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Peter Smith discusses the possibilities that come with asking customers to talk about the person for whom they are buying.

The e-commerce giant has filed suit over a product called the Forearm Forklift and another over exercise equipment.

The Council of Fashion Designers of America brought 16 jewelers together for its third annual fine jewelry showcase.
In time for the holiday season, the retailer will test Macy’s Backstage pop-ups in approximately 45 stores.

The top prize of the 16th Grand Prix D’Horlogerie de Genève went to Ferdinand Berthoud.
Ivanka Trump’s jewelry brand issued an apology after sending out a “Style Alert” regarding the jewelry she wore while appearing alongside the president-elect on “60 Minutes.”

Whether it’s coming from the internet, the big-box store down the street or other luxury categories, competition is jewelers’ biggest challenge right now.

Meyer Hoffman has been appointed president of Graff USA after serving as chief operating officer for Mikimoto America.

New to the U.S. market, fine jewelry’s most buzzed about designer is rethinking the way jewelry is made.

Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff shares what she learned at the recent forum on lab-grown diamonds held in New York.

Greece is known for its proliferation of talented jewelers; now meet its coolest fine jewelry e-commerce site.
There were eight attacks on traveling salespeople and jewelers away from their stores in October, about four times the monthly average seen so far this year.

The new feature is designed to help users consider, explore and buy the products they see in their feed.

The price of gold is expected to trend higher over the next few years, as a president who brings uncertainty to the market prepares to take office and concerns mount over the U.S.’s growing deficit.

The market saw demand decrease 1 percent, its first decline in three years, due to uncertainty from the presidential election and reluctance to spend amid the global economy.

Third generation jeweler Frieda Kaplan Gross can credit her grandfather for setting her onto the path of a career in jewelry, but designs her line with an unabashed female energy.

But the company said it’s on schedule to meet its production target for both emeralds and rubies within the next three years.
An official partner of the organization Turquoise Mountain, Small is dedicated to empowering her fellow jewelers in beleaguered Afghanistan.

Brand ambassador Gwyneth Paltrow was on hand Wednesday night to fete the company’s first ladies and second men’s collection of wearables.
Kimberly Galvin was let go by the Women’s Jewelry Association and has been arrested after it was discovered that she allegedly had been funneling money meant for the WJA into her own accounts.

It is an industry in a period of flux, with changes, shifts and challenges assailing it from all directions.

TEFAF’s first New York edition brought four illustrious design houses to the Big Apple.

Here are 12 pieces of citrine and topaz jewelry to ogle as the gemstones step into the spotlight this month.

Our selections for the month include a book on becoming a super boss and another that gets inside the minds of 25 women under 30.


















