Hong Kong Shows postponed to August
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) has rescheduled its trade shows for the second time as coronavirus-related restrictions continue.
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Chow Tai Fook revenue tumbles due to virus
Chow Tai Fook’s sales slid in the fourth fiscal quarter amid sluggish consumer demand and store closures brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
ALROSA to increase spending on preventing the COVID-19 spread to $4.2 mln
Press release – ALROSA increases its spending on fighting the spread of COVID-19. As of April 14, the respective budget stood at around $4.2 million (RUB 308 million), with procurement already in progress for about 80 percent of the total.
ALROSA’s sales of rough and polished diamonds reach $152.8 million in March 2020
Press release – ALROSA, the world’s largest diamond miner by volume, reports its March2020 diamond sales.
MCH Group to decide Baselworld’s fate in the next few weeks
In the coming weeks, MCH Group will decide whether Baselworld—once the annual event for the global watch industry—has a future, or if it is out of time.
5 interesting facts you might not know about diamonds
Last week (30th March), I wrote a blog post containing a list of 10 jewelry-related movies to watch while you’re safe at home to give both myself and our readers a break from coronavirus-related news.
Rolex, Patek Philippe, Chanel, Chopard and Tudor are withdrawing from Baselworld
Press release – A new watchmakers’ trade show is being created in Geneva in collaboration with the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie.
A Brooklyn agency has created an ad for jewelers, With Love
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, retailers are faced with a dilemma—how to reach out to customers without sounding tone-deaf to the crisis at hand.
How China’s jewelry business changed after the COVID-19 lockdown
At the end of March, when most of the world was going into coronavirus lockdown, China was slowly emerging from it.
Practical aspects and considerations for tackling the Covid-19 crisis
We have now been in lockdown in France for more than a month. It is more or less the same for everybody in the diamond industry. Although work and life may have been organized, there are still lots of questions about how to do things on day-to-day basis, how to hold out, and how to […]
WFDB to debut online diamond exchange
After hundreds of dealers pulled their goods from the RapNet platform, the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) will debut its first online diamond trading exchange [the week of 13 April].
Tiffany, LVMH deal hits a snag
The official closing of LVMH’s acquisition of Tiffany & Co. may be delayed, following a request from Australian regulators seeking more time to review the deal.