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But the combined three days leading up to Christmas Day were up 4 percent compared to last year.

Chairman Eddie Lampert has until 4 p.m. EST today to submit a new offer to save the historic retailer.
Traditionally a diamond tender house, the company will present about 400 lots at the Jewelry Trade Center from Feb. 18 to 22.

The Jan. 4 deadline to accept Eddie Lampert’s $4.4 billion bid came and went without any indication from the retailer about its status.

A jewelry store shootout in Las Vegas, a lawsuit from a major jewelry brand and the new faces of JCK Tucson 2019.

The popular Italian brand is at odds with former partner Kings Stone over certification of the brand’s black jade jewelry.
At the organization’s Dec. 12 meeting, Sujan Doshi of S.A. Diamonds, Inc. also was elected as vice president.

The high jewelry and watch brand named Piaget executive Céline Assimon to succeed John Leitao.

Senior Editor Brecken Branstrator reviews the top technology, activities and trends in colored gemstones this year.

The diamond miner reported provisional sales of $540 million, a 19 percent increase over last year.
The 125-carat white diamond comes just a day after the recovery of 101-carat and 71-carat roughs in Lesotho.

Four months after it served search warrants during an unannounced visit to the emerald mine, the revenue authority has closed its investigation.

The Swiss watch trade shows will run back-to-back through at least 2024.
Terry Hagood allegedly never delivered $36,000 of jewelry parcels.

Gem Legacy is raising $9,500 to install the equipment at the Precious Women Mine in Mkuki.
Seven robberies or attempts have been made in the last five weeks, while attempts have also been made in Ohio, Wisconsin, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

The mine’s mineral resource estimate also shows a predicted mine life of 30 years.
That so many viewers watched it within the first month shows its Diamonds Do Good message “is resonating with consumers,” the Diamond Empowerment Fund said.
The Laboratory Manual Harmonisation Committee clarified on a disqualifying trait for padparadscha sapphires and how lab reports should address new corundum treatments.

National Jeweler honors those individuals the jewelry industry said goodbye to this year.
They were taken into custody in Tennessee but also are wanted in connection with thefts across Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi.

These are the tumbled and trapiche pieces from the Muzo designer collaboration that caught our gemstone editor’s eye.

The showroom is located on Worth Avenue, an upscale shopping area that also houses Chanel, Graff and Tiffany & Co.
Arieon Smith allegedly had a role in the March home invasion that resulted in the death of Gallerie Jewelers’ Ted Shaughnessy.