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Augmentes provides a shopping platform for retailers designed to entertain, engage and educate today’s consumers.

The space underwent 18 months of renovation to better reflect its vision of tech-enabled luxury commerce, including a watch “trading floor.”

This hand-crafted piece was a standout among New York’s confluence of trade shows this week.

The jeweler said it will operate JamesAllen.com as an independent division while also adding parent company R2Net’s technology to its own stores’ websites.

Market research firm YouGov has released its first BrandIndex, a list of companies that it says are currently resonating with consumers.

The Gem Gallery’s purchase of the Vortex mine near Lewistown will allow the jewelry store to bring the high-quality sapphires back to the market.

Today, the online marketplace for pre-owned jewelry and watches launches its “Brand Boutique” featuring new designs.
Through a collaboration between Pac Team and Myndar, it will help retailers accumulate product data in real time and keep track of inventory in a new way.

The jeweler said it “struggled to gain traction” in the United States following a change in leadership and marketing strategy.

David Bellman of Bellman Jewelers isn’t afraid to innovate and says video is the future.

Adwar Casting’s Keith Adwar started cycling after being diagnosed with diabetes but has since turned it into an opportunity to raise money to find a cure.

“Melee The Show” is the brainchild of northern California designer Rebecca Overmann and designer and Esqueleto store owner Lauren Wolf.

A judge tripled the number the jury awarded the jeweler for unlawful profits Costco earned from sales of “Tiffany” rings.

The Diamond Council of America’s members voted “overwhelmingly” in favor of the organization’s new affiliation agreement with Jewelers of America.

The collaboration is designed to support public lands in the Pacific Northwest through content creation and a fire tower restoration.

The man-made diamond startup purchased Vrai & Oro last year and now will open a store in L.A.

The annual design competition has added a new category: jewelry collection.

Desert Diamond Jewelers doesn’t have a website and isn’t big on Facebook, but with the help of Yelp, business has tripled in the last year.

Improving the customer experience through the employee experience, the art of storytelling and a $20 marketing plan are among our latest recommendations.

The men have been trapped underground since Friday, when water poured into the underground portion of Alrosa’s Mir mine in Siberia.

The launch of a permanent collection with the iconic retailer follows a temporary collaboration earlier this year.

The yearly gathering organized by the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute is scheduled for Oct. 4 to 7.

In Omaha, Borsheims stays relevant in part through creative collaboration with its Berkshire Hathaway sister companies.
Ian Harebottle, who resigned following the company’s takeover, will be succeeded by Gemfields executive board member Sean Gilbertson.
















