Retail words of the year
On Tuesday, Oxford Dictionaries named its 2014 “Word of the Year,” the orderly amassing of letters that, according to the professional wordsmiths at Oxford, has “attracted a great deal of interest during the year to date.”
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Middlemen to be squeezed out of diamond industry
Q&A with Avraham (Bumi) Traub, Honorary President of the Israel Diamond Manufacturers Association and founder of A.B.T. Diamonds Lt.
De Beers is ‘changing with the times’
London – In a lengthy presentation Monday, De Beers executives gave Anglo American PLC investors an overview of its diamond business
Martin Rapaport says put America first
Putting America first and stressing the importance of adding value in the U.S. diamond and jewelry market was the cornerstone of a presentation by Martin Rapaport,
WFDB ends three-day analysis of operations in Antwerp
The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) Executive Committee (EXCO) on Wednesday completed a three-day program of discussions and meetings
Synthetics, liquidity, the biggest threats to the diamond industry
Q&A with Mike Aggett, Managing Director of H. Goldie.
The diamond industry embarrasses itself again
The decision by eight important industry groups to boycott the upcoming World Diamond Council meeting in Antwerp is a huge black eye to the industry
World Diamond Council names executive director
Antwerp – Just ahead of its annual meeting, the World Diamond Council announced that it has chosen Patricia Syvrud, a GIA graduate gemologist who owns a jewelry industry consulting firm, as its first executive director.
The young and the excess: what jewelers need to know about Millennials
How (the often misunderstood) millennials relate to luxury, consumption, spending, and the retail experience.
A firsthand look at the Ebola crisis and the diamond industry
The Ebola outbreak is grabbing all the headlines, yet most of us don’t think about whether it affects our industry. But it does
Syn‘Round tripping’ on the wane in India
The theory is that ‘round tripping’ in diamonds began sometime after 2008 when 2% import duty was imposed by the Government of India.
GJEPC raises industry concerns with Gujarat minister
A delegation led by Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) Chairman Shri Vipul Shah met Shri Saurabhbhai Patel, Minister of Finance in the government of the state of Gujarat to present issues of importance to the diamond trade.