Here are the top five stories published on NationalJeweler.com for the week of Sept. 4 to 10, according to Google Analytics.
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Senior Editor Brecken Branstrator shares the insights gleaned from her trip to the Bangkok Gems and Jewelry Fair.

North American Jewelers Inc. is known for bridal and special occasion diamond jewelry and will help Ohio-based Quality expand its engagement ring business.

Fashion Week is the setting for the first New York trunk show for e-commerce fine jewelry site Auverture, a venture from Dutch jewelry designer Bibi van der Velden.

Tennis’ most accomplished current player has created a collection of bridge jewelry to benefit Kara Ross’ foundation that aims to empower women and girls.

One-carat polished prices slid again while prices for 3-carat stones and smaller goods remained flat or rose very slightly, according to Rapaport.

Signet rings and Romanov jewels were just a couple of visual highlights from this week’s stories.

The Thai government predicts that its gem and jewelry sector will grow 10 percent in export value in 2016, with the U.S. market playing a part.

Partnerships in the jewelry industry abound. Amanda Gizzi is spotlighting 13 stunning pieces of jewelry that are products of joint design efforts.

Among the 200-plus historic tomes the GIA is making available to the public is a rare catalog of Romanov jewelry.

The PhosView is about the size of a toaster, can scan parcels of diamonds quickly and ultimately will cost $4,500.
Carlos Torres, of Romano’s Jewelers, was charged in a scheme to defraud Marines by obtaining their personal information and then adding unauthorized charges to their store credit accounts.
The DPA, which works to boost mined diamond demand worldwide, has hired marketing expert Deborah Marquardt as its chief marketing officer.

Once used as seals and still embraced by today’s jewelry designers, signet rings have held an enduring allure throughout the ages.

The Seattle retailer got into the business in the late 1950s and opened his own store, Alvin Goldfarb Jeweler, in 1980.
The JCK Las Vegas and Luxury dates will shift due to the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.

The owners of Adorn, a website that rents fine jewelry to consumers, are looking for someone else to step in with hopes they can take the business to the next level.

The online jeweler recently opened its fourth “webroom,” in Portland, Ore., and said its fifth will be in Seattle.
The employment report released late last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the economy added 151,000 jobs in August, following gains in both June and July.

Peter Smith challenges jewelers to reimagine their retail operation as if they were starting from scratch.

Here are the top five stories published on NationalJeweler.com for the week of Aug. 28 to Sept. 3, according to Google Analytics.

The social selling company aims to fill a void it sees in the market when it launches Covet by Stella & Dot this week, featuring six necklace styles that retail for less than $300.
The jewelry manufacturer and distributor has hired Natalie Engravido as director of brand management for Triton.

Tiffany unveiled its Masterpieces high jewelry collection while Ylang 23 and TrendSeeder announced the winner of their competition for emerging designers.

The 17 inaugural members of the Forevermark Carat Club visited De Beers’ Victor mine in Canada last month.