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Jan. 21 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

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This week: Brands are already making money in the metaverse. What are possible uses for that 555 ct. black diamond? And Megan Fox’s engagement is apparently made of thorns. All below.

 

Signet holiday sales soar 30.4% to hit new record

– 90% of jewelers saw sales growth over the holiday

 

Retail bankruptcies are on the decline

 

Longtime De Beers exec Stephen Lussier retires

 

De Beers institutes price increase

– Avi Krawitz: The “vicious rough cycle”

– Israeli diamond exports hit record after decade of decline

– Alrosa sales hit $4.2 billion in 2021

 

Sotheby’s to sell 555 ct. black diamond, largest cut stone ever auctioned

– It’s accepting bitcoin

– The Cut tries to figure out what to do with it

 

Jewelry leads sales growth at Richemont

 

Van Cleef tries to teach a new generation how to make jewelry

 

Some luxury brands are already making money in the metaverse

– Fashion brands see it as a way to test new products

– Inside the “new metaverse economy”

 

Jewelry brands take aim at Indian high-end jewelry business

 

Generation Z fuels patriotic jewelry boom in China

 

Heritage jeweler Oscar Massin being revived with lab-grown gems

 

Will banks now finance the diamond business?

 

The United Arab Emirates scrambles to stay off FATF “watch list”

 

Kentucky UPS workers stole $11,000 in jewelry

 

Are Apple AirTags a security risk for jewelers?

 

Counterfeit designer jewelry from China discovered in Indianapolis

 

Inhorgenta Munich postponed two months

 

Watches & Wonders to go ahead as scheduled

– Return to the watch fair will bring on much “rejoicing”

 

Are watches too hard to buy?

 

Robbins Brothers appoints Ann-Marie Patton VP of stores

 

Lagos named new VP of public relations

 

WJA elects Susan Chandler new president

 

The Surat bourse has angered the Bharat bourse

 

Jewelry designer goes viral after saying engagement rings shouldn’t be a surprise

 

Jeweler reimagines bank vault into an elegant space

 

Kentucky woman’s clay jewelry brings her worldwide fame

 

Pandora says TikTok cleaning hack may damage your jewelry

 

New York Times writer quit Amazon Prime “and survived”

 

Designer turns rapid testing kits into jewelry

 

Moneybagg Yo shows off new diamond-encrusted teeth

 

Kim Kardashian mocked for new Tiffany campaign

 

Kendall Jenner is the new face of Messika

 

Megan Fox’s engagement ring is full of thorns

 

How Marilyn Monroe decided “diamonds are a girl’s best friend”

 

Media Watch

Alabama TV station worries if pandemic is damaging jewelry (video)

 

From the Blog

Are Apple AirTags a Security Risk for Jewelers?

 

From the Podcast
The Jewelry District, Episode 61: Holiday Sales, Ben Bridge, Pandora, Robbins Brothers, and Tucson

 

 

Have a safe and healthy weekend.

 

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By: Rob Bates

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