Nominations Are Open for the 2025 Gem Awards

Everett covers colored stones’ surging popularity, the mellow return of the “Mellon Blue,” and his “The Devil Wears Prada” doppelgänger.

The NYPD is warning elderly New Yorkers to keep their jewelry hidden when walking outside to avoid being a target.

Lenore Fedow

Designer Viviana Langhoff has realized her dream of owning a space for her Chicago jewelry store that looks and feels like her brand.

Michelle Graff

As gold prices rise, today’s retailers are looking for alternatives at prices that will appeal to wider audiences.

Former Stephanie Gottlieb Fine Jewelry executive Morgan P. Richardson is joining the lab-grown diamond jewelry brand.

Lauren McLemore

The $400 pocket watch is a blend of Audemars Piguet’s iconic eight-sided Royal Oak and Swatch’s unserious Pop watches from the ‘80s.

Michelle Graff

With gold prices on the rise, the “Modern Electrum” collection uses an alternative, non-tarnishing metal alloy composed of gold and silver.

Natalie Francisco

With the trade and customer trust in mind, GIA® developed NextGem™ – on-demand training designed specifically for retail.

Fruchtman Marketing has new owners, Erin Moyer-Carballea and Manuel Carballea, and will relocate to Miami.

Lauren McLemore

In a column for the 2026 State of the Majors issue, Smith lists 10 time-tested principles about sales that still ring true.

Peter Smith

In a column for the 2026 State of the Majors issue, Golan spells out how the growing economic divide in the U.S. is reshaping the market.

Edahn Golan

The “Limitless Expansion of Joy and Hope” collection evokes summer through colored gemstones and motifs of butterflies and florals.

Natalie Francisco

The jewel, circa 1890, is from the late Victorian era and was owned by descendants of the last high king of Ireland.

Lauren McLemore

The Western star’s 14-karat gold signet ring sold for six times its low estimate following a bidding war at U.K. auction house Elmwood’s.

Natalie Francisco

The discussion, "Rebuilding the Jewelry Workforce," will take place on Saturday, May 16, in Troy, Michigan.

Lauren McLemore

The jewelry industry is reassessing its positioning as Gen Z reshapes the retail landscape and lab grown continues to gain market share.

Avi Krawitz

A matching pair of 18.38-carat, D-color diamonds from Botswana’s Jwaneng mine sold for $3.3 million, the top lot of the jewelry auction.

Michelle Graff

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The next generation of lapidarists are entrepreneurial, engaged online, and see the craft as a means for artistic expression.

Lauren McLemore

It was the second auction appearance for the fancy vivid blue-green diamond, which sold for $7.8 million at Christie’s Geneva 12 years ago.

Lauren McLemore

Members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force took a 22-year-old man into custody. He was charged with tampering with evidence.

Michelle Graff

While the overall number of crimes was down, there were more incidences in which robbers pulled out guns, mace, or rammed cars into stores.

Michelle Graff

Jack Sutton Fine Jewelry is closing its store inside the downtown shopping center after 40 years in business.

Lauren McLemore

Reena Ahluwalia’s painting of the rare red diamond is the first contemporary painting to join the National Gem Collection.

Lauren McLemore

The price of gold has risen, affecting the number of pieces designers make, the materials they use, and how they position themselves.

Natalie Francisco

Peter Smith gives tips on leading meetings, developing marketing, and making trade show appointments in the age of short attention spans.

Peter Smith

The 11-piece “Medallions” capsule collection features five motifs: a crying eye, a heart on fire, a spiral, a flower, and a swallow.

Natalie Francisco