This week: De Beers and Botswana said to be close to an agreement. Tiffany and Nike aren’t winning fans in China. Plus: Neil Lane’s ketubahs. All below.

 

U.S. seeks to tighten rules on Russian diamonds

– Belgian prime minister calls them “blood diamonds”

– E.U. considers capping imports

– State Dept. engages with gold industry over sanctions

 

More U.S. jewelry stores opened, fewer closed in 2022

 

Tenoris: December jewelry sales fall

 

Nike x Tiffany & Co. shoe collab sets Internet on fire

– Gets “lukewarm reception” in China

– A sign of “luxury’s new direction”?

– Report: Tiffany creative director departing

 

Audemars Piguet plans certified pre-owned program

 

Gold hits nine-month high

 

Report: Brilliant Earth conducts layoffs

– Opens North Carolina showroom

 

De Beers, Botswana talks enter “last lap” (subscription)

 

Sales decline at De Beers’ first sight

– Anglo American expresses “cautious optimism” for diamond growth

 

Surat’s diamond sparkle fades as industry faces recession

– Diamond trade looks to lab-grown

 

India makes “sweeping reform” to promote lab-grown sector

– Government statement on lab-grown

– Some welcome this

– Some not so much

 

Ya’akov Almor on Rapaport and lab-grown

 

GIA introduces new lab-grown and light performance reports

 

Charles & Colvard’s sales and net income falls

 

GIA examines rare 126 ct. cat’s-eye emerald

 

Former AGTA president Bilgore sounds off on responsible sourcing

 

The RealReal names new CEO

 

Greenland Ruby appoints new CEO

 

Armenian Jewelers, WJA, DCA add directors

 

Jewelers for Children, JA, Edge announce new honorees

 

Kohl’s lays off 60 at corporate headquarters

 

Lowe’s is now selling jewelry

 

New Miami jewelry building set to open in first quarter

 

How Daniel’s Jewelers designs stores for Hispanic customers

 

A Burlington, Vt., jewelry store will sell once-stolen necklace

 

When resale companies go bankrupt, who is left holding the bag?

 

Can India survive Adani’s $100 billion collapse?

 

Six banks join Grant Thornton in case against Winsome’s Mehtas

 

Antwerp raids turn up 50 million euros worth of gems

 

Queens, N.Y., jeweler found guilty of money laundering

 

Tennessee jeweler pleads guilty in jewelry heist

 

Jewelers worry about fake Native American jewelry at gem show

 

Companies try to fight “scourge” of bogus online reviews

 

Bulgari sisters in “billion-dollar family feud” (subscription)

 

Take a tour of jewelry mogul Kendra Scott’s expansive (i.e., expensive) Texas home

 

Also, take a tour of Neil Lane’s home

– Lane designing ketubahs

 

Book pays tribute to the founder of Fred

 

Town & Country wonders: Does Kim Kardashian have good taste in jewelry?

 

Hailey Bieber pairs bikini top with over $350K worth of diamonds

 

In photo, Beyoncé goes naked except for diamonds

 

Woman is sick of family’s snide comments about engagement ring

 

Reality-show host “feeling heat” after selling engagement ring within days of splitting up with ex

 

Scientists use lasers to transform plastic into tiny diamonds

 

Subway is giving away a diamond-encrusted Super Bowl ring

 

University of Alberta finds new knowledge in “superdeep” diamond

 

Media Watch

Scripps: “Why do we put so much worth in diamonds?”

 

From the Blog

U.S. Seeks to Tighten Rules on Russian Diamonds

 

From the Podcast   

The Jewelry District, Episode 88: VicenzaOro Recap, Sarine Acquiring GCAL, and Noncompetes

 

 

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