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?

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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. 

Consumers today think they are giving small retail jewelers business when they ask them to size the ring they got on the Internet. But this isn’t type of business jewelers want to be doing, retailer Jim Alperin writes.

James Alperin

The brand’s most recent collection offers boldly colored gemstones, like green quartz and blue topaz, set into its signature sterling silver metalwork.

Zalemark Holding Company is deepening its partnership with Super Bell, tapping the manufacturer to make all its jewelry and moving into the Super Bell offices in downtown Los Angeles.

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The Detroit-built watch brand also received a mention in Sunday night’s Democratic debate.

The De Beers diamond brand has launched in Thailand, Hungary and South Korea, making it available in more than 1,700 outlets across 38 total markets.

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The Jewelers’ Security Alliance’s annual report for 2015 shows that the total number of crimes against the industry decreased from 1,381 in 2014 to 1,177 last year.

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According to an internal communication from the brand sent to a local news outlet, Harlan Kent resigned Friday after slightly less than a year with the jewelry company.

Here are the top five stories published on NationalJeweler.com last week, according to Google Analytics.

One Florida jeweler recently donated a pair of wedding bands to a couple who’ve been married for nearly seven decades but never had a wedding, until now.

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A visually impaired man appeared on The Rachael Ray Show to receive a pair of eSight sunglasses and surprised his girlfriend with an on-air proposal in the process.

Brecken Branstrator

The New York City Commission on Human Rights has proposed rules to help employers comply with the city’s recently enacted Fair Chance Act and the public is invited to comment on them.

Brecken Branstrator

Light will be the first recipient of Diamond Empowerment Fund’s new Diamonds Do Good Lifetime Achievement Award, which he’ll receive during the organization’s gala in Las Vegas.

From the record-setting price for a white diamond from Angola’s Lulo mine to the best Oscars jewelry, it’s the week that was in photos.

The State of the Majors 2012

Michelle Graff