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Feb. 25 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

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This week: Americans turn away from online shopping. Amazon sues sites for allegedly selling fake reviews. And jewelry highlights from the Super Bowl. All below.

 

Russian Roulette

– U.S. Treasury sanctions target Alrosa and its CEO

– Alrosa’s stock collapses

– E.U. sanctions roil Antwerp’s diamond district

– Surat suspends operations

– How Russian invasion will upend supply chains

– Putin’s war helped by $130 billion gold hoard

– Could Russian sanctions target Russian diamonds?

 

Gold price tops $1,900 as world tensions grow

– Price slips after President Biden announces sanctions

 

De Beers raises prices of smaller diamonds

– Diamond market at a standoff

– De Beers bounces back to profit in 2021

– Botswana diamond trader posts record results

– De Beers returns diamond sights to Gaborone

 

Will tourism resurgence hurt diamond business?

 

Lab-grown diamonds become growth industry in China

 

Interview with Alex and Ani CEO Scott Burger

 

Pandora plans 28 shop-in-shop locations at Macy’s

 

Will LVMH purchase Ralph Lauren?

 

E-commerce lost market share in 2022

 

Can the metaverse provide retailers with real-world profits?

 

Amazon planning to open first fashion storefront

– Amazon sues sites for selling fake reviews

 

Is Rolex no longer a retail brand?

– Bonhams auction suggests Rolex bubble is far from bursting

 

Pressure grows on watch industry over “green” claims

 

Is Fairtrade or Fairmined gold elitist?

 

Former DDI executive director Dorothée Gizenga dies

 

Cadar names Jean Poh CEO

 

Sam Broekema appointed editor-in-chief of Only Natural Diamonds

 

Dubai overtakes Antwerp as top rough exporter

– Israeli bourse opens Dubai office

 

Petra extends lives of Cullinan, Finsch mines

 

De Beers betting on India’s middle class

 

Why the De Beers Cullinan Blue is an exceptional diamond

 

Can Pandora triple Chinese revenue?

 

Jewelry highlights at the Super Bowl

 

Jeweler helps design Super Bowl engagement surprise

 

Designer installs gumball machine at Bergdorf’s

 

The New Yorker: Everyone can be Liz Taylor on jewelry Instagram

 

TikToker tried selling ring from ex—and jeweler called it fake

 

Tiffany tie-in with Eileen Gu is a “perfect match”

 

Signet CEO Gina Drosos on how she keeps employees engaged

 

Copies of Altobelli’s appraisal book are available for free 

 

Aaron Jones turning father’s ashes into man-made diamonds

 

Pictures of diamond ghost town swallowed by sand

 

More than $200,000 in props, including jewels, stolen from set of Netflix’s The Crown

 

Indian miner becomes millionaire in 26 ct. diamond find

 

Thanks for the shoutout, Writer’s Bone

 

From JCK Pro (Subscription)

10 Reasons 2021 Was a Fantastic Year for Jewelry

 

From the Blog

Interview With Alex And Ani CEO Scott Burger

Could Russian Sanctions Target Russian Diamonds?

 

From the Podcast   

The Jewelry District, Episode 63: Tucson Gem Shows, Kering, and Small Diamonds

 

 

Have a safe and healthy weekend.

 

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By: Rob Bates

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