The inaugural emerging jewelry designer competition from Ylang23 and TrendSeeder was held last week in New York.
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The Jewelers Vigilance Committee has convened a search committee to replace President and CEO Cecilia Gardner, who will step down next year.

It’s called Jewellery Box and will take place in the same venue as the Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show.
Operating loss during its fiscal full year was $2.3 million, and same-store sales fell short of expectations.
The debt-saddled costume jewelry retailer wants to refinance its debt to buy time to turn business around ahead of 2017 loan repayment.

Here are the top five stories published on NationalJeweler.com for the week of Aug. 7 to 13, according to Google Analytics.
However, the legislation has little chance of going anywhere, at least for now, as it faces opposition from both the Senate and the president.

The new “Super Store Makeover Contest” is a competition in which jewelers solicit donations for the charity for the chance to win money to renovate their store.

The retailer currently has 728 stores, including 675 full-line locations, and said it will shutter 100 of them next year.
The number of jewelers, wholesalers and manufacturers that ceased operations totaled 442, up from 335 in Q1 and more than double the number seen in Q2 2015.
Columnist Jan Brassem advises retailers and others in the U.S. jewelry business to keep a close eye on the Umbrella Revolution that’s opened in Hong Kong.

The jewelry exhibition will display 12 commissioned pieces from contemporary Greek designers alongside ancient works.
Over the past few weeks, Nordstrom has made a number of announcements regarding new locations for both full-line stores as well as its off-price division, Nordstrom Rack.

The GIA started accepting applications for 2017 scholarships, the AGS began its search for a new CEO and funds are being raised for a Maryland jewelry store damaged in a flood.

Hollie Bonneville Barden has held positions as creative director of two major design houses, all before her 30th birthday.
Luxury retailer Barneys New York will open a store on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood three years from now, marking the company’s return to the neighborhood where it got its start.

Available scholarships, which can be applied to both on-campus and online courses, total $2 million.

In our latest One to Watch, we take a look at the namesake collection from the former De Beers and Cartier designer.
Rio Grande has issued a call for entries for its annual design contest and will be accepting them through late October.

This is the second time in as many years that a Cutting Edge entry took home Best of Show honors in the AGTA’s annual design contest.
The Thai Gem and Jewelry Traders Association said it is delaying the inaugural Thailand Gems and Jewelry Fair because of a dispute over the venue.

Due to renovations at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Jewelers International Showcase has to move its January and April 2017 shows.

It’s the latest initiative the retailer has announced in the face of slow jewelry sales.
The diamond miner has shut down the Ekati processing plant for three months for repairs after a small fire, causing them to lower the production outlook by 16 percent.
SmartWork Media said the show has been “postponed” until 2018 and also confirmed that InDesign magazine will cease to exist as a regular standalone publication.

















