Gem & Jewelry Exports To The U.S. Could Help Dent India’s Trade Deficit
February 03, 11 by Vinod KuriyanVinod Kuriyan is considering India's export alternatives and trade deficit in a guest Memo column. Read More...
Seeking Higher Margins, Moving Beyond the Tender
January 26, 11 by Edahn GolanTenders, the selling format adopted by many miners, can generally push up prices by 10%. Enter the auction. It can push prices up even further. Read More...
Nurture, Grow, Abandon?
January 20, 11 by Edahn GolanAt a number of recent meetings in Mumbai and Tel Aviv, one issue repeated itself when speaking with some of the political leadership of the local diamond industries. At both countries government support is sought after and in both cases it seems that it is there, but to a limited degree. Read More...
Of Diamonds and Wages
January 13, 11 by Edahn GolanA few weeks ago, a group of some 500 diamond workers from India's diamond polishing center Surat demanded a 30% increase to their wages. During a brief visit in Mumbai earlier this week I asked a number of manufacturers about the demand and was surprised by their answers. Read More...
New Year Resolutions
January 06, 11 by Edahn GolanIt is a common custom that at the beginning of a year to make at least one resolution for the New Year. Writers - be them journalists, biographers or fiction writers - often wonder about the thought process of the people they write about. What makes them tick, what are they losing sleep over and what are their secret desires. Read More...
The End of an Era
December 23, 10 by Edahn GolanDe Beers' decision to close its generic marketing offices in the U.S. came as no surprise. Before the 2008 meltdown, De Beers disclosed plans to stop its generic marketing in the U.S., making Forevermark its main marketing driver. The economic fallout did not force a change in the strategy, only in its timing. Read More...
Get Ready for the Paradigm Shift
December 16, 10 by Edahn GolanGood solid holiday sales are the repeated news story this year in the general press. Jewelry sales are doing alright, according to early reports, but so far the diamond jewelry category is not doing as well and unless any last minute surprise in consumer demand appears, this season will be mediocre at best. There is an exception, or should I say, exceptions. Read More...
Diamond Leaks: U.S. Cables Dish Dirt, Role of Diamonds in Global Policies
December 10, 10 by Edahn GolanLeaked U.S. cables detail the entire line from policy through mining, how diamonds are smuggled out of Zimbabwe, who is allegedly involved, how much was paid and who profits from this. Read More...
Rough Cools, Polished Rises & Retail Surprises, a Break for Some Good News
December 02, 10 by Edahn GolanWhen the Cyber Monday figures started to come in, they were a pleasant addition to the already surprising twist to what was mostly an uneasy year. From one end of the pipeline to the other, the industry was out of sync. Read More...
Suffering “Zimbabwe Fatigue” in Brussels
November 25, 10 by Chaim Even-ZoharIn a guest column, Chaim Even-Zohar shows how changing a single word may greatly harm the KP's agreement with Zimbabwe. Read More...
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