Looks like a
“luxury” Christmas.
Jewelry commercial
round-up.
Zale 10Q.
– Company talked up on
Nightly Business Report.
– Wall
Street Journal on Zale. Nothing really new.
Smartphones and
retail jewelers.
– Blue
Nile’s mobile strategy.
– Blue Nile’s stock surges.
Harry Winston sales up 88%.
– “Sparkling season” for
Canadian miners.
Tiffany stock at highest
point since 1987.
Diamond commodity fund launched.
Company site here.
– Polished prices increase.
Purple-pink diamond makes $1 million a carat.
GIA: Treated diamonds
gets larger.
Alrosa is leading diamond producer in
2010.
– Now a “joint
custodian” of industry.
Zimbabwe wants to nationalize
all its mines.
– Or maybe not. “Mixed messages,” the
FT says.
Wikileaks and
Zimbabwe’s diamonds.
– Dealer named, denies.
– Edahn Golan’s thoughts.
Kimberlimbo
– Negotiations between Zimbabwe and KP continue.
– Zim told “take
it or leave it.” ($$)
– Zimbabwe newspaper talking tough.
– So is India.
Africa Report on Cote
d’Ivore diamond smuggling.
Congo’s child
diamond miners. (Video.)
Diamond company manager alleges
assault by owners. Truly strange story.
Crime Watch:
Lawsuit over “switched” diamond will proceed.
Groupon “most cloned business” in
web history.
Iphone with diamonds
and dinosaurs.
Jewelry business “lends itself to
lying.”
Somone drops diamond ring into Salvation
Army bucket. (Video)
Media Watch:
– Minneapolis
Star Tribune on DNA Diamonds.
– Newsday’s
favorite jewelry shops.
– Two views on diamond marketing: Here
and here.
From the Blog:
Smartphones
and Retail Jewelers.
WikiLeaks
and the Kimberley Process.
Holiday
Jewelry Commercial Preview. (Part One.)
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