Antwerp, August 31, 2020 — The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) announced today that it has recruited industry veteran Kim E. Pelletier to serve as CEO of the newly formed Get Diamonds B2B diamond trading platform. Get Diamonds, which is owned by the WFDB, is the only non-profit entity diamond trading platform whose slogan […]

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Fugitive Indian jeweler Mehul Choksi is facing new charges, that he sold lab-grown diamonds, claiming they were mined. He is already a key suspect, along with his nephew Nirav Modi, in an alleged $1.85bn fraud against the Punjab National Bank (PNB). New charges brought by India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) detail claims that he cheated top […]

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Ritani, a vertically integrated, technology-minded jewelry company launched Virtual Shelf at JCK Las Vegas. Virtual Shelf is a white-label application and sales vehicle that “re-imagines how jewelers sell, and customers shop for engagement rings, diamonds, and jewelry.” Like its various competitors, Ritani sought to overcome one of the brick-and-mortar retail jewelers’ most urgent dilemmas, i.e. […]

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Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited has announced the opening of a North American business hub in Boston, Massachusetts, which will be led by Hearts on Fire brand President Caryl Capeci. The company, which has been listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since December 2011, believes that Chow […]

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This year, National Jeweler honored two single-store independent jewelers along with one multi-store independent. The 2019 inductees are Cathy Calhoun of Calhoun Jewelers, Julia and David Gardner of David Gardner’s Jewelers & Gemologists, and Judy and Steve Padis of Padis Jewelry. We are thrilled to welcome five jewelers into the National Jeweler Retailer Hall of […]

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