A 12.56-carat sapphire and diamond ring took the center stage at a recent Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong, selling for HKD 18.7 million ($2.4 million), within its estimates. The piece, which bears a ...

US holiday retail sales will rise during the traditional two-month holiday period, but consumers may opt for fixed-budget goods such as gift cards in the wake of higher tariffs on other items, ...

Gap is expanding its brand to include beauty and accessories and has brought in former Tiffany & Co. chief artistic director Reed Krakoff to help it get there. The move is an attempt to deepen the ...

Kira Jewels, belonging to the family that owns natural-diamond provider Kiran Gems, has expanded its lab-grown production capacity to 250,000 carats of polished per month. The India-based company has ...

If no one sent you the photo of an ad for free lab-grown diamonds at the Jewellery & Gem World (JGW) show in Hong Kong this week — well, maybe you need more diamond contacts on WhatsApp. The biggest ...

US retail sales rose in August as consumers rushed to beat rising tariffs coming into effect and stocked up on school supplies. Revenue increased 0.6% — adjusted for seasonal variation — from the ...

Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) has filed a lawsuit in the Namibian high court accusing security provider G4S of failing to prevent the January robbery that saw millions in diamonds stolen and a worker ...

Signet-owned luxury brand Jared Jewelers has launched a new collection featuring traceable natural diamonds, along with a celebrity campaign. Every diamond in the new collection, called Storied ...

A video edition of the Rapaport Diamond Podcast digs into the rough-diamond sector with the help of special guest Adam Schulman, founder and CEO of tender house Koin International. Schulman joined ...

Thailand has long served as a center for colored gemstones. Its ruby and sapphire deposits and its strategic location — neighboring the gem-rich nations of Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia and Vietnam — have ...

There’s anticipation in the air as two young miners follow their sorting supervisor into a tin-roofed structure atop a mound at the Baken mine. A sign at the entrance announces the space as the ...

Weak demand and a supply glut have created a perfect storm for manufacturers. But the only true solution is at the consumer level. Talking to diamantaires in recent weeks, one trend stands out. Indian ...