Tiffany goes Gaga again in new ad campaign
Tiffany & Co. is continuing its relationship with Lady Gaga, using one of the dozen songs the Academy Award winner penned for “A Star Is Born” in its new advertising campaign.
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Lightbox adds more 1 carat solitaires—but with drill holes
De Beers’ Lightbox brand is adding more lab-grown 1 ct. solitaires, which go for $800 a ct., to its site—but in a twist, they are being sold with piercings.
Analysts expect flat rough prices in 2019
Rough-diamond prices will remain sluggish this year as the market challenges that arose in the second half of last year are set to continue, two investment banks have warned.
In India, prices of smaller diamonds are expected to drop further
Prices of small polished diamonds, also called melees, are expected to drop further in the next three, to four months as diamond manufacturers in Surat are selling off their inventories at discounts of 30 to even 40 percent to pay of loans they have taken with their local banks, The Times of India reports. The […]
In a first, Tiffany will sell engagement rings online
The 2019 version of Holly Golightly now just has to chomp croissants by her computer.
Baselworld planning more price cuts in 2020
Baselworld lowered prices for some exhibitors this year and plans to retool its entire pricing structure for 2020, Managing Director Michel Loris-Melikoff said at the event’s opening press conference Wednesday the 20th in the evening in Switzerland.
“Only do business with clients who have impeccable integrity,” suggests Davy Blommaert, banker
Davy Blommaert heads the Diamond Business at National Bank of Fujairah, which falls under the bank’s corporate and institutional banking division.
Tiffany provides glimpse into future store design
The brand’s innovative ‘style studio’ in London may be a preview of what to expect on Fifth Avenue.
MID leads list of top Israeli exporters
MID House of Diamonds was the premier Israeli polished-diamond exporter for the fourth year running, according to a list the nation’s Ministry of Economy and Industry published recently.
Diamond recycling could save the natural industry
Conventional wisdom says that an increased rate of diamond recycling results in downward diamond price pressure due to the theoretical increase in supply.
EPV: Rubel & Ménasché is once again accredited for the excellence of its know-how
Good news for the Parisian diamantaire Rubel & Ménasché: the company has been attributed the French Living Heritage Company (EPV) label for the second time. This distinction, awarded by the French state, honors the workshop cutters’ technical mastery of traditional know-how, as well as the excellence and innovation of the associated industrial processes.
Less Chinese tourism means less luxury sales
The luxury sector in the West is worried about the Chinese. The steady flow Chinese tourist to Europe, Japan and other western destinations is drying up and fears are, it will die down to a trickle.