De Beers Introduces New Beacon and Brand at Annual Breakfast

At De Beers’ annual breakfast at the JCK show, held Friday morning, CEO Al Cook announced the company was introducing a new brand as well as a new...

Does GIA’s Turnabout on Lab-Grown Diamonds Matter?

GIA’s new system for grading lab-grown diamonds has been met with a predictably divided response: kudos from natural diamond partisans, and anger...

Sell More by Using These Fun Facts With Clients

Fun facts are pieces of useful information that go beyond nickel knowledge. They are intended as edutainment—stimulating conversation that teaches...

Eternal Sunshine of the Louis Vuitton Mind

On Memorial Day, Louis Vuitton unveiled its new Virtuosity high jewelry collection in a Gothic-style castle on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Of the...

At Material Good, Diamonds Have a Sunny Disposition

In the luxury watch world, Material Good has built a reputation as one of the industry’s most astute retailers, thanks to its selection of rare new...

GIA Changes Its Lab-Grown Grading (Again)

Later this year, GIA will stop grading lab-grown diamonds by the color and clarity scale it uses for natural diamonds and instead use two broad...

Grandview Klein Appoints David Allouche as Sales Exec

Grandview Klein Diamonds has appointed David Allouche senior sales executive. (more…)

De Beers CEO “Confident” U.S. Tariffs Will Exempt Diamonds

De Beers CEO Al Cook is “very confident” the United States will eventually exempt natural diamonds from import tariffs, he told CNBC on May 27....

Miner Lucapa Diamond Enters Administration

Lucapa Diamond, the Australian company that owns the Lulo mine in Angola and the Merlin mine in Western Australia, has gone into voluntary...

Botswana President, Howard Lutnick to Headline WFDB Meeting

Botswana president Duma Boko (pictured) and U.S. commerce secretary Howard Lutnick are scheduled to address the World Federation of Diamond...

Here’s Why You Need to Make the Design Collective Your First Stop at JCK

Over the years, the Design Collective at JCK has served as a springboard for some of the industry’s most successful jewelers (David Yurman, here's...