This week: How a lot have lab-grown diamond wholesale costs fallen? TikTok feuds modernize the diamond district. And a brand new Netflix sequence can be set within the Antwerp diamond trade. All under.
Signet doesn’t see any extra main acquisitions
– Predicts $10 billion in gross sales from marriage ceremony rebound
– Now not “mall retailer”
– Reveals power in omnichannel
– CEO Drosos will get love-bombed on Mad Cash (video)
Australian jeweler Michael Hill buys native rival
Tiffany reopens New York Metropolis flagship
– WWD’s “floor-by-floor information”
David’s Bridal information for chapter, plans to fireside 9,000
Diamond supplier, associates charged with violating U.S. sanctions
– U.S. sanctions diamond firms for ties to alleged Hezbollah funder
– Press releases from Justice Division and Treasury Division
– All these added to OFAC listing
Avi Krawitz deep dive into Botswana–De Beers divide
– HB Antwerp deal caught in “political crossfire” (subscription)
– New De Beers CEO posts about go to to India and diamonds in audio system
Do pure diamonds actually have “inherent worth”?
– Naturaldiamonds.com posts new “diamond details”
The “new” diamond district, full with TikTok feuds
Diavik “misunderstood” spill reporting necessities
Lab-grown wholesale costs have fallen 85%
Opposition says Indian authorities let Jatin Mehta flee due to connection to Adani
– Says Mehta’s shell corporations pumped cash into Adani
– Deep dive into Winsome Diamonds saga: elements 1 and a couple of
Tom Chatham writes guide about his household
Gold worth goes over $2,000 once more
We’re previous watch world “madness”
Swiss watch leaders wanting to make up for “misplaced time in China” (by Victoria Gomelsky)
– Smaller watches turn into largest timepiece development
Cartier tries digital try-on system
The reputations of main luxurious manufacturers have fallen
New Netflix sequence covers Antwerp diamond district
Ex–UFC fighter accused of stealing jewellery
Delaware jeweler William Minster dies
Walmart U.S. chief merchandising officer steps down
John Antonacci promoted at Gannon & Scott
Yondor Diamonds faucets Venus Jewel vet to go Indian workplace
JVC provides Dallow, Holtzman, Zerouki to board
Good Earth opens new showroom in Southern California
A 116 ct. tsavorite is now within the Smithsonian
Large pink diamond found in Lesotho
50,900-diamond ring units world report
Brides offers recommendation on hiding an engagement-ring field
Media Watch
Monetary Instances on various engagement rings, Lebanese jewelers, and the trade’s “blue interval”
From the Weblog
Signet Doesn’t See Any Extra Main Acquisitions
From the Podcast
The Jewellery District, Episode 93: Friends Feriel Zerouki and Mahiar Borhanjoo
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