This week: Target’s Black Friday sales prices aren’t different from normal. Are lab-grown diamond prices too high? And you can’t buy the Lego Cartier watch (but it’s cool). All below.

 

Jewelry scores on record-setting Black Friday

– Consumers keep accruing debt

– Target caught offering regular sales prices as Black Friday deals

 

Gold price seems headed for a new record

 

David Bouffard leaving roles at Signet, RJC

 

Russian ban may also target lab-grown diamonds

– Sanctions coverage from AFP and Politico

– Wired profiles diamond-tracking company Opsydia

 

Diamond market “seeing an uptick” (video)

– Surat’s diamond units reopen after recession-induced long holidays

 

Watch and jewelry sustainability efforts still weak, WWF says

– Business students crave “luxury with a conscience”

 

Walmart expands lab-grown collection

 

Searches increase for lab-grown tennis bracelets

 

Forbes (and Martin Rapaport) ask if lab-grown diamond prices are too high

 

Bain predicts fine jewelry and luxury market will show strong growth

 

Danny Govberg: Watch market slowing but still good

 

Farfetch founder plans to take company private

– Is Richemont deal dead?

– A “Richemont headache”

 

CEO of Fred Jewelry brand moves to Chaumet top job

 

Macy’s new marketing chief will bring “retail theater”

 

Liz Rodbell returns as Hudson’s Bay CEO

 

Thomas Sabo announces new CEO

 

Claire’s appoints new chief financial, operations officer

 

LVMH seeks U.S. jewelry designers

 

More states eliminating transaction counts for remote sales taxes

 

New study analyzes consumers’ social commerce habits

 

Tanishq opens two more U.S. stores

 

Millennials favor “neo-vintage” watches

 

Spanish conservation group asks Diamond Foundry not to put up towers

– Complains to environmental prosecutor’s office

– Swiss newspaper predicts preservationists will lose

 

Isabel dos Santos fights bid to freeze her assets

 

New Angolan mine opens amid backdrop of weak demand

– “New era for Angola’s diamonds”

 

Rio Tinto sells stake in Canadian mine

 

RioZim’s future secured by $100 million investments

 

“Pink Supreme” sells for $11 million in Hong Kong

 

Earrings could fetch $12 million at a Christie’s auction

 

Andy Warhol’s Patek Philippe pops up in Christie’s sale

 

Cartier worked with Timothée Chalamet on Wonka necklace

 

David Morris introduces first campaign using AI

 

Lightbox teams up with brand founded by former Tiffany exec

 

MJSA producing “Why I’m a Jeweler” videos

– Making jewelry got NPR correspondent out of “creative rut”

 

Jewelry entrepreneur hides safety tech in necklaces

 

Tiny diamonds may block the spread of cancer

 

Brides: What to do if a diamond falls out of your engagement ring

 

Gold jewelry discovered at ancient tomb in Egypt

 

Taco Bell grew diamonds from taco shells

 

Images of Lego Cartier watch go viral

 

From the Podcast      

The Jewelry District, Episode 109, Guest: Olga Oleksenko

 

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