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July 29 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup  

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This week: Man sues postal service for not insuring his jewelry. Minnesota jeweler warns about “street scammers.” And why the secondhand watch market has melted down. All below.

 

Remembering Terry Castro, celebrated jewelry designer of Castro NYC

 

Shinola CEO Shannon Washburn retires

 

Industry closures rising again, JBT says

 

De Beers CEO “cautious” about U.S. demand in second half

– De Beers appoints VP of code of origin, trade services

– De Beers sees “strong” first-half results

 

GIA hires first VP of ESG

– GIA source verification launched

– GIA to open lab in Dubai

 

Russian sanctions make Indian diamantaires lose “a fifth of their revenues”

– Sanctions boost demand for lab-grown diamonds

 

This man helped to found the lab-grown diamond business. Now he’s “distraught”

 

Report: Mehtas face global asset tracking in U.K. court

 

Michigan jeweler sentenced in $12 million diamond fraud scheme

 

Man sues U.S. Postal Service for not insuring jewelry (registration required)

 

Rochester, Minn., jeweler warns against street scammers

 

Russian blood diamonds smuggler Viktor Bout may be part of prisoner swap

 

Diamond exports to support Botswana’s economy in 2022

 

This may be the largest pink diamond found in 300 years

 

Lucara Diamond cofounder Lukas Lundin dies

 

Jewelers of America elects four new directors to its board

 

Evan Yurman wants to “reinvent” his father’s company

 

The M Jewelers acquired by Red Luxury

 

Zenith watches join Rolex and Patek on wait lists as sales surge

 

Ukraine war, Bitcoin crash, Brexit all cooling secondhand watch market

– “Panic selling” not filtering down to the primary market

 

Boucheron, Pomellato deliver solid performance for Kering

 

Tiffany & Co. debuts new social impact platform

 

Shopify laying off 10% of its team

 

Queen Elizabeth II’s most treasured jewels on display at Buckingham Palace

 

Real Housewife Erika Jayne sues to get $1.4 million in jewelry back

 

Learn how to pronounce watch brand names

 

Media Watch

Liz Claman talks to Brilliant Earth CEO

How the United States tracks conflict diamonds and other minerals (audio)

The Globe and Mail on lab-grown diamonds

Vanity Fair says diamonds are still everyone’s best friends

Reader’s Digest on what to do if your diamond falls out of its ring

 

From the Blog

This Man Helped to Found the Lab-Grown Diamond Business. Now He’s “Distraught”

 

From the Podcast   

The Jewelry District, Episode 74: Mithun Sacheti

 

Have a nice weekend!

 

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By: Rob Bates

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