This week: Swatch will let customers design watches with AI. Why Lauren Sánchez should get a new ring. And world’s most expensive tires contain diamonds and gold. All below.
Store closings likely to hit record this year
India “very close” to trade deal with U.S., Trump says
– How tariffs are reshaping the jewelry industry
Botswana president: “De Beers is not doing its job”
Ekati mine halts operations, hundreds laid off
– Should the regional government have financially helped mines?
Canadian company hopes to turn diamond deposit into mine
Surat manufacturers still feeling gloomy
– Zimbabwe mine workers worried about industry
Diamond prices may recover just in time for Petra
Edahn Golan: Lab-grown diamond wholesale prices drop 7%
– Walmart selling half-carat diamond earrings for $67
Gem trade takes harder line on synthetics
IGI reiterates desire to grade lab-growns same as natural
– John Jeffay: Grading question mirrors industry divide
Wall Street Journal on natural versus lab-grown (Also: The Times)
Israeli bourse leaves WFDB as four other countries apply
Signet slips down NRF’s top 100 retailers list
Richemont’s jewelry sales defy luxury slowdown
Watches of Switzerland opens first all-jewelry flagship
Swiss watchmakers worried as state support ends
– Swiss watch exports continue to fall
Swatch to allow consumers to design watches using AI
Samsung may produce AI-powered jewelry
Jewelers Mutual acquires JIBNA’s personal jewelry business
Former De Beers CEO Philippe Mellier dies
Rio Tinto appoints new CEO
Couture taps Eric Ford as brand director
Saks Global hires Neiman Marcus vet as CFO
Nordstrom names new CFO
Chrono24 gets first chief growth officer
Brad Campbell, John Liebler join Clientbook
Oscar Heyman co-president Lewis Heyman retires
James Avery mourns loss of young family member in flood
– Its flood relief charm sells out (video)
Forensic jeweler IDs bodies through rings and necklaces
Company director arrested in Hong Kong over silver jewelry transactions
Disney sues Hong Kong jeweler over Mickey Mouse trademark
Louis Vuitton reveals cyberhack
Breaking down the defamation suit against Ronald Winston
Has Hodinkee changed under Watches of Switzerland?
Sierra Leone youth bring mined land back to life
92nd Street Y selects artist in residence
Spielberg’s production company and Tinder Swindler producer working on diamond heist documentary
Jennifer Lopez will keep 8.5 ct. green diamond ring in divorce settlement
Drake wears Beauty and the Beast–themed diamond-encrusted chain
Jewelry designers call Lauren Sánchez’s $5 million wedding ring impractical and easy to lose
– Does her engagement ring belong in a museum?
Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce buy custom-made matching jewelry
Actress Sofia Andres purchases diamond ring for herself
Unexpected connection between Kelly Osbourne’s engagement ring and Joan Rivers
World’s most expensive tires have diamonds and gold inside
“Family heirloom” engagement ring turns out to be from Walmart
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District: Guest Beth Hutchens
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