This week: BHP and Anglo aren’t getting hitched. Zales undergoes a brand refresh. And someone stole all of Britney Spears’ jewelry. All below.
Botswana president Masisi wants De Beers to quickly separate from Anglo
– Masisi sees synthetics as a threat to the country’s economy
– Edahn Golan on what a De Beers sale could look like
BHP walks away from deal with Anglo American
– South Africa helped with Anglo’s defense
– Why did bid fall apart? (video)
Rapaport looks at Russian diamond sanctions
– Pro-sanctions group weighs their effectiveness
– U.S. Treasury sanctions Wagner Group–linked entities in Central African Republic
Swiss watch exports bounce back
David Yurman expands to U.K. with Watches of Switzerland partnership
– Why Watches of Switzerland needs Rolex pre-owned watch program
Hearts on Fire announces global rebrand
Zales revamps image
Fortune on “the cult of Costco”
T.J. Maxx goes viral for selling cheap dupes of luxury jewelry
IGI exhibits world’s largest lab-grown at JCK Show
Is the era of quiet luxury over?
Is luxury afraid of storytelling?
Indian jewelers protest Tanishq’s offer of free gold coin
Alaska charges jeweler over alleged false claims about gold jewelry
Christie’s says hackers stole “limited” client data
How climate change is affecting gem mining
Northwest Territories must realign mining strategy
Bulk of gold smuggled from Africa sent to United Arab Emirates
Assessing the risks of recycled gold
The Rapaport Diamond Podcast hosts good conversation with Hertz Hasenfeld (audio)
London Diamond Bourse gets new president
Nissim Zuaretz elected president of Israel Diamond Exchange
– Wants to “kill” synthetics
Watchmaker and instructor Antoine Simonin dies
Antwerp mourns industry veteran Willy Rotti
Two men convicted of killing Detroit-area jeweler Dan Hutchinson
Nondisclosure agreements may be illegal
Rapper Sean Kingston charged with stealing $480,000 in jewelry
Kathy Hilton collaborates on lab-grown diamond jewelry with Anna Zuckerman
Jeweler Adam Neeley’s “mind-bending” work gets its own exhibition
Good Morning America sits down with curator of hip-hop jewelry exhibit
Cartier Tutti Frutti necklace smashes presale estimate
Sunny von Bülow’s jewelry goes up for sale at Christie’s
Meghan Markle’s diamond necklace from Diana under scrutiny
Britney Spears says all her jewelry has been stolen
Jane Fonda adorned herself with 4,000 diamonds at Cannes
Zoë Kravitz is into toe rings
A look at “Hollywood’s favorite jeweler”: Joseff of Hollywood
Media Watch
Essence on lab-grown diamonds
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