Here are the top five stories published on NationalJeweler.com for the week of May 1 to 7, according to Google Analytics.
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In honor of Mother’s Day, Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff shares two Mother’s Day commercials she thinks are really cute.

This week brought news of two very notable diamonds that will be up for sale soon. Read all about them and more in our weekly photo recap.

It is 2.83 carats, oval cut, GIA color-graded as a fancy deep grayish blue violet and will lead Rio Tinto’s Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender this year.
Swiss Watch by JCK and Luxury Watch will sponsor Time for Kids, the annual watch giveaway taking place during the Jewelers for Children Facets of Hope event on June 5.

Scheduled for July 25 in conjunction with the JA New York Summer show, the recruiting event will include a panel discussion, one-on-one career coaching and hiring opportunities.
As a whole, jewelry sales continued to improve for the nation’s largest sellers of fine jewelry in 2011, continuing the trend seen last year.

The online retailer reported that it sold a total of $56.7 million in diamond engagement rings in the United States in Q1 2016, down from $61 million in Q1 2015.

The tennis ball-sized rough stone, which will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in June, could yield the largest top quality polished diamond in the world.

After less than a year in the position, Endless Jewelry CEO Paul Moonga is out, replaced by Ulrik Rasch, the brand’s global supply chain director.
Amid economic and regulatory uncertainties during an election year, small business owners are currently feeling less optimistic about the state of their businesses, according to a study from Capital One.
For every $25,000 spent with the company during JCK Las Vegas, customers will receive one entry into a drawing for an all-expenses-paid vacation package for two.

The owner of the Philadelphia-area jewelry manufacturing company started by his father more than a century ago passed away Friday.

Though there won’t be any burpees involved, there’s still bound to be some sweating as Shane Decker and Jim Ackerman put jewelers through their sales and marketing paces.

The show that has become the go-to globally for innovative fine jewelry design has added a curated selection of timepieces to this year’s event.

The pieces our associate editor thinks really embodied the idea of Man vs. Machine at the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
A number of different factors are influencing the trend and it’s not expected to reverse course anytime soon.

The New York City retailer is now called Greenwich St. Jewelers and has a new website as well, all in honor of its 40th anniversary.

The green stone is perfectly suited to be the birthstone for the month of May, representing the renewal of spring and thought to bring fortune and foresight.

Why do some people succeed while others fail? It’s more about grit than talent, according to a new book.
Three jewelry experts will talk about their experience and success in the trade on June 2, right before the Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show opens.

Here are the top five stories published on NationalJeweler.com for the week of April 24 to 30, according to Google Analytics.
The colored gemstone miner unearthed a rare set of matching rubies weighing a total of 45 carats from its Montepuez mine in Mozambique.
Emerald and beryl output nearly tripled for the colored gemstone miner in its third quarter, driven by an increase in average grades per ton at its Kagem mine.
Dana Schorr, known in the colored gemstone world for his outspoken and rebellious nature but, most of all, for his big heart, died Wednesday of complications following a heart attack.