This week: Why online shopping hasn’t taken over. LLD faces Israeli legal troubles. And do diamonds have a spiritual meaning? All below.
2022 holiday sales estimated to grow amid inflation concerns
Eleven tips to appeal to Generation Z
Why Taylor Swift’s “Bejeweled” video could be a boon for the industry
Rapaport looks at the average price of engagement rings
The great post-COVID online shopping bid was a “costly delusion”
Botswana president rebuts “ditching De Beers” report
Kimberley Process to determine fate of Russian diamonds
Edahn Golan on “the lab-grown diamond contradiction”
Lab-grown diamonds “buff up green credentials”
Why you see fluorescence only in natural diamonds
Lightbox names new CEO
RJC appoints Edward Asscher vice chair
Roger Gesswein III promoted to vice president
Here are the Gem Award nominees for design, media, and retail excellence
Idaho jeweler Lee Read dies
San Diego jeweler Leo Hamel gets probation in gun case
LLD indicted in diamond smuggling case, case against Leviev closed
Post bankruptcy, “jeweler to the stars” moves to Israel
$2.5 million in counterfeit jewelry found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Attorney charged with homicide in murder of Hutch’s Jewelry owner
The stories behind six jewelry stores with unusual names
Alex and Ani founder launches new jewelry line
Custom-suit brand Kashiyama expands its technology to fine jewelry
Cast opens its first boutique
Lab-grown diamond boutique opens in Dubai
Georgia pastry chef starts jewelry line
Television is the “forgotten watch retailer”
Kering in advanced talks to buy Tom Ford
Pandora’s European distribution center suffers fire
Russia may be making a deal with Sierra Leone
“What I learned following the veins of East Africa’s mines”
All-female Africa mine carves out a sustainable future
Lily James travels to Botswana as Natural Diamond Council ambassador
The Mary Sue doesn’t like De Beers’ new ambassador
Hailey Bieber is the new face of Tiffany
– New holiday campaign is inspired by Andy Warhol
Houston jeweler was one of the last people to see Takeoff alive (video)
Tristan Thompson bought daughter True a diamond necklace for fourth birthday
Long-lost jewelry from King Tut’s tomb rediscovered a century later
Sotheby’s auctioning ring found in 400-year-old shipwreck
The “spiritual meaning” of diamonds
Proposal goes awry, engagement ring falls into sand at the beach
Diamond ring found in potted plant
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