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National Jeweler spoke with this year’s Awards for Excellence recipients about the industry today and more. Rounding out the honorees: David Prager on behalf of De Beers.

A jewelry store or brand celebrating a major anniversary must go beyond crafting banners and throwing a big bash, Lilian Raji writes.

It’s located outside Portland, Oregon, and is expected to be operational by 2020.

Sylvie Ritter is out after 15 years heading the watch and jewelry trade show.

The diamond miner and marketer’s rough diamond sales totaled $520 million, down 11 percent from the same period last year.

From a book on blockchain to advice from a Broadway star, National Jeweler has it covered in its first book roundup of 2018.

The two, along with the government of Canada’s Northwest Territories, are the recipients of the Diamond Empowerment Fund’s 2018 “Diamonds Do Good” awards.
The body in charge of promoting the jewelry and gemstone industry in India has a new chairman and vice chairman.

It’s an open-pit mine in South Africa known for producing large white and fancy color diamonds.

The underperforming stores in Michigan, Florida, Illinois and Texas are being shuttered as the retailer puts more emphasis on its small-format shops.

Namdeb noted that satellite diamond mining operations Elizabeth Bay and Daberas are “well beyond their original planned life of mine.”
Given to five students, the scholarships included one provided by the Providence Jewelers Club Foundation for the first time.

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

For the father-and-son team behind Jackson Jewelers, success begins with a positive attitude.

Light will retire at the end of the month and be succeeded by Virginia “Gina” C. Drosos, a former biotech executive who has been on the company’s board since 2012.
The building has a long and storied history, as it served as the headquarters for De Beers for decades and once held billions of dollars in diamonds.
A court in Antwerp said diamond company Exelco is on track to repay its loans and deemed the seizure unnecessary.
Meet the Press tackled the issue Sunday, as did The New York Times with a spotlight on the Western Pennsylvania city of Johnstown.
Luxury Giftware by Jere will move its operations from Georgia to Ohio and founder Jere Wright will stay on board.
The 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report is the company’s first public report of the kind.
At Conclave last week, “Technology Therapist” Jennifer Shaheen shared her essential list of e-commerce best practices for 2017.

The Italian jewelry house has constructed a new sustainably-minded workshop in Valenza with its very own jewelry school.
With a global population set to reach 2.6 billion by 2020 and access to $44 billion in buying power, jewelers will want to take notes on this generation.

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

















