This week: FTC goes after Amazon. How models are exploited. And should a woman be forced to sell her engagement ring? All below.

 

Lightbox engagement rings are De Beers’ biggest gamble yet

– CBS News Minnesota seems excited about it (video)

– National Jeweler isn’t surprised

 

De Beers sales slide as weak trading continues

– CNBC: Diamond prices off from their peak

– Demand increases for gems 0.75 ct. and under

– Botswana revenues come under pressure as diamond trade slows

– De Beers’ new CEO talks about partner expectations

 

The diamond industry’s origin conundrum

 

WD Lab Grown looking for funding, sources say

 

Modi gives Biden a 7.5 ct. lab-grown diamond

 

The race for the 100 ct. lab-grown

 

JCK show attendance up 8%

 

Jewelers Board of Trade’s Erich Jacobs on the state of the industry

 

Neiman Marcus weighs sales of Bergdorf Goodman, entire company

 

Patek Philippe “shakedown” should not succeed

 

Everledger collapse puts Queensland government on the firing line

 

FTC sues Amazon over Prime cancellation policy

 

Don Roberto settles data breach lawsuit

 

No end in sight for Folli Follie trial after new deferment

 

Austin, Texas, jeweler’s daughter-in-law pleads guilty in murder for hire plot

 

Inside fashion’s underbelly: how models are exploited

 

Gemstone dealers in Mozambique struggle against multinationals

– New study looks at how mining industry violates indigenous people’s rights

 

Ruby dealers hope for benefit from Estrela de Fura sale

 

Mercury Free Mining enters promising new stage

 

Sotheby’s appoints global head of content

 

Marion Fasel becomes GEM Awards chair

 

Daniel Schneider promoted to president of Pure Grown Diamonds 

 

Cartier creative director wants to approach stones with “humility”

 

De Beers Jewelers “doing diamonds differently” for Gen Z

 

Gen Z wants jewelry with gender fluidity

 

Western nations look the other way on money laundering in UAE

 

Surge in China’s demand for gold slows as economy stumbles

 

South African newspaper reviews bio of Harry Oppenheimer

 

234-year-old medallion honoring King George III heads to auction

 

“Out of touch” Bethenny Frankel dragged for flaunting massive engagement ring

– Frankel claps back

 

Vulture looks at John Mulaney’s story of a Rolex and the diamond district

 

Newly signed Jets receiver hits up N.J. jeweler for custom bling

 

Kim Kardashian overwhelmed by diamond necklace gift after not buying jewelry since robbery

 

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire wear same jewelry during Paris outing. OMG

 

Beyoncé once hated diamond top on Dangerously in Love album cover

 

Woman feels “heavy burden” after husband asks her to sell $14,000 engagement ring

 

Media Watch

Interview with De Beers co-chair Bruce Cleaver (audio)

Insider columnist is excited about her lab-grown engagement ring

 

From the Blog

Lightbox Engagement Rings Are De Beers’ Biggest Gamble Yet

WD Lab Grown Looking for Funding, Sources Say

 

From the Podcast

The Jewelry District, Episode 98: JCK Las Vegas Report, Lab-Grown Reset, Tracing Diamonds

 

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