This week: Amazon introduces Alexa jewelry. A spate of jewelry thefts at Trump Tower. And Ben Bridge introduces hologram technology to ring buying. All below.
Emmys 2019 Jewelry: JCK editors’ favorite looks
Richemont acquires Buccellati
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Jewelry crime didn’t pay so well last year
How the trade war is affecting the jewelry business
– Centurion offers tariff coping strategies
Why aren’t British luxury brands worried about no-deal Brexit?
Hong Kong September show sees weak turnout
– Show does little to boost diamond demand
– Diamond Producers Association sees “slowdown” in Asia (video)
WD Lab-Grown Diamonds hires new CEO
TAG Heuer appoints North American president
Nordstrom promotes digital guru to COO
EBay CEO steps down amid board pressure
Overstock hires permanent CEO as CEO resigns
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Rent the Runway exec steps down after supply chain issues
– Customers share horror stories
Ashi Diamonds hires Thomas Eddy
Tulsa jeweler Bruce Weber dies at 90
Prominent Kentucky jewelers reportedly indicted for ring theft
Ivanka Trump’s old business partner Lax in new lawsuit
NYPD probing jewelry thefts at Trump Tower
Louisiana CBP seizes $90 million in counterfeit jewelry
Katy Perry missing jewelry lawsuit dropped
Six diamond workers in Surat commit suicide
– Industry holds workshops to prevent more suicides
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Synova launches automatic diamond cutter
Alrosa board approves Kristall takeover
Rio Tinto still likes the diamond business
– “Last-ever” Argyle pinks come to London (video)
NGO says De Beers deal “impoverishes” Botswana
Angola seizes diamonds, expels half a million migrants
ABN Amro under investigation for not reporting suspicious transactions
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Belgians have €174 billion in foreign accounts, tax department learns
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Diamond-tracking blockchain company Everledger gets $20 million in funding
Ben Bridge introduces “hologram technology” to engagement ring buying.
A look at Van Cleef’s new jewelry boutique in Los Angeles
Barneys gets letter of interest from potential buyers
– Business Insider traces its rise and fall
Amazon is making Alexa jewelry
Why Amazon will regret building private-label brands
“Grass roots” campaign against Amazon funded by its biggest rivals
Israeli boutique jewelry chain shuts down
How World War I changed the watch industry
Mugal Emperor emerald crushes auction estimates
313 ct. D-color called the largest D diamond ever
Jewelers of America announces Gem award nominees
New mineral named after GIA’s Koivula
New mineral found inside diamond speck
Rare diamond found in 1928 in West Virginia
Man proposes to girlfriend with carrot inside of ring
Facebook ring shamers don’t like “tall” engagement ring
Adam Sandler plays “jeweler from hell” in new movie trailer
It turns out Brad Pitt is not dating jewelry designer
50 Cent buys son diamond-chain for his 7th birthday
What you need to know about the Princess’ engagement ring
Media Watch
The New York Times Style Magazine profiles jeweler Kim Dunham
PopSugar writer no longer wears her diamond engagement ring
From the Blog
How the Trade War is Affecting the Jewelry Business
JCK Podcasts
Episode Five. Guest: Tiffany Stevens
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