Greetings from Las Vegas! I will be moderating a panel tomorrow: “What Does It Mean to Be Ethical? Have Your Say.” It will begin at 1 p.m., in Room 101 of the Venetian, and will focus on the new sustainability definitions spelled out in CIBJO’s Blue List. Hope to see you there.
This week: Two former De Beers CEOs reportedly bidding for their old company. Watch retail ups it game. And Gen Z nepo babies brag about wealth on TikTok. All below.
Trade “cautiously optimistic” for JCK show
U.S. watch and jewelry sales up in April
Signet comps rise 2.5%, beating expectations
– Earnings call transcript
– Stock jumps
– Citi raises Signet stock price target
– Gerald Ratner has his eyes on Signet’s U.K. division
GIA changes its lab-grown grading (again)
– David Sherwood on the “battle for meaning”
De Beers introduces new “beacon and brand at breakfast
Two former De Beers CEOs are bidding for company
Debswana curbs production amid continued slump
Camille Zarsky closing The Seven as part of new Trove partnership
Helzberg Diamonds hit with class action for “fake” discounting
Cartier suffers data breach
Australian consumer affairs agency gives jeweler a “public warning”
Saks rescues coming holiday season with new financing
Macy’s sees opportunity in tariffs
Tariffs squeeze off-price retailers
Watch retail “has changed for the better”
Interview with Tiffany CEO Anthony Ledru
Maximilian Büsser discusses watchmaking and fatherhood
Rauch, Bouffard start jewelry business accelerator
Young Diamantaires seminar on AI (video)
Okavango to start diamond sales in September
Diamond smuggling continues in Sierra Leone
Miners, gangs fight over Peru’s gold
U.K. gold miner has to pay $630 million in dispute with Mexican community
Burkina Faso plans to boost gold production
Rio Tinto looks for mining-centered CEO
Gen Z nepo babies brag about their wealth on TikTok
Taylor Swift’s ring from Travis Kelce will have secret message, jewelry expert predicts
Brooke Shields giving jewelry to only one of her daughters when she dies
Marla Aaron shares “colorful world”
Designer turns old spoons into jewelry to raise funds for hospice facility
Gujarat diamond trader donates jewelry to temple
From the Blog
Does GIA’s Turnabout on Lab-Grown Diamonds Matter?
Media Watch
BBC looks at whether diamonds are forever in Botswana (audio)
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District: 2025 JCK Show Preview
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