The JCK show starts next week in Las Vegas, and I hope my readers will attend a seminar I’m moderating, “Safeguarding Your Business: Crime Prevention in 2025,” which will take place on Thursday, June 5, at 2 p.m., in Room 101 of the Venetian Expo. The discussion will feature experts from the Jewelers’ Security Alliance and leading insurers, and our goal is for attendees to leave with at least one tip (but hopefully more) that will make them safer.
This week: An app uses AI to design jewelry. Why jewelers are championing “ugly” gems. And the world’s first solar panel made of diamonds. All below.
Jewelers of America to take over MJSA
Tariffs KO’d by court
– Whiplash! They’re back (for now)
– De Beers CEO “very confident” U.S. tariffs will exempt diamonds
– LVMH says tariffs will make it raise prices
– Designers try to navigate unstable environment
– Trade crimes soar as tariffs incentivize fraud
App uses AI to speed up jewelry design
How Reeds Jewelers turns “data into gold”
Jewelry a top performer for Macy’s
Nordstrom exits NYSE “on a high note”
Walmart cuts 1,500 jobs
LVMH’s luxury crown slips
Kendra Scott plans more stores, credits brick-and-mortar with building brand
Graff opens its largest North American salon in Las Vegas
Titan in talks to acquire part of Gulf jeweler Damas
Botswana’s president says all diamonds will be cut locally
– He and U.S. commerce secretary Howard Lutnick will headline WFDB meeting
India announces support package for diamond industry
CNN finds jewelers championing “ugly” gems
Why history still matters for diamonds, even in a market with lab-growns
Avi Krawitz: “Diamond category marketing isn’t enough”
Sean Dunn: Why are jewelers rooting for natural diamond failure?
Miner Lucapa Diamond enters administration
– Global diamond mining industry “cracks under pressure”
Indigenous groups weigh in on Diavik closure
De Beers’ South African arm offers 7% pay increase
Rapaport: Kimberley Process move is “slow and symbolic” (subscription)
Report calls for key reforms in Democratic Republic of the Congo diamond industry (translated)
– Republic of Congo’s gold mining undermines conservation efforts
Thai gem exports face uncertainty amid tariff hike
Tanzania moves to regain control of tanzanite trade (subscription)
GSI opens grading lab in Bangkok
ICA Congress embraces sustainability initiatives
Peru miners, big firms fight over gold in Peru
Gold and silver to be legal tender in Florida
Uzbekistan wants to bring jewelry trade out of shadows
Ashi Diamonds adds Chuck Rouse, Scott Cooper
Grandview Klein appoints David Allouche sales exec
Lauren Johansen joins the Loudr Agency
Gemologist Sarah Hue-Williams dies
Owner of Pennsylvania jewelry store faces 24 felony counts
Former jeweler faces retrial in wife’s murder
Britney Spears says jewelry line is coming soon
Dakota Johnson to star in Roberto Coin campaign
Mary Tyler Moore auction next week will include her jewels
Vanderbilt family jewels head to auction
Napoleon’s gold and diamond signet ring also being sold
Queen Camilla’s jewelry sends subtle message of support to Canada
Kate Middleton’s jeweler reveals symbolism behind her brooch
Diddy made “chilling threat” when he accused assistant of stealing jewelry
Diamond thief turned himself in because he felt guilty
World’s largest (lab-grown) diamond necklace to debut at Sharjah show
Why jewelry deserves a place in art history
How 2,300-year-old gold rings bring Jerusalem’s history to life
Woman realizes ring she bought at garage sale is worth $350,000
Jeweler Olivier Reza gives tour of his NYC home
Wired headphones become jewelry
First solar panel made with diamonds
Media Watch
Pam Bondi’s shiny gold cross necklace speaks at McSweeney’s (humor)
San Francisco Chronicle says local couples are eschewing diamond engagement rings (subscription)
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District: Guest Marc Bridge
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