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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

US consumer spending for the holiday season will see its slowest rise in six years as shoppers lay out more on necessities than on nonessentials like jewelry, a Bain & Company survey has found. Sales ...

The August issue of the Rapaport Research Report outlines the trade’s options, from expediting exports to seeking out low-duty routes. The diamond and jewelry trade is seeking solutions to US tariffs ...

Burgundy Diamond Mines will suspend operations at one of the two active pits at its Ekati mine in Canada and let go of hundreds of workers to cope with financial constraints stemming from the market ...

The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) is launching a new marketing campaign for natural diamonds that centers around a gumball machine full of synthetics that can be “won” for five euros, in an ...

Debswana, the 50-50 joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana government, will temporarily halt output at some sites and has reduced its rough guidance for the full year. The move, which is due ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has updated the terms it will use to describe lab-grown on reports, to distinguish them further from natural diamonds. The new nomenclature will use ...

Since launching a flagship store in Tribeca in 2018, FoundRae founder and creative director Beth Hutchens has added a second location in central Manhattan. The new boutique’s vibrant red interior ...

The World Diamond Council (WDC) is calling on the US government to provide a dispensation for the diamond industry when implementing tariffs, noting the levies would put more than 200,000 jobs at risk ...