The classic gemstone got a modern update from designers and pearl houses alike at the 2017 edition of Centurion.
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According to the NRF, they’ll spend more than $4 billion on jewelry while experience gifts, like event tickets and outdoor adventures, will be popular too.

Brendan Bell will continue to act as CEO through June while the diamond mining company finds a successor.

Ed Hrabak and Tryna Kochanek are retiring as the jewelry retailer creates two new executive roles in response to the changing retail environment.

It gives all the information on the two corundum varieties a gem hound could want, and its author will be in Tucson.

The jewelry designer, who is exhibiting at JCK Tucson, was honored last week at the Fashion Group International’s annual awards luncheon.

One hundred and forty artisans will be chosen to exhibit at the Chicago Botanical Gardens in Sept. 2017.

The packaging and display company’s showroom will be located on West 38th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues in Manhattan.

The gowns were demure but the jewels were piled on at the annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

But the CEO of the luxury conglomerate has warned employees to be cautious and “very vigilant” in the year ahead due to geopolitical instability worldwide.
Deborah Fine has two decades’ experience in the retail, fashion, beauty, lifestyle and media industries.
Gemstone industry insights, an exploration of the Viking sunstone and secrets of the Hope diamond will be discussed at its conference.

National Jeweler’s most popular stories last week shared facts about Burmese rubies and Generation Z.
With a global population set to reach 2.6 billion by 2020 and access to $44 billion in buying power, jewelers will want to take notes on this generation.

John Henne, Sissy Jones and Jean-Christophe Bédos of Birks Group are the jewelers who comprise the 2017 class of inductees.

Jeffrey Cohen will continue in his role as president of Citizen Watch America, and the two companies will operate separately.

SugarFix by Baublebar is the new fashion jewelry line launching exclusively at Target this Tuesday.

With the Lunar New Year upon us, there could be no jewel more appropriate for “Piece of the Week” than this delightfully playful ring.

The newly formed Italian Exhibition Group will launch a business-to-consumer event to complement the Vicenzaoro Dubai trade show this fall.

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.