This week: Should the lab-grown diamond industry get off the Rapaport list? Map reveals where the Nazis stored looted gold and diamonds. And a diamond dealer’s favorite negotiating tricks. All below.
Jamie Singleton elevated to Signet president in exec reshuffle
Charles Stanley retiring from De Beers
Sarine to purchase GCAL—what that means
The IGI grading lab is up for sale
Lucara Diamond CEO: Russian diamonds should be sanctioned
– Botswana sees strong diamond demand as buyers shun Russia
Surat diamond industry sheds 20,000 jobs in Surat
Indian industry seeks abolition of lab-grown import duty
Marty Hurwitz: Lab-grown industry needs to get off Rap
Lab-grown diamond company Adamas One’s annual report
Avi Krawitz: Six stories that will shape the diamond market in 2023
The IDEX memo written by artificial intelligence
How blockchain will transform luxury
TikTok releases 2023 trend report for marketers
Registration for JCK Las Vegas 2023 show is now open
– 2023 Jewelers for Children Facets of Hope honorees named
What will watch brands launch in 2023?
How Omega Watches blew up 2022
Morgan Stanley says Rolexes are a poor investment
The 2023 Golden Globes: diamonds and understatement
– Jewelry roundups from Town & Country, National Jeweler, The Zoe Report
– All the details on Rihanna’s diamonds
LVMH jewelry division to take over Tiffany management
Bulgari plans to double production, expand Milan flagship
David Yurman appoints new chief marketing officer
National Jeweler editor taking over GemGuide
Rebecca Shukan joins Omi Privé
Oris promotes VJ Geronimo
Prominent Delaware jeweler Al Morris dies
Legendary jewelry sales David Ellis dies at 85
Jeweler turns a tiny house into a mobile store
More bad reports about working conditions from Australian jeweler Lovisa
How to support artisanal gem miners
How “blood gold” damages the Amazon rain forest in Venezuela
Shadowy hands behind unrest at Asia’s largest diamond mine
– Fear of violence stalls project
Scammers set up fake e-commerce sites with phony discounts
Kentucky CPB officers seeing increase in counterfeit jewelry shipments
Israelis caught smuggling gold, jewelry from Dubai
More than 2,000 diamonds seized in Angola in 2022
Nazi treasure map available to public, reveals possible location of gold, diamond trove
Social media posts lead to capture of jewelry thieves
Berlin thieves on trial for palace heist return damaged diamonds
King Charles III’s coronation crown is getting an update
Prince Harry shows off necklace broken during alleged assault
Belgian diamond mogul selling his house
Start-up making DNA jewelry strikes out on Shark Tank
Crematorium offers opportunity to turn loved ones into jewelry
Canadian jeweler helps woman with wedding ring injury
Woman refuses to give grandfather’s diamonds to stepsister
Media Watch
Inc. looks at how to negotiate like a diamond dealer (video)
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District, Episode 86: 2023 Predictions
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