31/12/2020
• Jeweller Staff
A recent study highlights the effect of the global pandemic on wedding proposals saying that COVID impacted nearly half of the proposals in 2020, however; it offers some positive results for independent jewellers.
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30/12/2020
• Jeweller Staff
Following years of debate the Indian diamond industry, including the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai, has formalised its 'recognition' of lab-created diamonds.
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30/12/2020
• Jeweller Staff
Following a year like no other, the world hopes 2021 will get back to some form of normalcy, whatever that may look like. Jewellery retailers and the wider jewellery industry are still assessing how best to operate in a COVID-world.
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28/12/2020
• Staff Journalist
Rio Tinto's recent Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender delivered a record-breaking result amidst the global pandemic, and included the sale of a 2.24-carat stone named the Argyle Eternity - the most valuable purplish-pink diamond in the tender's history.
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21/12/2020
• Jeweller Staff
As a sign of unity to ensure the 2021-year begins on a positive note following a year of upheaval, the jewellery buying groups have thrown their support behind the upcoming Expertise Events Trade Days.
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10/12/2020
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Australian fashion jewellery company Lovisa has acquired the store network of German retail firm Beeline Group, significantly expanding its European presence just three months after it closed all of its Spanish stores.
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10/12/2020
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), which organises the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show and International Jewellery Show, has postponed both events from March to July 2021.
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09/12/2020
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Lucapa, a diamond mining company headquartered in Western Australia, has announced that a 46-carat pink rough it mined in March has now been cut and polished into three stones, including a 15.2-carat heart shape.
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09/12/2020
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) conducted a series of events in Jaipur during November, including one of the only physical gemstone trade shows to be held during 2020.
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07/12/2020
• Callum Glennen
The diamond dealer at the centre of the $US1.4 billion ($AU2 billion) Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud has been scheduled to face his final extradition hearing in January.
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04/12/2020
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Expertise Events has announced revised dates for its 2021 Trade Days following the buying groups' strong commitment to support the events.
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04/12/2020
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Sales reports indicate Australian consumers have embraced jewellery spending over the past four months, with diamond-set pieces the leading product category.
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04/12/2020
• Callum Glennen
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Tiffany & Co.’s worldwide sales totalled $US 1 billion in the third quarter of 2020, down only 1 per cent from 2019, driven by the Chinese market and e-commerce.
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01/12/2020
• Callum Glennen
German police have detained three people from a Lebanese ‘crime family’ suspected of stealing priceless jewellery from a Dresden museum in 2019.
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01/12/2020
• Callum Glennen
WD Lab Grown Diamonds and the Carnegie Institute of Washington have settled their legal battle with Pure Grown Diamonds and IIa Technologies over lab-grown diamond patents.
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