The decrease, less than initially expected for the period, is attributed to declining sales in under-performing stores and weakness in energy-dependent regions.

Brecken Branstrator

With such a wide variation--from moss agate to white agate and everything in between--agate is poised to be a trend contender for 2017.

Amanda Gizzi

Today’s greatest living jeweler straddles the line between fine art and high jewelry.

Ashley Davis

It’s the first branded shop-in-shop for the Chinese jewelry mega-retailer.

Ashley Davis

The Accredited Gemologists Association has chosen the project manager of cut research at the GIA’s Carlsbad laboratory as the recipient of the 2017 Antonio C. Bonanno Award for Excellence in Gemology.

Ashley Davis

See National Jeweler’s top five most-read stories last week.

Ashley Davis

One Ohio jeweler is offering a luxury package for the holidays that includes a 16-carat, $1 million Forevermark diamond and a 2017 Mercedes Benz S550 Cabriolet.

Brecken Branstrator

In addition to creating the collection for Robbins Brothers, the industry executive also wrote a book about her 50-year marriage that will be gifted with purchase.

Ashley Davis

The Kimberley Process chair touted the passage of two “historic” agreements but others are saying that’s actually not what happened at the meeting.

Michelle Graff

Peter Smith discusses the possibilities that come with asking customers to talk about the person for whom they are buying.

Peter Smith

The e-commerce giant has filed suit over a product called the Forearm Forklift and another over exercise equipment.

Brecken Branstrator

The GIA acquired some “exceptional” mineral specimens and the SSEF unveiled a top-of-the-line GemTOF instrument at its facility to provide more information on gemstone origin.

Brecken Branstrator

The Council of Fashion Designers of America brought 16 jewelers together for its third annual fine jewelry showcase.

Ashley Davis

Both diamond miners continue to characterize diamond sales as being positive.

Michelle Graff

In time for the holiday season, the retailer will test Macy’s Backstage pop-ups in approximately 45 stores.

Brecken Branstrator

The top prize of the 16th Grand Prix D’Horlogerie de Genève went to Ferdinand Berthoud.

Ashley Davis

Custom jewelry is a category that’s growing, the majority of jewelers who took our latest survey said.

Michelle Graff

Ivanka Trump’s jewelry brand issued an apology after sending out a “Style Alert” regarding the jewelry she wore while appearing alongside the president-elect on “60 Minutes.”

Ashley Davis

The fancy vivid blue diamond was expected to be the top lot of Sotheby’s Nov. 16 sale in Geneva but was topped by a step-cut 17.07-carat fancy intense pink.

Brecken Branstrator

Diamonds Unleashed has partnered with CFDA jewelers to auction one-of-a-kind pieces at the upcoming art fair.

Ashley Davis

The luxury jewelry retailer will close the doors on its only Oregon store following a liquidation sale that starts Thursday.  

Michelle Graff

The Swiss Gemological Institute has introduced a GemTOF instrument to its lab, which can provide more information about the origin of colored gemstones.

Brecken Branstrator

Whether it’s coming from the internet, the big-box store down the street or other luxury categories, competition is jewelers’ biggest challenge right now.

Michelle Graff

Meyer Hoffman has been appointed president of Graff USA after serving as chief operating officer for Mikimoto America.

Ashley Davis

New to the U.S. market, fine jewelry’s most buzzed about designer is rethinking the way jewelry is made.

Ashley Davis