De Beers and Botswana Have (Finally) Made a Deal. What Now? In 2011, De Beers and Botswana signed a contract that moved De Beers' sorting and sales from its traditional London base to Botswana's capital of...
July 7 Diamond Shavings: Your Web Roundup This week: Indian lab-grown company reportedly goes bankrupt. The FTC outlaws fake reviews. And why summer increases jewelry allergies. All...
June 30 Diamond Shavings: Your Web Roundup This week: Why watch brands should leave selling to actual retailers. Fugitive Jatin Mehta gets “outrageous” allowance. And a dog finds a...
June 23 Diamond Shavings: Your Web Roundup This week: FTC goes after Amazon. How models are exploited. And should a woman be forced to sell her engagement ring? All below. (more…)
Lightbox Engagement Rings Are De Beers’ Biggest Gamble Yet Out of the blue, De Beers’ lab-grown diamond brand, Lightbox, began selling engagement rings on its website last Thursday. (more…)
WD Lab Grown Looking for Funding, Sources Say WD Lab Grown Diamonds, one of the first companies to mass-produce synthetic gemstones with the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method, is looking for...
June 16 Diamond Shavings: Your Web Roundup This week: AI-generated junk floods Etsy. Diamond polisher steals from employer by drugging coworkers. And a woman uses a fake ring as a dating...
U.S. Crackdown on Russian Diamonds Expected to Start Jan. 1 It's clear: Stronger sanctions on Russian diamonds are coming—probably after the new year. (more…)
Interview With Lightbox CEO Antoine Borde De Beers' lab-grown diamond brand, Lightbox Jewelry, exhibited at the JCK show in Las Vegas for the first time this year—in, we should note, the...
June 9 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup (Vegas Recovery Edition) This week: What jewelers have in common with Nintendo. Chow Tai Fook not opening quite so many stores. And a jeweler sues Nicki Minaj. (more…)