News & Trends

Industry podcaster and consultant Rod Worley has released A Time to Chant: Jewelry Trade Edition, a new book meant to help independent jewelers increase their traffic, particularly among millennials. The book details Whorley’s “Actively Involved Marketing” program, where jewelers...

Indian Commodity Exchange Limited (ICEX) created a history of sorts yesterday when it went live with the world’s first Diamond Derivatives Exchange. “ICEX commenced operations with the launch of Diamond Futures, which will be the...

In case you've somehow been able to successfully exclude yourself from this narrative, Taylor Swift released a new single last night. And, this being 2017, there's already on-brand merch to go with it. People reports...

Indian news outlets Mumbai Mirror and Times of India reported on Friday that two of Mumbai’s leading diamond exporters and manufacturers—Interjewels Pvt Ltd and Ankur Diamonds—are in dire financial straits. We’re still gathering details on this story as reported (updates may...

Signet Jewelers Limited recently announced that it has agreed to acquire R2Net -- owner of JamesAllen.com and Segoma Imaging Technologies -- for US$ 328 million in an all cash deal. JamesAllen.com, is a well-known and...

The Government of India, through a notification issued on August 25, 2017 by the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), has imposed restrictions on the imports of jewellery; parts intended for jewellery; precious metal...

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd announced that it has completed drilling of three diamond  holes  at its 100%-owned Chidliak Diamond Project near Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. The total number of metres drilled was 1,474. “Core hole CHI-050-17-DD36 (DD36)...

As gold prices hover around $1300 per ounce and Rs 29,000 per 10 gram in India, bearish operators are tightening their grip by raising speculative short bids in gold futures. Gold has faced resistance...

New York--Tiffany & Co. fared better in the second quarter than it did in the first, with e-commerce helping to boost net sales but lower tourist spending leading to a dip in comps in...

Signet Jewelers is buying R2Net, the owner of millennial-targeting diamond e-tailer James Allen, for $328 million in an all-cash transaction. R2Net also owns Segoma Imaging Technologies, which provides the digital images for the James Allen...