While diamonds are always a girl’s best friend, the time is ripe for diamonds of all colors to share the stage.
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With wild animals in the news these days, it’s great to see some beasts immortalized in gold and gems for everlasting enjoyment.

It’s a category so big we had to divide it between two weeks.
The French company, which owns Boucheron and Ulysse Nardin, said jewelry did well while its watch brands struggled in 2015.
Macy’s Inc. is laying off thousands of employees following a “disappointing” year that ended with a 5 percent slide in same-store holiday sales.
Here are five most-read stories published on NationalJeweler.com last week, according to Google Analytics.
The woman wanted in a string of armed jewelry store robberies across the Southeast was arrested Friday, less than a week after her latest robbery.
The e-tailer has opened another by-appointment-only brick-and-mortar location, this one located on Newbury Street in Boston.
This is the fourth edition of the Jewelers for Children event, which asks participants to bike, run or do yoga to help support children in need.
Customers sit through boring, passionless presentations every day because most sales associates have not been taught the basics of delivering an exciting sales pitch, Pat Henneberry writes.
Randi Zuckerberg and Hitha Herzog will discuss being a three-dimensional woman, retail trends and a shift in consumer attitudes at the annual In the Know conference.
The National Retail Federation’s recent survey shows consumers are opting to either save or pay off debt with their returns, although a select few will still “splurge.”

The world’s largest retailer of diamond jewelry has launched an ambitious initiative that, over time, aims to assure that the millions of diamonds it buys every year come from identified sources.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is now accepting donations of legally owned ivory products from those who want to “help reduce the overall ivory market.”
Dallow, who is the director of Rio Tinto’s diamonds office in North America, succeeds Andrea Hansen in the position.
Tiffany & Co.’s new advertising campaign is putting the spotlight on the artisans who hand-cut, polish and craft its diamond engagement rings.
Here are the top five stories published on NationalJeweler.com last week, according to Google Analytics.
Whether a store’s message is that it offers the “best service” or the “biggest selection,” jewelers better be able to back it up, Peter Smith writes.
The Gemological Institute of America’s offerings in Tucson this year include a show service laboratory, exhibitions and seminars.
The mining company ramped up operations at Argyle, which is known for producing pink and brown diamonds.
Here are the top five stories published on NationalJeweler.com last week, according to Google Analytics.

Beginning March 1, prospective Gemological Institute of America students will have the chance to apply for more than 125 scholarships totaling over $500,000.

Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff sits down with the founder of Stone & Strand to better understand what the e-tailer hopes to gain by opening a physical space.

Jean-Marc Lieberherr, who just left his position as managing director of Rio Tinto’s diamond business, is now the CEO of the Diamond Producers Association.