This week: How high will gold go? Is there a slowdown at Tiffany? And Drake gets diamond tooth removed, after people mistook it for food. All below.

 

Forevermark becoming India-focused jewelry brand

 

Belgium arrests diamond traders for importing Russian rough

– Antwerp beefs up Diamond Office to stem delays

– African leaders slam G7 proposal

– Botswana columnist calls it “white supremacy”

– Indian dealers want to keep rules “realistic”

– Sanctions see traders flee for Dubai

 

Russian state buying Alrosa gems in anti-sanctions move

– Ministry confirms purchase

 

Edahn Golan discusses falling lab-grown prices

– Indian lab manufacturers keep growing more

 

Indian jewelry startup raises $16.5 million

 

Report: Tiffany sees a “disappointing downturn” (subscription)

 

Online now accounts for nearly a quarter of Signet’s sales

 

Kendra Scott exploring funding options, report says

– Company introduces lab-grown line

 

Charles & Colvard attempting reverse stock split

 

Bharat bourse gets ready for major expansion

– Surat diamond bourse forms committee to address challenges

 

Online tenders become issue for Surat industry (video)

 

Experts offer predictions on gold price

– Climbs toward new all-time high

 

Movado’s full-year sales drop 11%

 

The 1916 Company reshuffles execs 

 

Borsheims promotes Lehrke to VP

 

Art Jewelry Forum seeks new executive director

 

Plumb Club Symposium tackles AI, leadership, sustainability

 

Angela Conti of Conti Jewelers dies

 

Bechdel Jewelers’ David Ettinger passes away at 69

 

Toronto jewelry retailer charged with fraud

 

Pennsylvania store owner sentenced for shooting at thief in mall’s parking lot

 

Jeweler allowed to sue PNC Bank and its employees (subscription)

 

Value of missing, stolen watches reaches $1.6 billion (subscription)

 

Pakistan looks to develop gem and jewelry sector

 

The Bahamas wants to turn into a “diamond depository”

 

Okavango becomes first non-mining member of Natural Diamond Council

 

MJSA accepting applications for jewelry-making scholarships

 

New company Diamfab increases hope for diamond semiconductors

 

“Incredible stories” behind iconic Cartier watches

 

GIA publishes book about Hollywood jeweler William Ruser

 

How Madeleine Albright used pins as “diplomatic arsenal”

 

Emily Ratajkowski has introduced new jewelry category: divorce rings

– Divorce rings “having a moment”

– What other divorcées are doing with their rings

 

A night out with Bulgari features K-pop stars and diamonds

 

Travis Kelce’s comments about diamonds have Taylor Swift fans “freaking out”

 

DiCaprio’s girlfriend flashes huge diamond on little finger

 

Drake got diamond removed from his tooth after people mistook it for food

 

In one part of Florida at least, men are apparently buying diamonds for themselves

 

LaGuardia TSA officers return ring after connecting investigative dots

 

Meteor fragments made into jewelry

 

Media Watch

National Geographic asks, “Are synthetic diamonds really better for the planet?” (subscription)
Hmm. Is killing the economies of entire countries and throwing millions of poor people out of work “better for the planet”? Tough question. I’ll really have to think about that one.

Financial Times on jewelry self-purchases

WABC in New York spotlights women in the Diamond District

 

From the Podcast   
The Jewelry District, Episode 118: 24 Karat Weekend, Diamond Sanctions, John Kennedy

 

 

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