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Strong consumer confidence and more online and late-season shopping helped them grow by 5 percent this year, according to the MasterCard SpendingPulse report.

National Jeweler is crowning the best book, movie, stone and trends that owned the year.

Wear it as a reminder to keep those New Year’s resolutions.
A Dubai bank filed to subpoena the company that operated the now-defunct jewelry line, claiming its diamonds were used in a money laundering scheme, GQ reported.

Art, business and computer-aided design are the focus of the new course listings.

It moved to the space in 2017 and will be held there for the foreseeable future.
The company now is offering a 30-day credit line of up to $10,000 per transaction.

These might have not been among the most-read articles of the year, but Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff thinks they are important nonetheless.
Second-year jewelry design students designed a three-piece men’s jewelry set this fall to honor the brand’s founding designer.
The annual black-tie event will move to the New York Hilton Midtown in the new year.
Police are looking for the woman involved in a number of attempted robberies last week.

Reading these will be more fun than whatever you have planned for New Year’s Eve.

These were the five most-read stories on National Jeweler last week, according to Google Analytics.
Chaim Even-Zohar’s annual diamond report will be published by Indian consultancy Pharos Beam.

Demand for rare and important stones, increased online sales and record-setting jewels helped boost the two auction houses this year.
The service will now be available for finished jewelry at labs in New York, Hong Kong, India and Dubai.

Forget snow. This rhodolite ring is on fire.

Supply chain developments, gemstone trends and movements from the biggest players shaped the colored gemstone sector in 2017.

Our editor-in-chief recaps the recent Kimberley Process meeting and looks at where the process goes from here.

It pays tribute to “Lady Ganga,” a woman who set a world record in an effort to draw attention to the disease.

Four women of various ages, ethnicities and passions don AnaKatarina jewelry to celebrate those who are defying media norms of the ideal woman.
One consumer claims she overpaid for a ring on the e-commerce site that ended up being 43 percent smaller than the company indicated online.

Saturday Night Live poked fun at the charm company, alluding that Pandora was the perfect gift for clueless husbands.

Ventura, California’s Fox Fine Jewelry is giving diamond necklaces to those who lost their homes.