Happy New Year!
This week: Jewelers did well during the holiday season. De Beers’ stockpile is its biggest since 2008. And the world needs fewer watch brands. All below.
Jewelers report strong holiday sales to InStore
– Mastercard: Jewelry one of the top categories during the season
Goodbye, 2024
– My favorite jewelry promotions of the year
– The seven weirdest jewelry stories
– 40 best jewelry-related quotes
– The 27 best jewelry reads
– 24 things JCK editors loved
– National Jeweler pays tribute to those we lost
– Top celebrity engagement rings
– The 10 most insane rapper jewelry purchases
– Stories that surprised the Rapaport team
– JCK’s 10 most-listened-to podcasts
Hello, 2025
– Trend predictions from Cosmopolitan, Who What Wear, and PureWow
– Doug Stephens’ retail forecast (audio)
– And Mark Cohen’s
– Ariel Adams’ watch world predictions
– Rapaport’s three questions for the industry (video)
– Edahn Golan sees “year of realignment”
Rolex has raised prices again
Gold had biggest year since 2010
– TD Securities: Gold price will top out at $2,700
Alrosa expects inventory “normalization”
– Russian miner’s 2024 output fell 4.6%
De Beers is sitting on largest stockpile since 2008
– Is China to blame for the market’s woes?
– Diamond prices have experienced “20 years of stagnation” (video)
– Tiffany writes down Diamcor loan due to market weakness
– Petra defers refinancing during price slide
– The Wall Street Journal on natural industry’s attempt at a comeback
Lab-grown versus natural battle is being waged over TikTok
– Glossy on lab-grown diamonds (subscription)
Surat diamond workers turns to jewelry-making
– Gujarat Congress asks for government support for diamond artisans
Botswana Diamonds uses AI for prospecting
Gemfields pauses Mozambique operation amid political unrest
– Gary Roskin looks at cause of conflict
Saks now owns Neiman Marcus
– Pam Danziger reads the tea leaves
– How it might play out
Nordstrom family buys back business in $6.25 billion deal
Lord & Taylor’s cursive logo makes a comeback
Watchfinder had “challenging” year
Breitling U.K. posted second-best year in history
The growing need for watch insurance
“Why the world needs fewer watch brands”
Inside luxury’s broken audit system
Children’s jewelry sold on Amazon recalled for lead content
Florida jeweler killed in dispute with customer
Upstate New York shop owner charged with assault on other jeweler at IJO show
Nebraska jeweler Tom Wright dies
Arkansas retailer Kelly Newton dies
Mercedes Abramo has departed Cartier
Deputy CEO leaves Alrosa
Former Lovisa exec challenging old company
Canadian brand Birks celebrates 145 years
Taylor Swift “dripping in diamonds” during night out with Travis Kelce
Dua Lipa flashes “massive” engagement ring
Drake’s tour necklace has 250 carats of flawless diamonds
Damon Dash’s jewelry could be used to settle lawsuit
Keanu Reeves’ stolen Rolex has been recovered
Modi’s lab-grown diamond was Biden’s most expensive gift
New book examines history of engagement rings with fresh eyes
Groom wants to call off wedding after fiancée rejects his grandmother’s heirloom ring
A diamond-covered sex toy
Guy with metal detector returns engagement ring—his social media followers are psyched
From the Blog
40 Best Jewelry-Related Quotes of 2024
The Seven Weirdest Jewelry Stories of 2024
The 27 Best Jewelry Reads of 2024
My Favorite Jewelry Promotions of 2024
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District, Episode 137: Guest Ian Smillie
Once again, happy new year!
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