The Ohio-based company has introduced the Plasticast PT investment and binder, a new two-part system for casting rapid prototype pattern materials and high temperature alloys.

Brecken Branstrator

Rather than paying up front for marketing that might not show results, jewelers should use referral systems that get clients into the store at a low cost.

Brecken Branstrator

The fancy vivid “De Beers Millennium Jewel 4,” once part of a group of diamonds De Beers gathered to mark the millennium, will be up for auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong.

Two U.K.-based designers made the first pieces to be produced using Cooksongold’s new platinum powder and will display them at the upcoming Baselworld show.

Brecken Branstrator

Open only to the brands and designers exhibiting at the show, this year’s contest has a total of 12 categories.

Here are the top five stories published on NationalJeweler.com for the week of March 6 to 12, according to Google Analytics.

Michelle Graff

More than half of the retail jewelers who took our survey this month said their watch sales have declined over the past 10 years as they struggle to compete with online sellers.

MJSA is calling for submissions to its 2016 Vision Awards, which recognize outstanding talent in jewelry design.

Michelle Graff

Mike Clemente now is vice president of sales while Brian Newman has been appointed Northeast territory manager.

Morrison, the Diamond Producers Association’s managing director of marketing, will exit the organization in May to “pursue another professional opportunity.”

Michelle Graff

This week included Shinola’s double shout-out from the campaign trail and news that a Breguet pocket watch that used to belong to a media mogul will be up for auction in May.

Brecken Branstrator

A trio of consumers took center stage Thursday afternoon at the WJA In the Know conference, answering questions about lab-grown diamonds and where, when, why and how they shop for jewelry.

Michelle Graff

A real estate publication is reporting that the store will be in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, an area with heavy foot traffic.

In the last installment of a multi-part series about her trip to East Africa, Associate Editor Brecken Branstrator discusses visiting a rural Tanzanian school that the jewelry and gemstone industry is helping.

Brecken Branstrator

The owner of Leilani’s Jewelers in Torrance, Calif. shot and killed a man who allegedly was trying to rob his store on Tuesday.

Brecken Branstrator

An article published in The Washington Post this week about how bars are dealing with the deluge of requests to charge patrons’ smartphones brings up the larger question of, when is it OK to say “no” to a customer?

Michelle Graff

The exhibition is set up in Rome’s Museo di Roma-Palazzo Braschi and showcases how the serpent has been used in jewelry, art and design.

Nine jewelry stores worked with Roger Dery Gem Design to collect books for donation to a library at the Kitarini Maasai Children’s School in Tanzania.

Brecken Branstrator

Jewelers of America will hold a members-only event in Arlington, Va. on April 12, just before the start of AGS Conclave in D.C., to build awareness for its advocacy work.

Brecken Branstrator

The Smyth Jewelers executive now is board president of the Continental Buying Group, where he will provide strategic counsel for the organization.

The seminar is just one of many Jewelers of America is producing during the JA New York Spring show, scheduled to take place at the Javits Center next week.

Brecken Branstrator

The watch, which once belonged to the founder of news agency Agence France-Presse, will hit the auction block this May at Christie’s Geneva.

A former jewelry polisher has filed a collective action lawsuit against manufacturer Unique Settings of New York claiming that he put in 45- to 52-hour work weeks but wasn’t compensated at all for overtime.

Michelle Graff

The retail giants are just two of the jewelry companies that announced a commitment to support the fight against wildlife trafficking on World Wildlife Day last week.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to severely tighten regulations on the trade in African elephant ivory and, while there are a few exemptions, they may not extend to jewelry.