The son of famed diamantaire Harry Winston has lost a 13-year-long court battle to register the name Bruce Winston as a trademark for his own line of high-end jewelry, court papers show.
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Five companies are returning to the Inner Circle at the upcoming JA New York Summer show, a pavilion that features high-end products from an array of designers and manufacturers.
Another analyst has told National Jeweler that he expects gold and silver prices to remain relatively steady in the foreseeable future, as investors normalize their approach to buying in light of the improving global economy.

Platinum Guild International’s latest collaboration has the organization teaming up with Emmy Award-winning costume designer Lyn Paolo to promote the metal.

The Gemological Institute of America recently held a rough diamond evaluation course in Namibia, its first class in the country and part of the organization’s continued expansion of its operations in Africa.

De Beers will begin selling Forevermark in the United Kingdom and Ireland this fall through an exclusive licensee partnership with sightholder Crossworks Manufacturing Ltd., which also launched the brand in Canada and Australia.
Israel’s polished diamond exports for the first six months of the year were up 6 percent year-over-year, and the United States remains the country’s largest export market.

The Home Depot has started carrying MakerBot desktop 3-D printers at 12 of its stores across California, Illinois, and New York as part of a new pilot program.
I received quite a bit of response from last week’s post concerning consumers’ thoughts on lab-grown diamonds, from both the trade and the people I polled. My article even sparked a more formal poll, on consumer-facing jewelry website PriceScope.

Sterling silver designer and manufacturer Zina now is offering the brand’s classic styles in 14- and 18-karat gold.
Following a wave of in-store credit fraud in retail jewelry stores across multiple states, the Jewelers’ Security Alliance has issued a warning reminding jewelers to check their credit company’s policy concerning chargebacks and identity theft.
Cartier has filed a lawsuit against its former director of off-line advertising, claiming she asked a co-worker to download confidential information about advertising plans and then tried to entice that same employee to follow her to competitor Tiffany & Co.
Cartier has filed a lawsuit against its former director of off-line advertising, claiming she asked a co-worker to download confidential information about advertising plans and then tried to entice that same employee to follow her to competitor Tiffany & Co.
One lucky individual is going to have the chance to propose to their partner in the winner’s circle at the Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York, thanks to one retailer’s latest contest.
The Gemmological Association of Great Britain has confirmed 13 speakers for its upcoming annual conference, which will include a presentation on the jewels recovered from the wreck of the famed RMS Titanic.

A site in Angola that one Australian company is hoping will turn into a lucrative diamond mine has been turning out some pure rough as of late.

Sightholders Tasaki and Rosy Blue, along with Kiran Gems in Mumbai, are among the first to begin using the new Automated Melee Screening device created by De Beers Technologies UK to separate natural melee from lab-grown.

More states legalizing gay marriage means more customers for jewelers who are open to selling to same-gender couples. National Jeweler talked to retailers who cater to this market about what they’re selling, the challenges and more.
A Minnesota man recently was arrested in connection with a jewelry store robbery after he left behind one vital piece of evidence that led police right to him -- his cell phone.

Police in Baltimore County, Md. have arrested three suspects wanted in connection with a string of jewelry thefts that had law enforcement officials in six states on alert.
Dominion Diamond Corp. plans to purchase C. Fipke Holdings Ltd.’s interests in Ekati’s core and buffer zones, meaning it now will own 90 percent of the diamond mine’s core zone.
Same-store sales in Michael Hill’s U.S. stores rose 6 percent year-over-year while total revenue fell slightly due to the company closing a store in June of last year.
The final gavel seemingly has dropped for Bidz.com Inc., which once sold millions of dollars in fine jewelry a year via its live online auction format but has struggled financially the last several years.
It’s been a rough (no diamond pun intended) past couple of weeks for two of the industry’s largest producers of lab-grown diamonds.