Hi everyone. I’ll be moderating the panel “Origin: Where Do Your Gold and Diamonds Come From and Why Does It Matter?” on Tuesday, July 19, at 11:30 a.m., at Bohemian National Hall in New York City, as part of the Initiatives in Arts and Culture’s (IAC) latest gold and diamond conference, which runs July 18–20.

The IAC is also giving me an industry service award that night. So please come by and watch me grip a plaque awkwardly.

This week: The benefit of the fall in secondhand watch prices. What makes a product “sustainable”? And, can you find the diamond ring in this picture? All below.

 

Jewelry sales posted double-digit gains in May, says SpendingPulse

– Retail industry “hunkers down”

 

Former RJC head to lead industry-wide sustainability initiative

 

Governments feel Kimberley Process no longer works, says NGO

 

Defense bill amendment includes greater controls on Russian goods

 

Day’s Jewelers is getting a day off 

 

Death of watch aftermarket might bring back actual customers

– Why Rolex has “exhibition only” watches

 

Ex-Samuels CEO Nehal Modi convicted of grand larceny

 

Graff’s ransomware payment “not unusual”

– The “ransomware dilemma”

 

Accused killer of “Hutch the Jeweler” denied bond, gets new lawyer

 

Florida woman leaves her shoes behind in botched jewelry theft

 

New York Police Department warns about jewelry scams (video)

– Elderly being targeted (video)

 

Hawaiian jewelry scammer arrested

 

Namibian factory hopes to “add value” to country’s diamonds

 

Analyst calls Rio Tinto decision on Star Diamond “a surprise”

 

New find of blue spinel trickles into market

 

Brazilian jeweler’s mission to promote ethical mining

 

Should there be a higher bar to call products “sustainable”?

 

How jewelry brands “disrupted” Paris Fashion Week

 

Europa Star interviews Frédéric Arnault, head of TAG Heuer

– South China Morning Post profiles Alexandre Arnault, “hunky” Tiffany exec

 

Rapaport podcast interviews Lisa Bridge (audio)

 

Interview with general manager of Pandora for U.K. and Ireland (audio)

 

Yun Yang joins Jocalio as head of product, merchandising

 

Rahul Jauhari joins Kunming Diamonds

 

Joseph Matysiewicz, former owner of C.J. Jewelers, dies

 

De Beers “positive” on Indian market

 

Rocksbox says “I do” to new bridal jewelry subscription service

 

Frank Ocean releases new jewelry

 

Is there a difference between a tiara and a crown?

 

Jeweler says engagement ring type reveals personality

 

Alabama woman’s lost ring fished out of California lake after 53 years

 

Woman wears the engagement ring of her slain fiancé years later

 

Fiancée slams groom-to-be for buying “little” engagement ring

 

Woman shows rings, people focused on her hands

 

Man’s girlfriend thinks he is cheating after secret trip to buy ring

 

Difficult optical illusion dares you to find the diamond ring

 

Media Watch

Fortune on ethical diamonds

Lifehacker on moissanite

The Sydney Morning Herald on lab-grown diamonds

 

From the Blog

Some Countries Feel Kimberley Process No Longer Works: NGO

 

From the Podcast   

The Jewelry District, Episode 73: George Holmes, LVMH and Lusix, and Russian Diamonds

 

 

 

Have a nice weekend!

 

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