Lugano Diamonds CEO, Cofounder Exits Amid Internal Investigation

Lugano Diamonds cofounder and CEO Moti Ferder has left the high-end jeweler as owner Compass Diversified (CODI) conducts an internal investigation...

Why 60-something Jewelry Lovers Are a Retailer’s Best Friend

Forget Millennials, Gen Z, or even Gen Alpha. The demographic you should be focusing on, at least according to the jewelry professionals who spoke to...

Respected Jeweler, Designer Randy Coffin Dies

James "Randy" Coffin, an award-winning jewelry designer who cofounded noted retailer Coffin & Trout Fine Jewellers in Chandler, Ariz., died on...

Kohl’s CEO Fired Over Purported Business Conflict

Kohl’s board of directors has fired the department store's CEO, Ashley Buchanan, after less than four months on the job, for an alleged violation...

A Guide to JCK Talks’ 101 Sessions

On Thursday June 5, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., the JCK show is offering the equivalent of a university course in jewelry retailing through a series of...

Sissy’s Log Cabin Opens Seventh Store, in Northwest Arkansas

Sissy’s Log Cabin, the Mid-South’s largest family-owned and -operated jewelry chain, has expanded to a seventh retail location, in Fort Smith,...

Do This When You’re in Vegas

Matt Villano, JCK’s Las Vegas insider, knows Sin City inside and out. A writer and editor in Northern California, he covers the city regularly,...

Richard Pesqueira Becomes Blue Nile’s VP of Retail

Richard Pesqueira, a veteran of Tiffany and GIA, has been named vice president of retail at Blue Nile, based in New York City. (more…)

IJO Appoints Samantha Larson to Direct Vendor Relations

The Independent Jewelers Organization (IJO) has appointed Samantha “Sam” Larson director of vendor relations and merchandise strategy....

How Studs Is Taking the Ear Piercing and Stacking Market by Storm

In 2018, Anna Harman decided it was time to up her ear game, so she stopped by a high-end jewelry boutique in New York City to add a piercing. The...