This week: FTC goes after Amazon. How fashions are exploited. And may a lady be pressured to promote her engagement ring? All under.
Lightbox engagement rings are De Beers’ greatest gamble but
– CBS Information Minnesota appears excited about it (video)
– Nationwide Jeweler isn’t surprised
De Beers gross sales slide as weak trading continues
– CNBC: Diamond costs off from their peak
– Demand will increase for gems 0.75 ct. and under
– Botswana revenues come underneath stress as diamond trade slows
– De Beers’ new CEO talks about partner expectations
The diamond business’s origin conundrum
WD Lab Grown searching for funding, sources say
Modi provides Biden a 7.5 ct. lab-grown diamond
The race for the 100 ct. lab-grown
JCK present attendance up 8%
Jewelers Board of Commerce’s Erich Jacobs on the state of the business
Neiman Marcus weighs gross sales of Bergdorf Goodman, entire company
Patek Philippe “shakedown” should not succeed
Everledger collapse places Queensland authorities on the firing line
FTC sues Amazon over Prime cancellation policy
Don Roberto settles knowledge breach lawsuit
No finish in sight for Folli Follie trial after new deferment
Austin, Texas, jeweler’s daughter-in-law pleads responsible in murder for hire plot
Inside style’s underbelly: how models are exploited
Gemstone sellers in Mozambique battle against multinationals
– New research seems at how mining business violates indigenous people’s rights
Ruby sellers hope for profit from Estrela de Fura sale
Mercury Free Mining enters promising new stage
Sotheby’s appoints international head of content material
Marion Fasel turns into GEM Awards chair
Daniel Schneider promoted to president of Pure Grown Diamonds
Cartier inventive director desires to method stones with “humility”
De Beers Jewelers “doing diamonds differently” for Gen Z
Gen Z desires jewellery with gender fluidity
Western nations look the opposite approach on money laundering in UAE
Surge in China’s demand for gold slows as economy stumbles
South African newspaper opinions bio of Harry Oppenheimer
234-year-old medallion honoring King George III heads to public sale
“Out of contact” Bethenny Frankel dragged for flaunting massive engagement ring
– Frankel claps back
Vulture seems at John Mulaney’s story of a Rolex and the diamond district
Newly signed Jets receiver hits up N.J. jeweler for custom bling
Kim Kardashian overwhelmed by diamond necklace present after not shopping for jewelry since robbery
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire put on identical jewellery during Paris outing. OMG
Beyoncé as soon as hated diamond high on Dangerously in Love album cover
Girl feels “heavy burden” after husband asks her to sell $14,000 engagement ring
Media Watch
Interview with De Beers co-chair Bruce Cleaver (audio)
Insider columnist is worked up about her lab-grown engagement ring
From the Weblog
Lightbox Engagement Rings Are De Beers’ Greatest Gamble But
WD Lab Grown In search of Funding, Sources Say
From the Podcast
The Jewellery District, Episode 98: JCK Las Vegas Report, Lab-Grown Reset, Tracing Diamonds
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