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The first week in December brought Forevermark diamond jewelry to the shelves of Tourneau’s flagship store in New York and on the watch retailer’s website.
This year’s Cyber Monday sales surpassed $3 billion, making it the heaviest online spending day in history and helping to boost numbers for the holiday shopping season to date. Some independent retail jewelers also reported a lucrative Black Friday and following weekend in the rundown they gave National Jeweler on what customers were buying at their stores after Thanksgiving.
The first week in December brought Forevermark diamond jewelry to the shelves of Tourneau’s flagship store in New York and on the watch retailer’s website, with plans to expand the offerings to Tourneau’s Boston location next year.
In diamond news, Petra Diamonds recovered a 23.16-carat pink and Lucara came up big again with an 813-carat white diamond. Meanwhile, De Beers revealed that two companies are paying $7.2 million to buy its Kimberley Mines, a site where diamond production has been taking place since the 1870s.
Also happening this week was TAG Heuer naming actor Chris Hemsworth as its newest brand ambassador, Signet’s plan to implement Pandora shop-in-shops in more than 200 of its Jared stores and Pantone’s announcement of the two Colors of the Year for 2016.
See the week that happened, in photos.
This year’s Cyber Monday sales surpassed $3 billion, making it the heaviest online spending day in history and helping to boost numbers for the holiday shopping season to date. Some independent retail jewelers also reported a lucrative Black Friday and following weekend in the rundown they gave National Jeweler on what customers were buying at their stores after Thanksgiving.
Tourneau’s flagship store in New York City and its website now are carrying diamond jewelry from Forevermark, with the watch retailer’s Boston location slated to pick up the line in 2016. Read more here.
The large diamond finds continued, with mining company Petra Diamonds recovering a 23.16-carat pink (pictured) and Lucara coming up big again with an 813-carat white diamond. Read more here.
Fourteen-store chain The Jewelry Exchange debuted its Eternal Love & Friendship collection offering six 1-carat rings featuring two large center diamonds and diamond pavé bands--a collection not unlike Signet’s new Ever Us line. Read more here.
A new book released this month by former Tacori employee Aja Raden, called Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World, explores the role eight different pieces of jewelry played in shaping major world events. This read and three others are part of National Jeweler’s recommended books for December; read more here.
Two companies are paying $7.2 million to buy the Kimberley Mines from De Beers, a site where diamond production has been taking place since the 1870s. Read more here.
Those born in the last month of the year are lucky to have three birthstones: turquoise, tanzanite and zircon. National Jeweler showcased 10 pieces of jewelry that fit December’s stones; read more here.
TAG Heuer announced this week that it has tapped Chris Hemsworth as its newest brand ambassador, and that an ad campaign featuring the Australian actor will launch later this month. Read more here.
On Wednesday, Signet Jewelers said it would put Pandora shop-in-shops in more than 200 of its Jared the Galleria of Jewelry stores beginning in 2016. Read more here.
Pantone revealed on Thursday that Serenity and Rose Quartz are the Colors of the Year for 2016, marking the first time the company has chosen two shades for the annual designation. Read more here.
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