Tiffany and Signet’s holiday sales, a leadership change at Rolex and another development in the Sears saga all made headlines last week.
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Kristen Bell wore these 20.89-carat total weight diamond drop earrings from Forevermark to an awards ceremony.

Department store discounting and a lack of interest in “legacy” lines hurt the retailer this season.

In a pre-Basel preview held in Vail earlier this month, the Swiss watch brand introduced the latest addition to its ProDiver line.
However, Jill Soltau still has several positions to fill coming off a lackluster holiday season and a credit downgrade by Fitch.

A New York-based journalist, a Brazilian-born designer and an innovative fashion company that is everywhere were honored alongside Rolex’s Stewart Wicht and Tiffany & Co.
Luca Bernasconi is taking over for the retiring Stewart Wicht.

It is unknown at this time if the two men are connected to other jewelry thefts.

He comes to the diamond band brand with more than 30 years’ experience in jewelry.

Generation Z is the group immediately following the millennials, and its oldest members are in their early 20s now.
Jim Fox joins the jewelry trade shows with more than 20 years’ experience in luxury, including a sales job at Swarovski.
One of the journalists receiving an award might work for National Jeweler.

He opened Montreaux with Irving Katz after repairing watches and making pearl jewelry at the bench.

Kristina Buckley Kayel joins the Diamond Producers Association after nearly 11 years at Van Cleef & Arpels.
The departure of another bank from the diamond trading hub will have an impact on Indian dealers.

Though he had been diagnosed with lymphoma in December, he said it was treatable and his death was unexpected.
The shooting happened early Saturday evening at an independent jeweler in Las Vegas.

TrueFacet has secured $7.1 million from investors in its latest round of funding and wants $2.8 million more.
A Nevada company is in the process of purchasing the assets of the Greenville, South Carolina-based diamond grower formerly known as Apollo.

If accepted, the bid would save the chain from liquidation, preserving 425 stores and as many as 50,000 jobs.

Mastercard gives an estimate on holiday retail sales, De Beers adds another major player to its blockchain and more.

Chinese retailer and manufacturer Chow Tai Fook is taking part in the Tracr pilot.

Some of them are from National Jeweler, and some of them are not.

While overall jewelry crime continued to trend downward in 2014, there was a spike in the number of smash-and-grab robberies due primarily to two large gangs.

Lab-grown diamonds, engagement ring trends and a financial scandal that rocked the industry were among the most-clicked-upon by our readers.















