The Jewelry District, Episode 135: Jewelry Designer Bliss Lau
On this week’s episode, JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and news director Rob Bates catch up with Brooklyn-based designer Bliss Lau, who...
Mary Moses Kinney Joins Abbott’s The Edge
Mary Moses Kinney, who spent 28 years as director and chief merchandising offer of the Independent Jewelers Organization, has joined The Edge by...
Stacie Orloff Becomes Sales VP at Marina B
Stacie Orloff, a veteran of jewelry companies Georg Jensen and Facet Barcelona, has been appointed vice president of sales at New York City-based...
How I Got Here: Pattaraphan Makes Fine Jewelry as Sculpture and Self-Expression
Looking back, Pattaraphan Salirathavibhaga (pictured) describes herself as "naive" when she switched her major from interior design to jewelry as a...
Jewelry Observations From a Week in Paris
If Paris is the European epicenter of fashion, the week I just spent there should serve as a reliable predictor (or reinforcement) of styles to...
Joe Corey’s No. 1 Tip For Selling Platinum
At Day’s Jewelers in Waterville, Maine, platinum sales are up as a percentage of the retailer’s overall sales. But that should come as no...
5 Statement Styles That Say It Better In Platinum
In the spring of 2023, Lauren Harwell Godfrey joined a group of jewelry designers on a trip to Bostwana, where they toured De Beers’ main diamond...
Jewelry Store Owner’s Wife Killed During Robbery
The wife of a jewelry store owner in Sacramento, Calif., was shot and killed after a firefight erupted during a smash-and-grab robbery on Nov. 15,...
Rocksbox Ventures Into Brick-and-Mortar Retail
At its first physical location, a pop-up boutique in San Francisco, Rocksbox is (more…)
Tapestry, Capri Holdings Call Off Planned Merger
Tapestry and Capri Holdings are no longer interested in joining together, the two conglomerates said this week, less than a month after a New York...