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Jan. 6 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup 

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This week: How reliable are TikTok’s jewelry hacks? After 21 years, couple finds engagement ring in toilet. Woman buys brooch for $24 at thrift fair—and it’s a million-dollar royal jewel. All below.

 

Jewelry sales fell 5.4% over holiday, survey says

– Jewelers benefit from last-minute rush

– Holiday sales down but decent

 

Looking Back at 2022

– The 40 best jewelry-related quotes

– My favorite jewelry promotions

– 30 of the best jewelry reads (subscription)

– The 10 weirdest jewelry stories

– JCK’s 10 most listened to podcasts

– Favorite jewelry trends of the year

National Jeweler remembers those we said goodbye to

– Roll call for 2022’s departing jewelers

 

Looking Ahead to 2023

– 23 jewelry leaders make bold predictions for the industry in 2023 (subscription)

– Rapaport collects industry predictions

– Watch industry predictions for 2023

– Six jewelry trends likely to rock (subscription)

– Seven jewelry trends experts think will be big

– JCK’s predictions for the year to come (audio)

 

Rolex starts new year with price increases

– Reporter falls into gray market when buying a watch

 

Swatch Group plans to stay out of secondhand market, CEO says

 

Harry Winston comes to the metaverse

 

Paul Zimnisky: Lab diamond sales rise as prices fall

 

Edahn Golan: Why rough diamond prices are falling

– Diamond prices end year with decline

 

De Beers’ rough sales near $6 billion for the year

 

The world’s richest diamond mines

 

Two-thirds of Generation Z open to engagement ring without a diamond

 

How should luxury brands handle controversy?

 

Kassoy showroom set to close

 

How a jeweler lost $1.6 million in 24 hours

 

More than 100 jobs saved after watch, repair business taken out of administration

 

Kristin Cavallari reaches settlement with jewelry designer who accused her of infringement

 

Money laundering charges dropped against Beny Steinmetz

 

Push for gold leaves toxic legacy in Zimbabwe

 

List of stores Macy’s is closing this year

 

Amazon to lay off 18,000

 

Bovet owner buys 100% of business

 

Watchshop acquired by Frasers Group

 

Missouri jeweler (and former wrestler) Manoli Savvenas dies

 

California jeweler Fredric Harold Rubel dies

 

The New York Times obit and Wallpaper tribute to Daniel Brush

 

IGI vet Monika Biernacka joins GSI

 

Bruce Lake becomes Vibhor’s national director of sales

 

Becka Johnson Kibby promoted to VP at Edge Retail Academy

 

Jeweler warns against TikTok jewelry hacks

– Woman swears by her TikTok hack

 

How jewelry brands cash in on Instagram

 

GIA starts rolling out all-digital reports

 

Rough diamonds become status symbols

 

LVMH sets up platform for archival content

 

Montblanc sees opportunity in airports, smaller cities

 

Van Cleef & Arpels’ Pennsylvania Boutique has touch of Paris

 

How this jeweler became an orchestra conductor (for 4 minutes)

 

Piecing together clues from the Tiffany flagship renovation

 

A sneak peek at Blackpink’s Rosé in Tiffany & Co’s new global campaign

– Why stars like Blackpink are “ideal jewelry ambassadors”

 

Prince Harry details Meghan Markle’s wedding-tiara drama in memoir

 

How a Yellowknife, NWT, jeweler’s necklace ended up on Billie Eilish in Vogue photo shoot

 

Is Cher wearing an engagement ring?

 

Bella Hadid is rocking a tooth gem

 

The fascinating history of the Emperor Maximillian diamond

 

How a trip to Bahrain spelled success for Cartier

 

Grandview Klein has new phone number

 

Ben Bridge gives $110,000 in grants for 110th anniversary

 

Woman complains that fiancé skimped on engagement ring

 

Miss Manners looks at whether woman should tell boyfriend he gave her fake diamonds

 

After 21 years, couple finds engagement ring in toilet

 

Woman buys brooch for $24 at thrift fair—turns out to be million-dollar royal jewel

 

From JCK Pro

30 of the Best Jewelry Reads of 2022 (subscription)

 

From the Blog

Roll Call for 2022’s Departing Retailers

How This Jeweler Became an Orchestra Conductor (for 4 Minutes)

The 10 Weirdest Jewelry Stories of 2022

My Favorite Jewelry Promotions Of 2022

The 40 Best Jewelry-Related Quotes Of 2022

 

From the Podcast   

The Jewelry District, Episode 86: 2023 Predictions

 

Have a happy and healthy 2023!

 

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By: Rob Bates

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