Points of Interest: Will Rising Rates Equal Slower Sales?
While overall consumer spending has slowed since the Federal Reserve Board's initial bump in interest rates in June 1999, at press time jewelry sales...
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At the High End of the Tourist Market
Luxury jewelers in resort areas and other travel destinations must accommodate themselves to their surroundings while maintaining their own unique...
Russia Threatening to Leave De Beers
In one of their strongest statements to date, representatives of the Russian diamond industry indicated they may no longer sell to De Beers when...
Improving on Mother Nature
Grab your shovel and start digging. If you dig deep enough (90 miles) you'll reach the mythical diamond spawning ground, where all type IIa diamonds...
‘Conflict’ Resolution?
By the time this summer's World Diamond Congress began in Antwerp, the conflict diamond issue had grown into an out-of-control, Hydra-headed monster....
Harry Oppenheimer Dies at 91
Harry Oppenheimer, chairman of De Beers for 27 years and the man behind the concept of diamond advertising, died recently at the age of 91. The...
Survey Says Jewelers Shun Treatments
An overwhelming number of jewelers don't stock treated diamonds or diamond simulants, according to a new survey by the Jewelers of America and the...
Janitor May Keep Diamond
A New Mexico janitor may getto keep the 9-ct. diamond he fished out of a vacuum cleaner. Bruce Buck found the gem while vacuuming a local office in...
‘Best Practice Principles’
De Beers' new rules call for all its sightholders (or, as they have been ordered to call themselves, DTC sightholders), along with anyone else who...
Diamonds Are an Icon’s Best Friend
Elizabeth Taylor's love affair with jewelry-especially diamonds-has long defined diva style. Around the world, the public associates the actress with...