Jewelers of America (JA) has revealed the names of the six jewelry trade associations that will receive its inaugural Impact Initiative grants. The initiative is a multifaceted program aimed at ...

Botswana President Duma Boko had to try twice to inject some energy into a sleepy audience at the annual World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) gathering in New York. It was the morning after the ...

Russian miner Alrosa has caught an employee allegedly exchanging low-value diamonds for more expensive ones, which, together with accomplices, she then sold to Armenian smugglers. Following an ...

Israel has expressed opposition to Qatar’s candidacy for Kimberley Process (KP) chair, threatening the diamond certification scheme’s ability to find a new leader. Qatar is currently the only country ...

Gemfields will inaugurate a second ruby-processing plant at its Montepuez site in September, expecting to triple the mine’s overall ore capacity. The company’s new facility in Mozambique will increase ...

Jewelers of America (JA) has promoted Amanda Gizzi to senior vice president of corporate affairs. Gizzi most recently served as the organization’s director of public relations and events, JA said ...

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized five shipments carrying nearly 2,200 pieces of counterfeit jewelry valued at over $25 million. The first packages customs confiscated in Louisville, ...

US retail sales fell in May compared to the previous month as consumers slowed down on stocking up ahead of tariffs. Revenue slid 0.9% month on month — adjusted for seasonal variation — to $715.4 ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has appointed Pritesh Patel as its president and CEO, to succeed longtime chief Susan Jacques, who is retiring. Patel joined the institute in 2015 as chief ...

Jewelry retail in the US has been declining steadily for more than 20 years, and 2023 was no different. The number of jewelry retailers fell by 2.8% to 17,554 last year, according to the Jewelers ...

Former Perion and MyHeritage tech exec pledges to use cutting-edge advancements, including AI tools, to grow business while staying true to company values. The Rapaport Group has appointed veteran ...

The US jewelry market is in motion: adapting, evolving, and revealing new patterns of consumer behavior in response to shifting economic and political pressures. In our May-June issue, Rapaport ...