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This week: Will there be rebounds in the natural diamond and secondhand watch markets? Designer makes jewelry out of dough. And candle flames have millions of tiny diamonds. All below.
Jewelry businesses destroyed in L.A. area wildfires
– Industry moves quickly to raise funds
Watch and jewelry sales growth slowed in November
– U.S. retail sales up 3.8% during holidays
Gold was one of 2024’s best-performing assets
– Jewelers share tips on dealing with high price
J.C. Penney merges with owner of Forever 21, Brooks Brothers, and other retail chains
Looking back
– Roll call of 2024’s departing jewelry retailers
– Used Rolex, Patek Philippe prices fell to three-year low
– Esquire’s biggest watch stories of the year
– Edahn Golan: Jewelry sales rose 1.4%
Looking ahead
– Paul Zimnisky sees diamond market rebound
– Eight retail trends to watch in 2025
– 11 watch experts on what to expect this year
– Will pre-owned watch prices recover?
French lab-grown retailer Courbet seeks to reorganize
IGI buys two related labs
John Jeffay breaks down McKinsey’s diamond report
– Lab-grown diamond marketing is hurting industry, CIBJO president says
Spanish newspaper is critical of new Diamond Foundry factory
Swarovski introduces lab-grown diamonds in India
De Beers, GJEPC form natural diamond “alliance”
Rapaport calls diamond market “stable but cautious”
Choron Group buys De Beers sightholder AMC
Profile of Burgundy Diamond Mines head Kim Truter
Chow Tai Fook reportedly hires banks to sell energy company
Watch microbrands “should fear the big beasts”
Quartz watches are having a moment
Effy opens flagship on Fifth Avenue
Interview with Reed Krakoff of John Hardy
Brandee Dallow elected president of Ethical Metalsmiths
New York jewelry-maker Anne Koplik dies
Jewelry designer and art director Thomas “Lynn” Baker dies
Executives of Indian jewelry retailer Torres arrested
– Company’s bank accounts frozen
– Accountant alerted police
– So did employees
– Police and tax authorities under scrutiny
India jeweler in jail over sexual harassment complaint
Without warning, Zambia reinstates 15% export duty on emeralds
U.S. Customs seizes several shipments of counterfeit Tiffany goods
Trademark board declines Audemars Piguet applications for watch designs
Oris debuts hot pink Miss Piggy watch
2025 Golden Globes jewelry: Only glamour in the building
– Diamond jewelry takes center stage
– Roundups from The Adventurine, Vogue, Robb Report, and National Jeweler
– Martin Short admires Selena Gomez’s engagement ring
– Gomez was “confused” by his reaction
Zendaya’s engagement ring combines vintage and modern
Jennifer Lopez gets to keep $5 million engagement ring in divorce
Madonna shows off her diamond ring
British tennis star Katie Boulter shows off hers as well
Mark Zuckerberg sports $900,000 watch as he ends Meta fact-checking
Meghan Markle slammed for wearing over $66,000 worth of jewelry in Netflix trailer
Real Housewives’ Jennifer Aydin insists diamonds are real while berating Jersey Mike workers
Kamala Harris wore black pearl necklace to Jimmy Carter’s funeral
How Coco Chanel’s love for faux pearls led to a paradigm shift
London’s key role in the rise of Cartier watches
U.K. design student creates jewelry with bread in it
Superfast diamond-laced computer chips closer to reality
Candle flames contain millions of tiny diamonds
From the Blog
Roll Call of 2024’s Departing Jewelry Retailers
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District, Episode 137: Guest Ian Smillie
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