The Top 5 Stories of 2025

The deal closed this week, which means Instore will produce the JA NY show slated to take place this fall.

Michelle Graff

The company’s jewelry sales were up in Q4 and the fiscal year, with Richemont raising prices in part because of the cost of gold.

Lenore Fedow

The “Bauble” capsule collection of colorful one-of-a-kinds includes our Piece of the Week, the “Bauble” earrings, featuring rose zircon.

Natalie Francisco

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

The updated catalog has a newly dedicated section for gift wrapping.

Lenore Fedow

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

Fourth-generation CEO Lilly Mullen wants to emphasize experience, connection, and personalized service.

Lenore Fedow

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

The new award, created in partnership with Henne Jewelers, honors the late designer’s legacy through supporting jewelry education.

Lauren McLemore

The addition of the diamond-producing countries as nation affiliated members broadens the federation’s global representation, WFDB said.

Lauren McLemore

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

The sessions will run from Friday, May 29, to Sunday, May 31, with one being a live taping of an episode of Couture’s podcast.

Natalie Francisco

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

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

This is what the nine recipients plan to do with the funds.

Natalie Francisco

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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