Meanwhile, prices for yellow and pink diamonds remained relatively unchanged, according to the Fancy Color Research Foundation.
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The winners of the jewelry design and hollowware competition will be announced in May at a dinner in Albuquerque.
A total of 229 jewelry stores shut down in North America in the first quarter 2017, compared with 268 in the first quarter of last year.

He was a longtime member of the DMIA and co-founder of ADIA, the American Diamond Industry Association.

R.F. Moeller Jeweler is transitioning to the next generation of leadership. Here’s how the family made the deal come together with minimal angst.
The Little Rock, Ark. native worked in his family’s jewelry store and loved dogs, NASCAR and spending time with his friends.
Police believe that the pair have committed multiple armed robberies together over the past five years.
Barbara S. Jones was appointed by the retailer’s new Respect in the Workplace committee, formed to support female employees.

The Charlotte-based jewelry retailer now has a total of 14 locations.
Shane Decker and Jim Ackerman’s two-day “Ack The Deck” event for independent jewelers will return in August, in Denver and Atlanta.
The 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report is the company’s first public report of the kind.
The Gemological Institute of America said the instrument, which will be priced between $4,000 and $5,000, will be available by the end of the year.
Pawn America, which has 23 stores in four states, filed for Chapter 11 and says it will reorganize and emerge.
The former president and owner of Mazzarese Jewelry now is heading the Kansas City-based watch company.

The jewelry company is asking its followers to share stories about their mothers for a chance to win gifts from the brand.

These were the five most popular stories on National Jeweler last week, according to Google Analytics.
Gemvision is retiring its Revo540 Milling System as the company aims to deliver the most relevant tools and services to the jewelry industry in an ever-changing market, Gemvision said.

Our Editor-in-Chief also dives into what sizes they prefer and how they feel about smart devices in her post-Baselworld blog post.

Susie Biddle joins the 111-year-old trade publication after working at Lela Rose and Roberto Coin.
The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers who have shots of women working in any type of mining.

But the company noted it was up against soft comps in Europe, where sales were down in early 2016 following the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.

The Israel Diamond Exchange is bringing in a retired district court judge to handle the more high-dollar disputes between members.
The men allegedly passed bad checks, used forged documents and told tall tales to cheat wholesalers out of millions of dollars in melee.

Rough diamond sales picked up a bit for De Beers in its most recent round but remain off from what they were at this time last year.

The Dallas jeweler and TrendSeeder have put out a call for emerging jewelry designers to enter the second edition of the competition.















