Jewelry Industry Blog

Jason Castro. I think it’s pretty clear by now that this guy, stoner-cutie that he happens to be, is not capable of anything more than he’s been doing: singing flat, mellow versions of whatever song he happens to find the sheet music for. I guess you could call that “making it his own,” but it’s [...]

Yellow gold has never completely fallen out of favor with the fashion crowd, but over the past decade the public took more of a shine to sterling silver and platinum. However, gold’s fortunes had already started to turn when it hit $1,000 an ounce in March.
Even as gold prices come back down, jewelers expect it [...]

Hipsters beware: That naval piercing or nose ring may be hazardous to your health. In rare cases, seizures, organ failure and even death can occur.
That is the message from the California Department of Toxic Substance Control, which is enforcing a new state law that regulates lead in jewelry, especially piercing jewelry.
That law went into effect [...]

New York—Two industry experts predicted gold prices would push past $1,100 an ounce in the coming year, fueled by a weak U.S. dollar and growing inflation fears.
GFMS Ltd. Research Director Philip Newman and Tim Dinneny, with metals trading and finance firm ScotiaMocatta, spoke on gold prices during The Plumb Club Forum, held Sunday and Monday [...]

Jewelry exports from Israel exceeded the $400 million level, reaching $410 million in 2007. This constitutes a 5% increase in comparison to 2006, when jewelry exports came to $390 million.Exports of non-embedded gold jewelry came to $176 million, constituting 43% of all jewelry exports. The export of jewelry embedded with diamonds and gemstones came to [...]

Foundation and leading fashion and home designers unveiled their commitment to coral conservation today at the launch of Too Precious to Wear, a program of the ocean conservation organization SeaWeb. The fashion and design world have long looked to corals and the ocean as a source of inspiration and imagination, yet these beautiful animals and [...]

Dallas—Richard Breeden’s foothold in Zale Corp. increased again on Thursday when he and his business partner were appointed to the company’s board of directors. Zale announced the appointment of Breeden and another new member, James M. Cotter, on Friday. The appointments increased the size of the Zale board from six to eight members.

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Geneva—Swiss luxury group Richemont has reported an 8 percent increase in sales at actual exchange rates to 1.673 billion euros (about $2.438 billion) for the three-month period ended Dec. 31, 2007, compared with 1.552 billion euros (about $2.262 billion) for the same period in 2006. Sales at constant exchange rates increased 14 percent for [...]