She aims, however, to retain her position as general counsel with the Jewelers Vigilance Committee, an organization she has been with for 18 1/2 years.
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Likeable Local’s Mike Farrell says that in order to find the answer, jewelers first need to ask themselves two other questions.

From a people-pleaser’s memoir to an Ocean’s Eleven-like heist, here are three books that came out this month that might be of interest to those in the jewelry industry.

The jewelry brand is holding a retail-centric sweepstakes in the U.S. giving fans the chance to see the Endless ambassador’s Las Vegas show.
The Dallas-based jewelry wholesaler and retailer is joining with Southwest Diamond Cutters to establish a state-of-the-art diamond cutting facility to serve retail and wholesale clients nationwide.

Here are the top five stories published on NationalJeweler.com for the week of March 27 to April 2, according to Google Analytics.

The lab’s Tom Moses and Wuyi Wang reached this conclusion after being granted permission to visit a diamond-growing factory in China.

The rectangular-cut, 14.62-carat stone will be the largest and finest fancy vivid blue diamond ever offered at auction when it goes up for sale at Christie’s Geneva next month.

This week included coverage of one jewelry brand’s racy advertising campaign and the release of a new “smart” bracelet in the market.
The watch company saw sales increase in the fourth quarter and fiscal year but is tempering its growth forecast for the year ahead.

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According to a recent report from Karus Chains, the Casio G-Shock and the Rolex Submariner share the No. 1 spot on the list of 50 most-Googled watch brands in 2014 and 2015.

Mining company Alrosa has dubbed the 83.59-carat diamond it recently recovered from the Jubilee kimberlite pipe “Mothers of Russia.”
The company has tapped the visual retail veteran as its director of business development, to be based at its corporate office in Lewisville, Texas.

Long before they encircled the necks of goth girls in the 1990s or were popularized by a princess in the late 1800s, chokers were donned by women in ancient civilizations to protect their throats.
Wolleman recently headed the search process to replace outgoing JBT President and CEO Dione Kenyon.
PlatinumJewelry.com features jewelry styles and trends, as well as stories and guides, for shoppers looking to buy platinum jewelry.
Swiss watchmakers are the most pessimistic about the industry that they’ve been in the last four years, owing to the strength of the Swiss Franc and the increasing competition from smartwatches.
The internally flawless, cushion-shaped fancy vivid blue diamond could sell for as much as $55 million and set a new world record price for a diamond at auction.
The Jewelers 24 Karat Club of Southern California will honor AGS Laboratories Executive Director Peter Yantzer with its inaugural Lifetime Service Award, as well as Mark Schneider and Steve Weiss with the Excellence in Service Award next month.
Here are the top five stories on NationalJeweler.com from Sept. 13 to 19, according to Google Analytics.
There is nothing worse as a customer than asking a question and getting a blank stare. But that doesn’t mean all the sales necessarily go to those who know the most, Peter Smith writes.
Despite a 2 percent increase in production, Petra Diamonds’ revenue decreased 10 percent to $425 million as a weaker diamond market and dependence on diluted mining areas affected performance.
Temple St. Clair, Sevan Bicakci and Caroline Scheufele are competing to win in the jewelry design category of the 2016 Gem Awards, the winners of which will be announced in January.
Rio Tinto once again has four fancy reds in its annual tender of special stones from the Argyle in Western Australia, the mine that produces the vast majority of the world’s pink and red diamonds.