Associate Editor Lenore Fedow reflects on Samuels Jewelers, Barneys New York, Charming Charlie, and more of the retailers that closed their doors this year.

Lenore Fedow

The largest single-owner collection of Hemmerle jewels headlines Sotheby’s London jewelry auction.

Ashley Davis

The Weekly, a new TV series from The New York Times, released an episode on the rise in illegal mining and its connection to violence and extortion.

Brecken Branstrator

“Magnificent Emeralds: Fura’s Tears” will run at the Wilensky gallery in Manhattan this fall, showcasing 25 exceptional emerald examples.

Brecken Branstrator

A handful of retailers are lending their talents to the wine and spirits industry. We talked to them about their side businesses for a special feature in our Retailer Hall of Fame issue.

Lenore Fedow

The jewelry company accuses the bank of discriminatory lending practices against a women-led company and is asking for $1 billion in damages.

Lenore Fedow

The 135-year-old trade organization also inducted Reed Jewelers CEO Alan Zimmer to its board.

Lenore Fedow

Industry veteran Keith Rosen will oversee operations in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Ashley Davis

The retailers dish on Yelp vs. Google, approaching customers and what to do when a customer gives you a bad review.

Michelle Graff

Walmart uses blockchain to track food while Maersk keeps tabs on shipping containers. Here’s what industry leaders want it to do for diamonds.

The pair will be recognized at the 2019 Facets of Hope event, scheduled for Sunday, June 2.

Brecken Branstrator

Katherine Domyan swam for Hungary in the 1956 Olympics before defecting and seeking asylum in the United States.

Brecken Branstrator

The 75,000-square-foot location in Kings Plaza shopping center is slated to open Aug. 10.

Brecken Branstrator

The company also is adding dinosaur bone rings to the Mosaic collection and will debut them at the JCK Las Vegas jewelry trade show.

Michelle Graff

Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff shares her takeaways from AGS Conclave 2018.

Michelle Graff

Friends and colleagues share memories of the jewelry industry and civic leader who died earlier this week at the age of 93.

Michelle Graff

He started working at Ben Bridge Jeweler as soon as he could see over the counter.

Michelle Graff

These up-and-coming brands will make their New Designer Gallery debut at the upcoming show.

Ashley Davis

Demand for silver in jewelry and industrial applications is up, and GFMS Thompson Reuters predicts that globally silver jewelry will increase 5 percent this year.

Michelle Graff

Former Army Sgt. Tara Hutchinson started making jewelry after a roadside bomb in Iraq left her severely injured.

Michelle Graff

National Jeweler talked to several exhibitors about what they expect to see and sell.

Brecken Branstrator

Federal judge Jed S. Rakoff ruled that an arbitrator overstepped her bounds in including women who did not opt into the class.

Michelle Graff

Here’s what the engagement ring the prince gave to his actress fiancée says about today’s engagement ring trends.

Ashley Davis

The most exciting design voices today are coming out of Los Angeles, and the community is determined to keep production domestic.

Ashley Davis

You won’t find pushy salespeople at Bella Fine Jewelry and Art, and that’s one of the things that sets it apart from its many local competitors.

Ashley Davis