The newly formed Italian Exhibition Group will launch a business-to-consumer event to complement the Vicenzaoro Dubai trade show this fall.
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Lessons on lab-grown diamonds and on-site laboratory services are just two of the activities the GIA has planned for the upcoming gem shows.

He’ll be replaced by David Block, who’s been the company’s deputy CEO and COO since 2012.

The diamond miner and marketer sold $720 million in rough at its first sales cycle of the year.

Led by neuroscientist and business consultant Robert Cooper, the “Insiders Institute” aims to give jewelers the tools to succeed in a new retail environment.

James Speltz will report directly to Darrell Ross, who was president and CEO and now will serve as CEO and chairman of the board.

Senior Editor Brecken Branstrator details a few interesting facts about the stones, which have been allowed back into the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade.

This year, Italian trade show Vicenzaoro has debuted “The Design Room,” a section of the show dedicated to the top independent brands in fine jewelry today.

The longtime driving force behind jewelry manufacturer Suna Bros. lived her life with “fierce courage, singular independence and elegant grace.”
The company is shutting down its factory in Mount Vernon, New York and laying off 42 employees after Richline Group’s recent acquisition of its parent company.

There now is a “People’s Choice” award in the competition, which is open for submissions from Jewelers of America retail members through Feb. 17.

Police in two cities are investigating jewelry store-related shootings that left an employee and a bystander who tried to intervene dead.

In addition, Kevin Sweeney has joined the company as a business advisor.
Baselworld show-goers will get a sneak peek of the first fashion jewelry collection from the brands, which is part of a multi-year licensing agreement.

Jewelers of America is bringing back its education webinar series, starting this month with a session on inventory management.

Gold price predictions for the year, as well as expectations for the upcoming gem shows in the desert, were two of the top stories on National Jeweler last week.

The e-tailer is officially partnering with a company called Mondiamo after testing the service on its own website for seven months.

The World Gold Council and Thomson Reuters both weigh in on what they expect in the market for the yellow metal this year.

It’s the third location for the Swiss grading laboratory and was opened in response to increasing demand from the gem trade.

That’s what Bloomberg said this week in a report that the Diamond Producers Association would neither confirm nor deny.

Conceptual and innovative, the Lebanese designer is one to watch.

National Jeweler spoke with gem dealers and exhibitors about their expectations for the upcoming shows. Here’s what they had to say.

National Jeweler’s “Watch Guy” runs the down the list of common mistakes that jewelers make that cause them to lose repair customers.

The French brand is gaining global recognition for its cool concept of interchangeable design.

It weighs nearly 188 carats and it’s not on Melania Trump’s hand. Our Editor-in-Chief reports from the nation’s capital.