This week: What analysts say about Signet. Could lab-grown have been beaten with the Coca-Cola playbook? And get a diamond with your lobster dinner. All below.
Mastercard forecasts 3% holiday sales gain
– Retail holiday hiring set to fall
– Retail sales showing upturn
56% of jewelers posted gains in August
-Peter Smith: Has jewelry market peaked?
Jewelers warned of wave of “Ocean’s Eleven” burglaries
Tourneau | Bucherer president and CEO Ira Melnitsky leaves company
Sally Morrison to lead De Beers’ U.S. diamond marketing
– Diamond sector facing “severe crisis” in India
– Crisis hurting Botswana, too
– Richard Chetwode: How the natural industry could have fought lab-grown
Firm prices at De Beers, Alrosa “here to stay”
How lab-grown e-tailer Clean Origin came to its end
Pandora puts up web page for engagement rings
Lucara Diamond finds another jumbo gem
What analysts are saying about Signet-
– Joshua Freedman breaks down the results (video)
– Forbes interviews Signet CEO Gina Drosos (video)
– Drosos hailed by Jim Cramer
Richemont’s “relentless march into retail”
– Richemont clan bears heavy losses from diamond mines (subscription)
Indian jewelers “brace for a boom”
– FATF finds Indian market “vulnerable to money laundering”
“Obsession with China” hurting watch market
AI startup turns shoppers into jewelry designers (subscription)
Retail jewelers talk about first-time experiences
Ring Concierge opening stores in Los Angeles and Houston (subscription)
Vlora adds Madison Clayborn, Kelly Good
Jewelers Vigilance Committee hires new assistant counsel
Daniel Kahn joins consulting firm Lexa International
Buccellati exec to head board of new Richemont jewelry acquisition
Metalsmith artist and teacher Fred Fenster dies
Oregon jeweler sentenced to 20 years for stealing from customers
Diavik diamond mine fined $143,000 for “preventable” worker accident
Andra sues Nordstrom, Mejuri over tech patents
Amazon hit with job bias lawsuit over religious jewelry
Children’s jewelry recalled due to lead and cadmium poisoning
Bernard Arnault forbids managers from talking to certain media
2024 Emmys jewelry: the affair of the earrings
– The “secret history” of Maya Rudolph’s Bulgari jewelry
Inside Princess Grace’s jewelry vault
A review of David and Sybil Yurman’s new book
Where founder of Tabayer brand shops for vintage Cartier
Boston restaurant offers lobster with diamonds
Bride-to-be “pranked” with fake jewelry box
Media Watch
CNN Style on jet, “forgotten gemstone” (by former JCK-er Emili Vesilind)
From the Blog
How Lab-Grown E-tailer Clean Origin Came to Its End
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District, Episode 130: Montana Sapphires, Grown Brilliance
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