Earlier than we begin, I’d prefer to plug my current appearance on Paul Zimnisky’s podcast, the place we discuss lab-grown diamonds, synthetic intelligence, Russian diamonds, lab-grown greenwashing, feminine self-purchasing, and much more (although quite a lot of that is about lab-grown diamonds). On the podcast I additionally plug my third novel, which is popping out in September. (That is just the start of many, many plugs for it.)
This week: Regardless of Tiffany hype, Cartier nonetheless does extra U.S. enterprise. All of the bling on the coronation. And jewellery to unblock your chakras. All beneath.
Jewellery gross sales decline in April, lab-grown sales growth decelerates
– Impartial jewelers’ gross sales have surprisingly held up, panel says
– Polished-diamond prices decline
WSJ: Cartier does extra U.S. enterprise than Tiffany
– Richemont posts record sales
Sensible Earth sees gross sales, profits decline
– First-quarter outcomes name transcript
– Earnings high estimates
Spacecode can inform the place your diamond’s from (possibly)
– GIA appears to be like at diamond origin determination
Everledger enters administration in Australia
– U.Okay. department winding up
Sarine completes buy of GCAL
How ChatGPT may help jewelers with their enterprise
Zvi Yehuda, prolific trade inventor, dies
Stanley Zale leaves Stuller
Moral Metalsmiths names Christina Malle president
Movado declares new HR executive
Anders Romberg returns as Watches of Switzerland chief financial officer
Walmart promotes firm veteran to chief merchandising officer
David Gotlib reelected chairman of Antwerp Beurs Voor Diamanthandel
Omogolo Bonjo Mathumo named HB Botswana communications director
Phillips appoints Benoît Repellin worldwide head of knickknack
Regardless of controversy, Christie’s jewellery public sale units document
– Diamond group requested Christie’s to halt sale
– Artnet has the play-by-play
The inverse correlation between provide and costs for luxury watches
Botswana “has at all times pushed a tough bargain with De Beers”
– Relationship is “too big to fail”
Rio Tinto marks 20 years of Diavik
DR Congo diamond mine collapse claims six lives
Surat artisans fear about livelihoods
Mehul Choksi wins Antiguan court ruling
Australian luxurious jeweler accused of faking robbery
EEOC sues LeachGarner for sex discrimination
Counterfeit Rolexes, jewellery found in Louisville
Detroit firm lifts girls out of poverty by reworking graffiti into jewelry
Black in Jewellery Collective to debut at JCK
The Tiffany Diamond has a new setting
The crowns and lack of tiaras at the coronation
– Have been the diamonds in Camilla’s crown “stolen”?
– Kate Middleton honors Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth with jewelry
Princess Diana’s personally designed jewellery suite may fetch $15 million
Scarlett Johansson understands the ability of feel-good jewelry
4 arrested for allegedly stealing jewellery from Astros star Jose Altuve’s home
Rising gold costs imply ridiculed South Korean statue draws more interest
SRK’s Govind Dholakia writes autobiography
Jewellery to unblock your chakras
Media Watch
Financial Times, CNBC, and Axios on Russian diamonds
FT profiles Diamond Standard
HuffPost on pure versus lab-grown diamonds
From the Weblog
Spacecode Can Inform The place Your Diamond’s From (Possibly)
From the Podcast
The Jewellery District, Episode 95: Visitor Lawrence Hess
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