This week: Luxury jewelry hasn’t risen in price as much as handbags. Tiffany is spending gobs of cash on high jewelry positioning. And a famed boxer buys a midtown diamond exchange. All below.
Pritesh Patel named new president and CEO of GIA
– Patel says GIA launching finished-jewelry report service in India
HRD Antwerp to stop grading lab-grown diamonds
– Chinese brands try to “rescue” the category
Everyone has ideas about marketing natural diamonds
– Rapaport readers weigh in on NDC campaign
– The Clear Cut founder talks with De Beers CEO Al Cook about Lightbox (video)
– Further LinkedIn thoughts from Sean Dunn, Jeffrey Mann, Gargi Mishra, David Sherwood, Allison Charalambous, and Garry Holloway
What De Beers’ contract with Botswana means for diamonds
– De Beers’ contribution to Namibia drops
Surat diamond recovery clouded by geopolitics
– Indian industry faces future contraction, says report
Business of Fashion podcast on how jewelry is bucking luxury slump
– BoF says other luxury prices rose faster than jewelry’s over last decade
Bain sees luxury goods sector weakening in 2025
– Retail Dive podcast on Saks, Amazon, and “the state of luxury”
Gary Roskin has summary of Rapaport Breakfast at JCK
In India, demand increases for “digital gold”
– Central banks keep building up their gold hoards
– Germany, Italy pressed to bring gold home
– Gold price hurt by Israel-Iran ceasefire
Website Gemist scores $6 million in seed funding
Tiffany investing “hundreds of millions” into high jewelry, CEO says
Jewelry collective Cast closes stores and website but promises comeback
Signet’s Rocksbox starts nationwide brick-and-mortar expansion
Bloomberg reports that jewelry chain Claire’s is up for sale
Fashion retailer CaaStle files for Chapter 7
Aging QVC pins its dreams on TikTok
“Battle lines are being drawn” on Rolex certified pre-owned
Penny Ruston, cofounder of WJA Chicago, dies
Hannoush Jewelers founder dies
Jewelry brand DoDo appoints new CEO
Peter Englehart named VP of pre-owned watch seller Reklaim
Gem Legacy taps Bernadette Mack as exec director
David Webb beefs up management, sales team
Executive changes at Audemars Piguet and Panerai
Craig Simmons joins Uneek Jewelry
Hermès ups its watch game
Indian jewelry retailer BlueStone valued at $950 million
Botswana, Angola, Qatar to join the World Federation of Diamond Bourses
Tiffany threatens enforcement over Diamcor’s failure to repay loan
Research NGO looks at Central African Republic’s diamonds
De Beers promises action after inspector’s scathing report
Report: Ghana has lost $11 billion to gold smuggling
Alrosa busts diamond smuggling ring
Legislator from Armenia’s ruling party accused of diamond smuggling from Russia
Pandora, Amazon work to stop counterfeiting network
Customs nabs another big shipment of fake Cartier, Van Cleef
Marissa Collections opens in Nantucket as legal fight continues
Jewelry store employee arrested for theft after she posts selfies “dripping in diamonds”
People who steal Rolexes move on to other brands
Convicted diamond swindler skips sentencing
Harry Winston biographers staves off libel suit
Floyd Mayweather, Avi Davidov buy midtown jewelry exchange for $27 million
The story behind Lauren Sánchez’s multimillion-dollar engagement ring
Adults star Amita Rao likes rings that can hide things
Tom Brady wears $850,000 in diamonds
Gemologists discover why red diamonds are so rare
Medieval gold ring found in castle has rare purple sapphire
Diver retrieves lost diamond ring from Texas lake
William Goldberg sponsors first-ever apprenticeship with FIT
Media Watch
Financial Times writer has custom jeweler remake mother’s ring
From the Blog
What De Beers’ Contract With Botswana Means for Diamonds
Everyone Has Ideas About Marketing Natural Diamonds
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District: Live From the 2025 JCK Show
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