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The supplier’s online program allows customers to search and buy calibrated natural and lab-grown diamond melee, including in fancy shapes.

Lauren McLemore

The lab-grown diamond grower now offers custom engagement and fashion jewelry through its Kira Custom Lab Jewelry service.

Lenore Fedow

Chandler got his start at Michelson Jewelers and has served as DCA president and CEO since 2001. He will retire at the end of the month.

Michelle Graff

The jewelry retailer raised its full-year guidance, with CFO Jeff Kuo describing the company as “very well positioned” for the holidays.

Michelle Graff

Sponsored by the Gemological Institute of America

The “Lumière Fine” collection was born from designer Alison Chemla’s interest in the transformative power of light.

Natalie Francisco

The New York City store showcases a chandelier with 1,500 carats of lab-grown diamonds designed by an FIT student.

Natalie Francisco

The trio of Advent calendars include a version with 18-karat gold and lab-grown diamond jewelry in a red lacquer jewelry box.

Natalie Francisco

The “Lovestruck” collection, designed with the Academy and Grammy award-winning siblings, is the brand’s first lab-grown diamond offering.

Natalie Francisco

The manufacturer is adding 1,400 chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactors to its growing facility in India.

Natalie Francisco

The new lab-grown diamond jewelry offering is the latest expansion of the designer’s “Bliss” collection.

Lauren McLemore

It will classify lab-grown stones into one of two categories, “premium” or “standard,” in lieu of giving specific color and clarity grades.

Michelle Graff

The catalog contains a complete listing of all the loose gemstones in stock, as well as information about the properties of each stone.

Michelle Graff

“Making a Killing in Diamonds” tells the story of Mimi Rosen, the disappearance of a scientist, and the murder of lab-grown diamond CEO.

Natalie Francisco

Diamonds and crimes (some involving diamonds) top the list of National Jeweler’s most popular stories halfway through the year.

Michelle Graff

The “XO Tacori” collection was designed to blend luxury and accessible pricing.

Lenore Fedow

It will quit assigning the stones specific color and clarity grades in favor of applying “new descriptive terminology.”

Michelle Graff

On an earnings call, CEO J.K. Symancyk discussed what’s working for the company and how it’s preparing for the potential impact of tariffs.

Lenore Fedow

Located in Bangkok, the laboratory is Gemological Science International’s 14th location worldwide.

Michelle Graff

In a special column for the State of the Majors, Edahn Golan breaks down what the top-performing fine jewelry sellers are doing right.

Edahn Golan

While the product has entrenched itself in the market, retailers and consultants are assessing the next phase of the category’s development.

Avi Krawitz

The company plans to halt all consumer-facing activity this summer, while Lightbox factory operations will cease by the end of the year.

Michelle Graff

Sponsored by the Gemological Institute of America

As lab-grown diamond brands pop up across India, academics are researching how to grow demand outside of the jewelry industry.

Stephen Rego