FTC Attorney Answers Questions on Jewelry Guides

This morning, Reenah L. Kim, staff attorney for the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Enforcement, spoke...

FTC Issues New Guides for Jewelry Industry

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released the final revision to its widely watched Jewelry Guides, with a bevy of changes that impose new rules...

Blue Nile Now Charges Sales Tax in Seven States

The Supreme Court has spoken, and e-tail has had to listen. Following the June 21 U.S. Supreme Court decision on online sales tax, Blue Nile now...

Paramount Jewels to Take Control of A. Jaffe

Paramount Jewels has placed the winning bid for A. Jaffe’s business and brand, according to court papers filed on July 13 in New York bankruptcy...

Jewelry Industry May Feel Effects of Trump Trade Tiff

About two dozen Chinese jewelry items and jewelry-related materials may soon be slapped with 10 percent tariffs, as President Trump escalates his...

Unique Designs Poised to Buy Fantasy Inc. Inventory

A New York bankruptcy court is likely to approve a bid by Unique Designs for jewelry company Fantasy Inc. (See clarification below.) Richard...

Sarah Jessica Parker Fires Back Against Kat Florence

On July 2, Sarah Jessica Parker (pictured) filed a counterclaim against former business partner Kat Florence Design (KFD), saying the brand...

The Story of Hector Rivera, the 47th Street “Godfather”

In May 2004, on a warm spring evening at the height of rush hour, 46-year-old Eduard Nektalov left his jewelry store in New York City’s Diamond...

Jewelry Company Behind Class Action Targeting Wells Fargo

J. Edwards Jewelry Distributing and its president John Silverman have been listed as plaintiffs in an attempted class-action lawsuit that targets...

Sale of A. Jaffe’s Assets Is Back on Again

The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of A. Jaffe aims for a new sale of the company’s assets in early July. In a motion filed June...