Your Net Roundup – JCK
This week: Why “retail remedy” works. G7 proposal might cease in need of a Russian diamond ban. And examine your imaginative and prescient by discovering a diamond ring in an image. All beneath.
Blackstone buys IGI lab for $569.65 million
Everledger to restructure following funder fallout
Will Forevermark final perpetually?
– De Beers curbing diamond gross sales in weak market
– De Beers merges two gross sales after auctions disappoint
India’s diamond exports sluggish
– Gem & Jewelry Export Promotion Council chair on Indian industry (video)
G7 plans to trace Russian diamonds, not ban them
– Official statement
– U.Okay. enacting Russian diamond ban
– BBC wonders: How effective?
– Surat nervous about sanctions
– Alrosa appoints new CEO
– Russian miner breaks silence
HB Antwerp needs more African diamond deals
Fascinating occasions for lab-grown diamonds
– WD Lab Grown sued by the Plumb Club
– Adamas One faces delisting
Firms more and more face greenwashing litigation
– U.Okay. regulator needs to ban most “carbon-neutral” claims
– Gucci now not says it’s carbon-neutral
– Madagascar sapphire mine casts doubt on jewelry companies’ ethics (subscription)
– Report: Colombia will get little tax income from its emeralds (translation)
FTC Inexperienced Guides submissions from the Jewelers Vigilance Committee (lastly posted) and Diamond Foundry
Can “recycled gold” ever be ethical?
– Christina T. Miller does a deep dive
Traders go “gaga for gold”
– Gold falls below $2,000
– Some see further losses
Why “retail remedy” is therapeutic
Paul Zimnisky: Self-purchase will enhance U.S. diamond market
Why Richemont will at all times need retail partners
– Richemont says no to tie-ups with LVMH and Kering
LVMH’s “recession-proof” empire
– LVMH zeroes in on China for Tiffany overhaul
– Vogue profiles Alexandre Arnault, Tiffany “mastermind”
Former Tiffany exec Andy Hart joins Mejuri
Stuller strikes three vets into C-suite
Jewelers Vigilance Committee hires new VP
Feriel Zerouki turns into president of World Diamond Council
Pure Grown Diamonds expands team
Indian regulator calls for fee from Mehul Choksi
Former billionaire Nirav Modi borrowing to pay $150,000 fine
Louis Nchindo’s “ghost” haunts Botswana’s negotiations (subscription)
Proprietor of closed Las Vegas jeweler had prior conviction
Court docket convicts 5 males for stealing jewelry from museum
Danielle Bernstein denies jewelry copying claims
High quality Gold vp Tony Marciano dies
Harry Levy, revered trade chief, dies
– World Diamond Museum pays tribute
Jewelers of America reveals 20 beneath 40 “rising stars”
– Skilled Jeweller’s U.Okay. Power List
Extremely-rare Bulgari Laguna Blu diamond sells for $25 million
Artwork deco pendant by Cartier “soars previous estimate” at Hindman sale
Christie’s promoting 127 ct. D flawless “Mild of Peace”
Holocaust survivors urge Tel Aviv mayor to pull out of Christie’s events
Are Swiss banks nonetheless hoarding Nazi gold?
Cartier criticized for utilizing photos of Amazon tribe
Meghan Markle noticed in $200,000 of Princess Diana’s jewelry
Why African diamonds in King Charles’ crown are unlikely to be returned
Blackpink’s Lisa wears Bulgari emeralds
Kim Kardashian pays visit to Tiffany (video)
Will this be the “yr of the sneaker” at JCK?
San Francisco jewellery shops flip to check cashing
Ring returned to proprietor 13 years after being flushed down toilet
Instructor shocked by boy’s present of diamond earrings
By no means-before-seen diamonds present in Canyon Diablo meteorite from outer space
You’ve gotten 20/20 imaginative and prescient should you can spot the diamond ring in this picture
Media Watch
CBS Information on lab-grown versus natural diamonds (video)
South China Morning Publish on lab-grown diamonds
Monetary Instances on cartoon watches, gem setter Pierre Salanitro, watch model FP Journe, Roger Smith’s $1 million pocket watch, and what defines a women’s watch
From the Weblog
Will Forevermark Final Endlessly?
From the Podcast
The Jewellery District, Episode 95: Visitor Lawrence Hess
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