In a story that seems to be repeating itself on a regular basis, the specter of undisclosed lab-grown diamonds has struck again. Read More...

Valentine’s Day has come and gone and with it, the slew of lovey-dovey pink hearts and candy stories that appeared in the media... Read More...

Hallelujah! The gem-quality synthetic diamond producers have finally acted in unison by creating a strong joint voice on the challenging issues they face; or so it seems… Read More...

Bloomberg.com recently ran an interview with Juan-Carlos Torres, the CEO of Vacheron Constantin. In the article, Torres said that his company... Read More...

The president of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA), Maxim Shkadov, is clearly in pain... Read More...

As a confirmed logophile or word lover, I really enjoy all those word-of-the-year lists that come out during the holiday season. The Oxford Dictionary word of the year for 2014, for example, was vape, which means, “to inhale and exhale the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device.” Read More...

Kudos to Tiffany & Co. for its latest ad campaign, which features a range of “modern” couples on the path to matrimony. Among them is a same-sex couple who in Peter Lindbergh’s photograph look as perfect as the steps of the New York brownstone on which they are sitting. Read More...

According to recent research from global marketing company Epsilon and boutique research and consulting firm the Luxury Institute, many luxury brands are missing out by not understanding who their best customers are. The analysis in the “The new face of luxury: Breaking down the myths and stereotypes of the luxury shopper” makes for a very interesting – if somewhat worrying – read. Read More...

After one of the toughest years ever for many diamond industry members in 2014, it’s hard to know what 2015 is going to bring. What is certain is that it is probably not going to be easy. Read More...

“In the Union House of Assembly on June 4th, the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Malan), replying in the debate on the Bill empowering the establishment of a diamond cutting industry in South Africa, emphasized the point that the Bill laid down that the cutter should pay the open market price for diamonds, and that the producer should not be in a worse position by selling to the local cutter than elsewhere. Mr. Malan believed that after the industry had been started a market in rough diamonds would be evolved in South Africa. There was no reason, he declared, why there should not be a Hatton Garden in South Africa.” Read More...