This week: How AI is shaking up shopping. Woman takes on Denver jeweler in gold-weighing case. And Jewelers Helping Jewelers founder makes the news. All below.
Tenoris: U.S. jewelry sales rise 3% in November, as customers buy pricier pieces
Leading jewelers discuss their biggest fears for 2026
Why jewelry may become fashion’s fastest-growing category
New 15% Swiss tariff will be retroactive to mid-November
– Lawmakers calls Trump gifts “golden handouts”
– Patek Philippe expected to cut prices after tariff drop
– What shippers need to know about potential tariff refunds
Mexico’s 50% tariff on Indian goods shocks Surat
– U.S. tariffs ruin education dreams for Indian children
Tariff exemption gives Antwerp diamond sector a new lease on life
De Beers tweaks sight boxes to support small rough
Alrosa sees India as a key partner
What’s in store for the Northwest Territories after diamond mining
IMF: Botswana’s economy has “deteriorated markedly”
Hi-ho silver! Gold’s little brother soars
Goldman Sachs poll of investors finds many think gold will hit $5,000
– It’s becoming a “speculative asset”
Rolex CEO says watchmaker is committed to standard retail
Woman wins case against Denver jeweler for unlicensed gold-weighing scale
Report: FBI probes Lugano’s diamond deals
Starburst inclusions in yellow diamond stump GIA
GIA has redesigned its colored stone reports
Report: Bennahmias in talks to take control of De Bethune
Kering makes strategic investment in Chinese jewelry brand Borland
Private equity firm TPG considers sale of stake in jeweler APM Monaco
Australia lab-grown jewelry chain headed for administration
Saks Global may have to file for bankruptcy, analysts say
– Saks sues to prevent chief merchant from defecting to Nordstrom
A reporter tours New York City’s department stores
How AI is disrupting shopping (gift link)
– Retailers hope AI will tell them where to put new stores
Legendary retailer Juell Kadet dies
Seattle jeweler Frederick Joseph Bennett Sr. dies
Florida jewelry store owner killed in gas explosion
Killers of Michigan jeweler get life in prison
Farmington, Conn., jeweler sells store to rival
A look at Day Jewelers’ ninth store
Step inside J.R. Dunn Jewelers’ expanded flagship
Ross-Simons gets new e-commerce VP
Responsible Jewellery Council names standards committee co-chairs
Martin Leake leaves DMCC
Washington Post profiles Jewelers Helping Jewelers founder Aleah Arundale’s efforts for immigrants
– Also: The Free Press, NBC Chicago affiliate
Olivia Wilde makes jewelry pendants to raise money for L.A. fire victims
Watch owned by Francis Ford Coppola sells for $10.8 million at auction
Sarah Jessica Parker touts “rarity” of lab-grown diamonds
How Cartier’s Panthère became a jewelry icon
Six book gifts for the jewelry and watch lover
Shopper finds silver jewelry in estate-sale “box of random junk”
An old jeweler’s trick could unlock next-generation nuclear clocks
Media Watch
Today on lab-grown versus natural diamonds
Signet CEO on that same topic (video)
New York Times on bezel-set engagement rings
60 Minutes on Swiss watchmaking
From the Podcast
CIBJO and “Synthetic,” a Rare Watch and Gem: The Jewelry District
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