This week: Gold hits new document. Freddie Mercury’s Tiffany mustache comb. Are the Arnaults a real-life Succession? All beneath.
InStore: Almost 50% of jewelers reported sales gains in March
– Commerce Division: U.S. watch and jewellery gross sales present largest decline since pandemic
Pandora’s U.S. gross sales fall 7%
– Pandora’s CEO talks to CNN (video)
Charles & Colvard’s gross sales drop 32%
GIA sees largest lab-grown diamond ever: 34.59 carats
– Sure ESG claims could also be much less correct than they appear
Spot gold costs hit record high
Rolex brings licensed pre-owned program to United States
– Bucherer’s “first-mover advantage”
– “Why Rolex costs will keep falling”
Watchfinder takes intention at stolen watches
Will Chinese language luxurious watch buyers return?
– China continues to gas spring luxury rebound
De Beers, Botswana curbing feedback on contract
– Proposed “diamond debate” called off
– Semafor appears to be like at Botswana’s diamonds
– Classes from the Lesidi la Rona “sabotage”
Why the World Financial institution is occupied with the diamond business
The place are all of the Russian diamonds?
Russian gold is in fingers of “obscure firms”
IPIS report on Zimbabwe diamond industry
How is Diavik saying goodbye to Northwest Territories?
Arizona man arrested for diamond smuggling
India attaches property of diamond dealer in money laundering case
Famed jewellery designer Effy Hematian dies
Trade chief and recruiter Rick Borchert dies
Susan Jacques wins AGS’ Shipley Award
Michael Schechter joins BOSS Logics
Bremont hires watch business vet Davide Cerrato as CEO
Virginia jeweler hit with “nanny-cam” lawsuit
Tiffany sues NYC jeweler, alleging counterfeit sales
Victoria Gomelsky studies from Tiffany shindig
– New flagship is “greater than a jewelry store”
– LVMH chief Arnault ordered makeover after getting lost in the store
Tiffany grabbed the last 35 Argyle pinks
– Argyle Rose options considered one of mine’s final diamonds
Dua Lipa sporting lots of Tiffany
Freddie Mercury had a Tiffany mustache comb
How Bernard Arnault’s legacy battle resembles Succession
Saint Laurent introduces first jewelry collection
Report from 2023 Met Gala
Charles’ coronation will function “serious bling”
– South Africans name for U.Okay. to return crown jewels
– A “visible historical past of the Koh I Noor”
Princess Diana 178-diamond necklace is up for sale
Princess Charlotte might inherit over $2.2 million in jewelry
Lady refuses to provide stepson heirloom ring as a result of he’s “mean and hostile”
Lady wears faux engagement ring as a result of she’s sick of men pestering her
“Hilarious” toddler needs mom’s diamond ring (video)
Archaeologists discover gems at historic Roman bathhouse
Media Watch
The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and The Australian (subscription) on lab-grown diamonds
Refinery29 runs guide excerpt about “ugly history” of diamonds
BBC on “super-deep diamonds”
From the Podcast
The Jewellery District, Episode 94: Tiffany’s Reopening, Watches and Wonders, Signet’s Investor Day
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