24/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Media reports have suggested the Apple Watch could be behind a six-year low in Swiss watch exports as rumours about a second iteration of the smartwatch emerge.
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24/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Despite sliding international sales, including “weakness” in Australia, online diamond and jewellery retailer Blue Nile’s global revenue increased in the third quarter.
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24/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
A rare blue diamond believed to have been sold to a convicted felon is among the coloured stones that recently achieved world record prices at auction.
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24/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
A diamond producer has unearthed what is believed to be the second largest stone ever mined in the same week that it uncovered two other large pieces of rough.
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24/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
A group of diamond traders have been sentenced for bribing an international grading laboratory employee and committing fraud in relation to diamond grading reports.
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23/11/2015
• Coleby Nicholson
These days, traditional shopping strips are full of ‘For lease’ and ‘Vacancy’ signs. COLEBY NICHOLSON explains why this could be a good thing.
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17/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
After years of fighting Costco over the unauthorised distribution of its watches, Omega appears to have conceded defeat – but Costco is not having all the luck in court.
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17/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
A decade-long legal battle between two diamond grading laboratories with similar names has reached a conclusion that has left both parties unsatisfied.
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17/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
A dip in the price of gold during the third quarter has led to an increase in global gold jewellery demand during what is traditionally a period of slow sales.
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17/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Pandora Australia’s revenue continues to climb, with its latest results representing its 10th consecutive quarter of significant sales increases.
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17/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
The Swiss watch industry’s latest response to the Apple Watch is the Tag Heuer smartwatch, which combines the look of the traditional mechanical watch with digital functionality.
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10/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Danish jewellery brand Endless Jewelry has made an appointment that could improve global production as its international market share continues to expand.
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10/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Online diamond trading network RapNet has suspended 10 members in relation to the alteration of more than 1,000 GIA grading reports.
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10/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
A local metal services provider has been awarded a five-year contract to manufacture the prestigious horse racing award, the Melbourne Cup.
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10/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
The evolution of watch manufacturing has prompted one of Australia’s oldest watch and clock suppliers to close up shop.
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