June 16 Diamond Shavings: Your Internet Roundup
This week: AI-generated junk floods Etsy. Diamond polisher steals from employer by drugging coworkers. And a girl makes use of a pretend ring as a courting technique. All beneath.
U.S. crackdown on Russian diamonds poised to begin Jan. 1
– Indian ministries weigh repercussions
– De Beers’ Tracr appoints Wesley Tucker as CEO
– Is Tracr the single solution?
– Questions stay about Everledger
2022 was one of many worst crime years ever, JSA says
Lightbox new promoting lab-grown engagement rings
– Interview with Lightbox CEO Antoine Borde
Jewellery gross sales stabilize in Could, while diamond sales fall
– Q&A with Edahn Golan about lab-grown market
IGI sees largest and multicolored lab-grown diamonds
Nationwide Jeweler on JCK’s colored stone market update
Ben Bridge opens new Seattle flagship
Interview with “untameable” luxurious journalist Miss Tweed
Roger Dubuis CEO Andreatta steps down
Ring Concierge hires chief advertising officer
Pandora names new advertising director for U.Ok., Eire
Charles Stanley joins Consensus Strategic Advisors
Accountable Jewelry Council names Edward Asscher vice chair
Gems One publicizes new sales hires
Former F. Hinds chairman Eric Hinds dies (subscription)
One other Indian diamond polisher dies by suicide, amid industry slowdown
Martin Rapaport’s JCK presentation and social responsibility conference (video)
Unlawful gold mining turns into income supply for organized crime
Sale of Everlasting Pink highlights “Botswana’s diamond woes” (subscription)
Surat sellers “exploit loopholes” in Sierra Leone’s diamond trade
Belgian court docket backs OGI in dispute with Sarine
Market regulator desires Mehul Choksi’s accounts frozen
Lawsuit: Bay Space jeweler made man spend $200,000 to buy watch he never got
Synthetic intelligence has come to the watch world
How calendar watches inform you numerous about a culture
“AI-generated junk” is flooding Etsy
Diamond Foundry utilizing synthetic intelligence to design jewelry
Jeweler Dolly Cohen debuts tooth jewellery, e-commerce
Jacob the Jeweler and superstar rabbi wreck real estate developer’s plans
Diamond polisher spikes coworkers’ tea, steals stones
DJ Drama spends $120,000 to get his stolen jewelry back
Mick Jagger’s accomplice Melanie Hamrick will get “commitment ring”
Girl wore $99 engagement ring to “lure a man”
A collapsed star turns into an enormous cosmic diamond
From the Weblog
U.S. Crackdown on Russian Diamonds Anticipated to Begin Jan. 1
Interview With Lightbox CEO Antoine Borde
From the Podcast
The Jewellery District, Episode 97: Visitor Jeffery Fowler
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