De Beers to Use Opsydia’s Laser Tech to Inscribe Lab-Grown Diamonds in Lightbox Jewellery
De Beers Group will be using a new technology developed by Opsydia, a spin-out company from the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, to inscribe all the lab-grown diamonds above a...
GJEPC Expects De Beers Will Drive Product Categorisation and Differentiation Between Synthetics and Natural...
The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council today put out a statement on De Beers’ planned move, announced yesterday, to launch a jewellery brand using synthetic diamonds.
The statement reads:
“Through a communication addressed...
Rita Ora personally picks up gold haul from Glasgow jeweller
Rita Ora personally popped into John Stewart Jewellers in Glasgow to collect a massive gold haul.
Shop floor staff couldn’t believe their eyes when the popstar walked through the doors, with her assistant, before performing...
Midas Jewellers shocks locals with decision to close after 41 years
Independent Lisburn-based jewellery retailer, Midas Jewellers, will close its store doors after 41 years in the city.
With the end of the current lease, owners, Jim and Lynne Conlon, have made the “very difficult” decision...
Selfridges retains ‘Best Department Store in the World’ title
Selfridges has managed to retain its titles as the ‘Best Department Store in the World’ for the fourth time.
The British department store was internationally recognised as the Best Department Store in the World 2018...
Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery, Jaipur, to Launch Degree Courses from July 2018
The Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery, Jaipur (IIGJJ), a project of The Gem &Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) released their annual publication on May 27, 2018. The publication, more in the nature of...
Additional Floor Space, Other Innovations to Enhance Ease-of-Doing-Business at IIJS 2018
The 35th edition of the India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) 2018, to be held from August 9th to 13th at Mumbai, will not just be bigger, with a nearly 20% increase in floor space...
Chow Tai Fook, GIA collaborate on blockchain initiative
Retail giant Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd has teamed up with the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) to use blockchain technology in delivering secure digital diamond grading reports to consumers.
Clients of Chow Tai...
De Beers Group adds lab-grown diamonds brand to portfolio
The De Beers Group has announced the launch of a new company called Lightbox Jewelry, which will begin marketing a new brand of laboratory-grown diamond fashion jewellery in September.
The Group’s new brand, ‘Lightbox’, will...
New Record Price Per Carat Achieved at Latest Gemfields Emerald Auction
Sales at the latest auction of Gemfields emeralds from the Kagem Mine held in Lusaka, Zambia in mid-May was impacted by the reduced availability of bank finance mainly for Indian clients, even as a...
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