin’s jewelry Substack
Jewels from famed Spanish shipwreck go on display
Jewelry that grows “like flowers on a vine”
Q&A with jewelry studio director Jeff Georgantes
The best American watchmakers
Kate Middleton changed engagement ring to “avoid her worst nightmare”
Jake Paul spent $20,000 on custom diamond ring with “taunting message”
Millie Bobby Brown sparks engagement rumors with diamond ring
Metal detector enthusiast finds lost wedding ring at New Hampshire beach
Boy finds jewelry box of woman who lost everything in flood
Elderly woman reunited with her 60-year-old engagement ring
Woman stirs controversy for wanting to buy her own engagement ring
Media Watch
The New York Times on Russian diamonds
CNN and Fortune India on lab-grown diamonds
Axios profiles Atlanta jeweler Icebox
From the Blog
Why Blue Nile’s Rebirth Sputtered
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District, Episode 76: Mark Smelzer
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