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According to Mastercard’s SpendingPulse report, overall holiday retail sales rose 5 percent.

Chinese retailer and manufacturer Chow Tai Fook is taking part in the Tracr pilot.

Some of them are from National Jeweler, and some of them are not.

The designer’s popular signet style has gotten a makeover courtesy of Rowing Blazers.

Senior Editor Brecken Branstrator reviews the top technology, activities and trends in colored gemstones this year.

Sports icon Lionel Messi sported a special timepiece to pick up his record fifth European Golden Shoe award last week.

The diamond miner reported provisional sales of $540 million, a 19 percent increase over last year.

Retailers gave the scoop on their holiday seasons and our fashion editor chose her favorite collection of the year.

Impeccable design elevated humble materials to fine jewelry status in one collection that stood above the rest this year.
The 125-carat white diamond comes just a day after the recovery of 101-carat and 71-carat roughs in Lesotho.

Four months after it served search warrants during an unannounced visit to the emerald mine, the revenue authority has closed its investigation.

The Swiss watch trade shows will run back-to-back through at least 2024.

No matter the holiday, we could all use a little love as 2018 draws to a close.

Jewelers across the country talk about how and what they’re selling and what they expect for the big weekend to come.

A limited-edition series of bracelets pays tribute to five different places.
Terry Hagood allegedly never delivered $36,000 of jewelry parcels.

Gem Legacy is raising $9,500 to install the equipment at the Precious Women Mine in Mkuki.

The 552.74-carat yellow was discovered at the Diavik mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Seven robberies or attempts have been made in the last five weeks, while attempts have also been made in Ohio, Wisconsin, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
The retailer is partnering with pre-owned luxury timepiece seller Crown & Caliber to give store credit or cash for customers’ watches.

While overall jewelry crime continued to trend downward in 2014, there was a spike in the number of smash-and-grab robberies due primarily to two large gangs.

In January, jewelers Larry and Kat Stokes will take over Russell Korman Fine Jewelry.

The mine’s mineral resource estimate also shows a predicted mine life of 30 years.

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