The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized five shipments carrying nearly 2,200 pieces of counterfeit jewelry valued at over $25 million. The first packages customs confiscated in Louisville, ...

US retail sales fell in May compared to the previous month as consumers slowed down on stocking up ahead of tariffs. Revenue slid 0.9% month on month — adjusted for seasonal variation — to $715.4 ...

Botswana President Duma Boko had to try twice to inject some energy into a sleepy audience at the annual World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) gathering in New York. It was the morning after the ...

De Beers Group has introduced a new jewelry initiative as well as a branded polished-diamond line aimed at increasing consumer demand for natural diamonds and reinforcing their provenance. The company ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has updated the terms it will use to describe lab-grown on reports, to distinguish them further from natural diamonds. The new nomenclature will use ...

“I expect a growing demand for one-of-a-kind pieces that offer something truly special to our clients. Given the current price of gold, we’ve observed a trend toward more gemstone-focused purchases.

A toi et moi ruby and white-diamond ring smashed its estimates to lead a recent auction at Sotheby’s in London.. The piece features a cushion-cut, 3.88-carat Burmese ruby and an old oval-cut diamond, ...

The synthetic diamond gumball exhibit. (David Legreve/AWDC) The marketing conundrum . Rentmeesters believes something slightly shocking and a bit viral, like the gumball machine ploy, is what’s really ...

The Luxury and JCK Las Vegas shows reflected the varied state of the industry, with higher-end jewelers reporting good sales while loose-diamond dealers saw patchy results. Exhibitors at the more ...

Digital diamond-trading marketplace Clara has named Itay Ariel and Roni Rydlewicz to oversee its global strategy amid the company’s rapid growth. Under the new leadership, the platform, which matches ...

A class action filed against Warren Buffett-owned jewelry chain Helzberg Diamonds alleges the website claims products are being offered at discounted prices for a limited time, when the sales and ...

Addressing a packed room, Rapaport Group Chairman Martin Rapaport delivered a wide-ranging and impassioned presentation on Sunday at the 2025 JCK Las Vegas show. The session, titled “State of the ...