The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has experienced a tsunami of high-profile member cancellations, all questioning the management, or mismanagement, of Alrosa’s RJC membership. This may just be the tip of the iceberg. Read more »

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While the harbingers of doom like to paint a dire picture of the future of retailing - aided by closed stores, empty shelves, lack of staff and economic instability – the wise note that, with great challenges come new opportunities. The pandemic may have simply catalysed a long-overdue ‘great retail reset’ which has helped savvy retailers rebirth. Read more »

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Eight years after confirming that it was entering the watch market, albeit via Android Wear – an extension of the Android operating system into wearable technology – rumours are rife that Google is about to launch its own smartwatch under the Pixel brand. Read more »

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It's 10 years since Jeweller first examined the possibility of Apple entering the watch market. While CEO Tim Cook launched the Apple Watch in April 2015, there had been speculation about the product many years before. Read more »

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When Costco opened its first Australian store in 2009, few people would have believed that the US-style, large-format supermarket chain would offer diamonds and jewellery among the meat and vegetables aisles, let alone that they would become a major product range. Read more »

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When French luxury conglomerate Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) acquired Tiffany & Co. in January, LVMH management immediately signalled that big changes were afoot, whether customers liked them or not. Read more »

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Consumers see the price of gold reported on a daily basis, and in recent times that price has been rising. Does this negatively impact sales of gold jewellery, or is there a counter-intuitive occurrence; gold jewellery sales increase when the gold price increases? Read more »

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Following Jeweller’s report on the abrupt closure of multi-level-marketing (MLM) jewellery business JN Jewellery, many people came forward with additional information and complaints about its founder Jesper 'Kasi' Nielsen, a former Pandora Jewelry executive. Read more »

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Jesper Nielsen, a former Pandora Jewelry executive who, in 2013, founded the now-defunct Danish brand Endless Jewelry, has been accused of abandoning 'staff’ in his latest venture, JN Jewelry. Read more »

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Part four of Jeweller’s analysis of the Australian jewellery industry explores and tracks how the JAA fell from grace from a once-proud association to a shadow of its former self, representing a small percentage of the industry. Read more »

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Following a year of unprecedented upheaval, Jeweller revisited the four jewellery industry buying groups profiled in our March report to explore how they have adapted and supported members throughout COVID-19. Read more »

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What have you been reading? Revisit 2020's most popular stories and headlines on Jewellermagazine.com by category: Read more »

Part two of Jeweller’s analysis of the jewellery and watch industries explores how international brands have expanded their presence in the Australian market – and how the brand-only store model has increased competition with independent retailers. Read more »

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Pandora’s launch last month of a limited-edition range of Star Wars-themed jewellery, designed in partnership with production company Lucasfilm, could be helping boost its share price on the Nasdaq Copenhagen. Read more »

The past few years have not been kind to the Danish jewellery giant Pandora; however, things could be starting to look up. Read more »

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