The new laws surrounding ivory and the identification of CVD-grown diamonds are among the topics that will be covered at this year’s event. 

Michelle Graff

A new study shows that among specialty jewelers, Zales does it best when it comes to digital while other retailers suffer from a lack of omnichannel integration. 

Brecken Branstrator

The Jewelers Vigilance Committee has released a legal compliance guide designed to help designers, jewelers and anyone else who engages in e-commerce at either the retail or wholesale level.

Brecken Branstrator

Ever wonder why people are so addicted to their iPhones? One of the month’s new releases explains how companies succeed in making products that are habit-forming.  

Michelle Graff

A recent study from L2 shows that Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and messaging app WeChat, which is not widely used in the U.S., have the best reach and engagement rates while Vine, Tumblr, Pinterest and Google+ are on the decline.

Brecken Branstrator

Stuller has become the authorized distributor for Sy Kessler’s Renata watch batteries as well as Gel-Pak’s line of Gem-box products. 

Michelle Graff

The Gemological Institute of America has suspended its diamond sealing services until further notice after receiving a sealed diamond for verification that did not match the grading report number packaged with it.  

Michelle Graff

 Pre-owned jewelry, diamond and watch buyer Circa has appointed Laurence Grunstein as its CEO, effective immediately.

Michelle Graff

I am not proud to admit it now, but I was the kind of little girl who wanted to quit games in the middle if it looked like I wasn’t going to win, a trait for which my mom, like any good mother should, always admonished me.

Michelle Graff

 Jewelry industry professionals now can sign up to attend the Santa Fe Symposium on jewelry technology, scheduled for May 17 to 20 in Albuquerque.

Michelle Graff

Collateral lending and crowdfunding are two of the options available in an era when traditional banks are exiting the industry.

Michelle Graff

 Jewelers of America now is accepting entries for its annual retailer design competition to be held at the JA New York Winter show in January. 

Michelle Graff

A U.S. district judge in Florida has sentenced the man who masterminded the 2013 robbery of the International Diamond Center in Tampa to 11 years and 6 months in federal prison.

Brecken Branstrator

Innovative, intriguing events can not only attract new customers and bring in existing customers, but engage them in a way that will keep the store front of mind. National Jeweler talked to five retailers across the country about the events they came up with to do just that.

Brecken Branstrator

 A lab-grown diamond company announced Monday that it is now producing high-quality 2-carat diamonds and expects to be growing 3-carat stones by early 2015.  

Michelle Graff

A U.S. district judge in Florida has sentenced the man who masterminded the 2013 robbery of the International Diamond Center in Tampa to 11 years and 6 months in federal prison. 

Brecken Branstrator

Last week I had the chance to talk with Dorothée Gizenga, executive director of the Diamond Development Initiative, about how the Ebola outbreak is impacting the lives and livelihoods of the artisanal diamond diggers the organization aids.

Michelle Graff

One Tokyo-based company has just upped the ante on wearable technology, introducing a diamond ring outfitted with near-field communication capabilities. See how it works in this video from Core Jewels.

Michelle Graff

Wealth in this country remains concentrated on the coasts, the Forbes 2014 list of America’s most expensive ZIP codes shows. 

On Tuesday, the GIA Alumni Association Minnesota/Twin Cities Chapter is scheduled to hold a seminar both online and off on the profits and pitfalls of professional jewelry appraising.  

Michelle Graff

The next Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair is scheduled for Feb. 1 to 3, with the trading floors of the city's diamond bourses converted into exhibition spaces for the event.

Michelle Graff

Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company is hosting a free webinar later this month to teach jewelers how to use social media to their advantage without jeopardizing their business. 

Michelle Graff

Brad Kodak of W. Kodak Jewelers discusses the biggest challenge facing independents today, margins, and marketing what type of lab reports the store uses.  

Michelle Graff

White Pine Trading, which deals in recycled diamonds, has created a fine jewelry division in order to give retail jewelers across the country access to inventory that will boost margins, the company said.

Michelle Graff

While Mike Barnes’s decision to step down after less than four years seems sudden, it’s not shocking that he wants to relocate to be closer to family. 

Michelle Graff