Las Vegas 2019: guts without glory
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This Year, Forevermark’s focused on bridal
Forevermark will put its marketing dollars behind bridal this year, running an ad campaign designed to reflect “modern” love and supplying jewelers with what they’ve asked for—a line of smaller, lower-priced engagement rings.
ALROSA May sales of rough and polished diamonds reached $266 million
Press release – ALROSA, the world’s largest diamond miner, announces diamond sales results for May and five months of 2019.
Mutual mass destruction will not serve anybody’s purposes
The recent moves by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), including its letters urging some companies to abide to the revised edition of FTC Jewelry Guides and the explanations from FTC attorney Robert Frisby posted on the FTC website were widely perceived as a game changer in promoting lab-grown and natural diamond goods in the […]
First Lady of Botswana speaks at JCK LUXURY
The First Lady of the Republic of Botswana, Mrs. Neo Jane Masisi, opened the Forevermark company’s annual breakfast held at JCK LUXURY, sharing the important role that diamonds have played in the story of her own life as well as for her country with Forevermark jeweler and manufacturing partners.
RapNet members reject idea of listing lab-grown diamonds
RapNet members overwhelmingly rejected the idea of the trading platform listing or providing pricing for lab-grown diamonds, it was revealed Sunday.
Tiffany finds U.S. consumers growing more cautious
Tiffany & Co. reported below-expectations results for its first quarter of 2019 (ended April 30), as comps, sales, and earnings all declined. Worldwide net sales declined 3% in the quarter to $1 billion, while comps declined 5%.
In Vegas, Alrosa announces its approach to traceability
Alrosa announced its approach to diamond traceability in Las Vegas, offering customers an in-depth look into the origin of their diamonds via a personalized video.
The 2018 Diamond Pipeline: faking the diamond dream
An annual tradition, industry veterans Chaim Even-Zohar and Pranay Narvekar present the 2018 iteration of The Tacy Diamond Pipeline, with an in-depth look at the impact that the rise and acceptance of laboratory-grown diamonds has had on the industry this past year.
Diamond Producers Association releases new complimentary suite of tools for retailers
Press release – The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) launched an expanded offering of educational assets available to the jewelry trade at JCK Las Vegas, adding to the already robust set of materials available on the DPA trade portal.
His Excellency, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana opens JCK Las Vegas Show
Press release – “Funds raised from diamonds have not just built our roads, but also our people,” Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana, said as he opened JCK Las Vegas 2019 in a keynote speech delivered at a breakfast hosted by De Beers Group.
De Beers launches Tracr Community toward JCK Las Vegas
Just prior to the opening of the Las Vegas gem and jewelry shows, the De Beers Group announced the launch of the Tracr Community for the education and collaboration of industry participants. Tracr® is a diamond traceability platform that is developed by De Beers in collaboration with the diamond industry.