Jan. 26 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: A big Hong Kong-Bangkok diamond firm goes bust. Surat diamantaires arrested for copyright infringement. And a woman broils her diamond...

What Impressed Gina Drosos on Her Recent Trip to Botswana

Gina Drosos has just finished her third trip to Botswana. Her first took place right after she was appointed Signet CEO, and she went to visit...

Jan. 19 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: The Wall Street Journal thinks this will be a banner year for the industry. Get ready for jewelry made by robots. And an unregistered...

Russian Diamond Sanctions Start in March, but Details Still Fuzzy

The first phase of the G7’s ban on Russian-mined diamonds is due to be enacted in less than two months, yet so far the trade has not received much...

Jan. 12 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: Is Richard Mille for sale? What about Neiman Marcus? And what do dentists think of teeth jewelry? All below.   U.S. jewelry...

Lusix, Much-Touted Lab-Grown Diamond Producer, Shifts Strategy

Israeli lab-grown diamond producer Lusix made a splash when it entered the jewelry business in 2022—with a large presence at JCK Las Vegas and the...

Jan. 5 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This week: More reports of lab-grown diamonds masquerading as naturals. Brad Pitt’s girlfriend is a jeweler, and he’s psyched about it. And there...

Roll Call for 2023’s Departing Jewelry Retailers

JCK is starting 2024 as we have years past—by listing the U.S. jewelers that shut their doors, or announced they'd be closing, during the preceding...

40 Best Jewelry-Related Quotes of 2023

As I probably don't have to tell readers of JCK, people in the jewelry industry like to talk. A lot. (more…)

My Favorite Jewelry Promotions of 2023

For the past decade, I’ve done an annual roundup of the most enjoyable and interesting jewelry promotions I encountered over the preceding year....