This week: Certified pre-owned Rolex prices vary wildly at authorized dealers. Seventy Indian diamond dealers shut offices in Hong Kong. And the story behind Simone Biles’ diamond-studded goat necklace. All below.

 

Millennials have become big jewelry consumers, report says

 

U.S. gold jewelry demand falls in second quarter

– Asian gold investors offset jewelry slump

 

Certified pre-owned Rolex prices vary wildly

 

What can we discern from De Beers’ price index?

– Petra learns lessons from last diamond slowdown

– Diavik faces financial difficulties

 

Botswana in a fix with Anglo sale of De Beers

– Country’s diamond sales drop by 49%

 

Seventy Indian diamond offices close in Hong Kong

 

Indian union demands government aid for diamond workers

– Industry complains about “years of government neglect”

 

Report: Indian businesses use shell companies, lab-grown diamonds to launder money

 

Lesotho newspaper implicates Letšeng Diamonds employee in bribery scheme

– Miner responds

 

Canadian company fined over worker’s diamond mine death

 

Friends remember murdered jewelry store owner

 

Florida man charged with selling fake Native American jewelry

 

Jewelry sourcing poses challenges—but also opportunities

 

Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition calls for sustainable development

 

Single Mine Origin gold now offered in the United States

 

Fred Segal closes last two California stores

 

Saks to lay off about 100 employees

– San Francisco customers not happy about appointment-only shopping

 

Amazon’s sales slow in second quarter

– CFO blames Olympics, Trump assassination attempt

 

Messika Paris looks for new investors (subscription)

 

Spanish brand PDPaola announces new CEO

– Set for U.S. expansion

 

Tiffany veteran joins Vrai as vice president of sales

 

Bonhams appoints former Piaget head as new global CEO

 

QVC US names Saks vet chief merchandising officer

 

Verragio sues online retailer for allegedly copying designs

 

Fake jewelry ring in Wisconsin charged

 

Tourmaline shines with “new urgency”

– Turquoise gains A-list, retail fans

 

Instagram account for KC Concepcion’s jewelry brand compromised

 

The Olympics are a “giant LVMH ad”

– Arnault says he’s just wants to show off France

 

U.S. gymnasts set new record—for crystals

– Jewelers and watchmakers’ Olympics pieces

– Simone Biles’ goat necklace has 546 diamonds

– Designer of necklace speaks

 

Emma Roberts flashes large diamond engagement ring

 

Book says Prince William banned Meghan Markle from wearing Diana’s jewelry

 

The Rings of Power trailer focuses on jewelry-making

 

Jeweler creates pendant to raise money for humanitarian crises

 

Element Six using synthetic diamonds to manage “forever chemicals”

 

World’s fastest supercomputer uses otherworldly diamond

 

Archaeologists find 3,600-year-old stash of buried jewelry in Czechia

 

From the Podcast   

The Jewelry District, Episode 127: Guest Constance Polamalu

 

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