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 on rivals. All below.

 

Unique Designs acquires China Pearl

 

Platforms merge as EveryWatch buys Watch Auction HQ

– There’s more data available in Swiss watch industry (by Victoria Gomelsky)

 

What Rolex got wrong about Watches and Wonders

– Trade fair adds third public day

– London Jewelers family gives show verdict

 

Swiss watch exports plunge

– How women are driving the luxury watch market

 

De Beers’ diamond sales rise

– Diamond trade remains cautious

– Surat polishers feeling pinch from China slowdown

 

Lab-grown margins may be high, but profits aren’t

– Some luxury brands warming up to lab-grown (subscription)

– LVMH not planning to use synthetics in any significant way

 

AGTA expects little impact from lab-grown trade show ban

 

U.K. lab-grown diamond ruling shows why words matter

 

Citibank says gold price could hit $3,000

– Goldman Sachs predicts $2,700

– Lots of trade-ins in Minnesota

 

Chow Tai Fook sees sales jump amid gold price rise

– Considering brand revamp

 

Direct-to-consumer brand Dorsey growing profitably

 

LVMH jewelry, watch sales slip 5%

– Conglomerate accounts for bigger share of French exports than agricultural sector (subscription)

– Two Arnault sons join board

 

AWDC names interim CEO to replace Ari Epstein

– Resignation highlights tension over sanctions (video)

 

Report: Belgium letting in Russian industrial diamonds

 

Former British diplomat now lobbying for De Beers on G7 issue (subscription)

 

Zimbabwe’s diamond legacy following U.S. sanctions

 

Amazon ran secret company to gather intel on rivals

 

Michigan jeweler accused of acting as “fence”

 

Jeweler who allegedly sold fake paintings now allegedly selling fake diamonds

 

More than $500,000 in counterfeit jewelry seized in Ohio

 

Arrests made in largest gold heist in Canadian history

 

Vietnamese jewelers wary of government inspection

 

Businessman files case against Surat jeweler claiming gold fraud

 

Chrome Hearts says Crocs is infringing on its trademark

 

Court orders final liquidation of diamond dealer Louis Liebenberg’s company

 

Grand jury to hear case of jeweler charged in fatal show following IJO show

 

DeScenza Diamonds owner dies at 95

 

Patek specialist Kelly Yoch joins e-tailer Collectability

 

De Beers Jewellers appoints new managing director for North America

 

Adamas One hires advisory board for diamond tech

 

John Carter wins AGS’ Robert M. Shipley Award

 

Savannah Bananas founder tells AGS members how to stand out

 

A Broadway lovers’ guide to jewelry

 

Madeleine Albright’s famous brooches to be auctioned

 

Jenna Bush Hager lost her ring at New York City airport

 

Angel Reese wears diamond grill at 2024 WNBA draft

 

Adam Levine and wife Behati Prinsloo costar in steamy new jewelry campaign

 

New York jeweler has enviable car collection

 

Diamond ring lost, then found on beach (video)

 

From the Blog

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

From the Podcast   

The Jewelry District, Episode 119: Guest Nancy Leach

 

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