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Pandora announced this week that it has cut 105 “unbranded” retailers in the Americas, mostly in the United States. Read more here.
MJSA Expo and JA New York announced plans to co-locate at the Javits Center in March 2016 while bangle and jewelry brand Alex & Ani signed on to exhibit at JCK Las Vegas for the first time.
Blue Nile revealed more details about the store it is opening in a New York mall while, in the auction world, a 25.59-carat ruby set three world auction records and a five-star general’s watch sold for more than four times its highest pre-sale estimate.
All this and more happened this week--see it illustrated in photos here.
Pandora announced this week that it has cut 105 “unbranded” retailers in the Americas, mostly in the United States. Read more here.
The Gemological Institute of America has recalled hundreds of diamonds for reexamination because it believes the stones have undergone a temporary treatment that improves their color by as much as three grades. Read more here.
Three men robbed Tourneau’s Madison Avenue store on Tuesday afternoon in an armed smash-and-grab incident, firing a gun twice and eventually fleeing with several Rolex watches. Read more here.
Blue Nile is planning to open a store in a New York mall where customers can try on--but not buy--jewelry, much like the in-store displays it set up in select Nordstrom locations last year (pictured here). Read more here.
Cranston, R.I.-based jewelry brand Alex & Ani has signed on to the JCK show, and will be located in the Four Seasons hotel adjacent to Mandalay Bay. The brand will meet with JCK buyers by appointment only. Read more here.
The free “Show Issue” of National Jeweler’s digital magazine launched Wednesday, offering readers tips, options and tactics ahead of market week in Las Vegas. Read more here.
The 25.59-carat “Sunrise Ruby” sold for $30.3 million on Tuesday in Geneva, helping to make Sotheby’s May 12 sale the highest-grossing jewelry auction in history. Read more here.
The watch that belonged to General Douglas MacArthur, known for his service in the Pacific theater during World War II, more than quadrupled its highest pre-sale estimate when it sold for $94,212 in Geneva over the weekend. Read more here.
MJSA announced that the 2016 edition of its Expo New York is moving to the Javits Center, and will be held in March at the same time as the JA New York show there. Read more here.
Scott Kay--which is now owned by manufacturer Frederick Goldman--continues to add to its sales team, this week announcing Nick Pirie as the regional account executive for the East Coast. Read more here.
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