The sale of Lucara’s 1,109-carat Type IIa D-color Lesedi La Rona diamond was supposed to be the pinnacle of the gemstone auction year. Read More...

The world of luxury is rarely synonymous with charity, but that may be about to change with the company Livoos – a luxury lifestyle e-commerce platform that donates 50 percent of its revenue to charitable causes. Read More...

A few years ago, Kroll investigators uncovered an important detail about the Jatin Mehta-controlled Winsome Diamonds and Jewellery Ltd.’s allegedly fraudulent $1.25 billion banking default in India Read More...

Having written about it for the last two weeks I wanted to avoid discussing the Diamond Producers Association (DPA) – and yet, fate stepped in to play my hand. Read More...

We hear a lot these days about “authenticity,” how companies and brands should be true to their principles (of course they still exist….the principles, I mean). Read More...

A report surfaced in Reuters this week that the DPA, set up last year to help spur diamond demand, has decided to launch a new slogan in June to replace “A Diamond is Forever.” Read More...

The secretive Swarovski crystal empire's entry into the lab-grown gem-quality diamond business was planned and executed in utmost secrecy. Read More...

Next week, Dubai will hold the 37th World Diamond Congress, where the three main themes are transparency, responsibility and sustainability. Read More...

There is still time to write about this…just. Mother’s Day is fast-approaching, but a last minute push to try and get customers through the door and purchasing diamonds and/or jewelry may well pay dividends. Read More...

The recent Sotheby’s magnificent jewels auction in New York made headlines, but unusually because of what did not sell rather than what did – namely, a 9.54-carat blue diamond ring once belonging to child star, Shirley Temple. Read More...