FTC to Review Green Guides Next Year, Jewelry Guides in 2028

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will start reviewing its Green Guides next year, and its Jewelry Guides in 2028, the agency announced in the...

Tiffany, Costco Finally End Eight-Year Legal Battle

Tiffany & Co. and Costco have settled their eight-year legal fight, sparked when Costco used the word Tiffany to describe some of its...

Most Jewelry Can’t Be Called “Made in USA” Under FTC Rule

If a jewelry manufacturing plant is located in the United States, that plant can say its jewelry is made in the USA, right?  Or at least...

Jeweler Suspected of Shooting Someone in Store

Jose Francisco Valiente-Martinez, 44, owner of Littlejohn's Fine Jewelry in Gilroy, Calif., faces murder charges after allegedly shooting and killing...

The Strange Tale of Mehul Choksi Gets Even Stranger

When former Gitanjali Gems chair Mehul Choksi (pictured) was arrested in late May, it looked like he would, after three years on the lam, finally...

Former Kimberley Process Chair Can’t Enter United States

Bernhardt Esau (pictured), who chaired the Kimberley Process (KP) when it split over the issue of Zimbabwe exports, has been barred from entering the...

Who’s Behind the New Alex and Ani?

In a statement released yesterday after Alex and Ani's bankruptcy filing, the company's chief restructuring officer and interim CEO, Robert Trabucco,...

Alex and Ani Files for Chapter 11

On June 9, Alex and Ani, the once big-time bangle business that has been one of the industry’s most prominent success stories for the last decade,...

How Petra Diamonds Ended Up in a Human Rights Mess

Hans Merket, a researcher with the International Peace Information Service (IPIS), says he didn’t go into Tanzania expecting to learn about people...

Duty Free (for Now): U.S. Postpones Tariffs on Indian Jewelry

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has postponed a possible 25% duty on Indian jewelry for six months, giving the countries...