April 26 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: You can buy gold bars at Korean convenience stores. The fake-Rolex epidemic. And Melania Trump gets into the jewelry business. All...

U.K. Lab-Grown Diamond Ruling Shows Why Words Matter

Last week, the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), in response to a complaint from the Natural Diamond Council (NDC), ruled that U.K....

April 19 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: De Beers gets high-powered lobbyist. Rolex shouldn't dismiss Watches and Wonders "pirates." And Amazon put up secret company to get intel...

April 12 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

Hi, everyone. I will be appearing on a panel at the AGS Conclave in Austin, Texas, next week—“360 Degree View of 2024: Industry Market Outlook,...

April 5 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: Is one out of every two lab-grown diamonds produced in China? Retail and the death of the middle class. And Taylor Swift really loves...

March 29 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: How high will gold go? Is there a slowdown at Tiffany? And Drake gets diamond tooth removed, after people mistook it for food. All...

March 22 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: Breitling can call its watches “red gold.” Diamond is about to be “dethroned” as hardest mineral. And Emily Ratajkowski pioneers...

G7’s Russian Diamond Plan Is Losing Support—Even in G7

The G7’s ambitious plan to ban Russian diamonds by routing every stone through a single “rough node” based in Antwerp is losing support among...

March 15 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: Problems in the watch and jewelry auction markets. A lawsuit over the Harry Winston book. And ashes-to-diamonds company has big...

March 8 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: Insurance company worries about lab-grown prices. A diamond family feud. And the most common jewelry accidents. All below.   G7...