This week: Why each app goes into e-commerce. The battle over John Lennon’s $10 million Patek Phillipe. And the ring that proposes for you. All under.
Even luxurious consumers searching for holiday season discounts
– Survey says Individuals will spend less this holiday
– Shoppers deprioritize style amid hire will increase, credit card bills
– Retailers reduce holiday hiring
– Bain and Deloitte stay upbeat
Diamond business gears up for G7 Russian ban
– Business slams Antwerp proposal
– Martin Rapaport slams WDC’s
– Poland needs to incorporate Belarus
– Why the ban issues to India
– Ukraine consists of Indian diamond producer in list of “war sponsors”
– Shree Ram Exports refutes allegations
– Russia now UAE’s top gold source
Alrosa suspends two upcoming tough gross sales
– Indian business requested sales halt
– Paul Zimnisky says pure enterprise wants “growth catalysts”
Indian diamantaires “navigate multiple storms”
Indian sellers nonetheless see potential in lab-grown
Was finish of De Beers lab-grown check “self fulfilling prophecy”?
– Lightbox sticking with flat pricing
Dubai lab-grown diamond commerce hits $1.5 billion
Pandora says lab-grown diamonds suits its model more than most jewelers
European Union banning phrases like “eco,” “carbon impartial,” and “local weather impartial”
Greenland Ruby mine hopes to reopen in 2025
Jagersfontein residents pressured to signal mine disaster settlement
De Beers mine suspends operations after fatal vehicle collision
Jeweler swapped pure diamonds for lab-growns, police say
Kansas jeweler closes following questions about missing ring
Fees of diamond smuggling in Michael Mirilashvili court case (translation)
Diamond vanishes in Canadian consignment deal gone wrong
David Yurman sues Royal Chain, Samuel B
Retailer warned about fraudulent GIA email
Kretchmer model to seem in new DGSE retailer
Group buys Dayton, Ohio-based Jaffe Jewelers
Timex is the most recent model to take resale in-house
Hearts On Fireplace appoints chief industrial officer
Hindman names Reginald Brack jewellery, watch director
Eyal Axelrod begins Lexa Consulting
Hublot appoints TAG Heuer’s Nick Callegari as U.K. brand director
Tiffany does collab with LVMH-owned luggage brand Rimowa
Neil Lane introduces lab-grown bridal collection at Kay
“Each app needs to be a shopping app”
FTC names Amazon execs in “dark patterns” complaint
Police in Brazil crack down on $1.2 billion illegal gold operations
LBMA goals to create safe gold database
Did Sen. Bob Menendez and spouse improperly take gold bars?
Inside deserted Namibian diamond city, the place houses are buried in sand
Fox/Jesse Waters alarmed as a result of Biden household did enterprise with “Chinese diamond dealers”
Washington governor Inslee tours Diamond Foundry
Pink diamonds shaped when a supercontinent broke apart
Bleu Royal, 17.6 ct. fancy vivid gem, may fetch $50 million
Courtroom battle near resolving possession of John Lennon’s $10 million Patek Philippe
“Al the Jeweler” is behind the Jets’ custom bling
Good Q and A with Stanley Zale
Spouse mocks the ring her husband gave her on social media
Norwegian man finds historical jewels with metal detector
An actual housewife has a meltdown a few missing piece of jewelry
Appeals court docket orders return of $70,000 engagement ring in divorce case
The engagement ring that proposes for you
I make one other enjoyable look (for me at the least) on the Paul Zimnisky podcast
Media Watch
Robb Report lists greatest diamonds ever sold (by Victoria Gomelsky)
Irish newspaper asks if engagement rings are “antiquated”
Investopedia asks for those who ought to get a private mortgage for a ring
From the Weblog
Diamond Business Gears Up for G7 Russia Ban
From the Podcast
The Jewellery District, Episode 104: Rolex and Bucherer, Audemars Piguet, Rob’s New E-book
Have a fantastic weekend!
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