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Press release – Cyrille Vigneron, President and CEO of Cartier, Co-Chair Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 meets key stakeholders to discuss collaboration.
Dear readers, That’s the question that we are all asking, isn’t it? What major or decisive event happened in the diamond industry this summer?
They include millennials of a certain age, women who buy jewelry for themselves, and “upgraders,” according to The MVEye.
In our security-dominated lifestyle, where completing a simple transaction usually requires a username and password, facial recognition, or some other form of technology, it is almost refreshing to see that the memo — a practice nearly as old as the jewelry industry itself — is alive and well.
Here’s why one analyst called it the best deal Signet has done in decades as well as thoughts on the company “getting too big.”
While De Beers—and the jewelry industry as a whole—have enjoyed a strong first half of 2022, the company feels a lot more cautious about the second half, CEO Bruce Cleaver told JCK in an interview Friday [July 29], a day after the release of De Beers’ first-half financial results.
Depending on which sales measurement service you consult, July’s jewelry sales either continued the industry’s unprecedented hot streak or showed that its amazing two-year run was cooling off.
Announced earlier [the week of July 25] by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, the news comes just as GIA prepares to close its Antwerp facility.
The United States, the European Union, and allied governments—traditionally staunch supporters of the Kimberley Process (KP)—have grown frustrated with the certification scheme and are questioning whether to continue devoting their current level of resources to it, says Hans Merket, a researcher for the International Peace Information Service (IPIS) and a member of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition […]
On Thursday [July 14], the House of Representatives passed an amendment aimed at removing Russian diamonds from global markets as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Revenue for the group that includes Kering’s jewelry brands grew 32 percent in the first half of 2022.
Jewelry sales boasted an impressive performance in the first half of 2022. Sales rose nearly across the board – a particularly impressive act against the excellent performance of 2021. However, as the months went by, sales deteriorated until they fell behind in June.
