Former De Beers executive and World Gold Council member Anan Fakhreddin has been named Chief Executive Officer of Damas International Ltd.

Luxury marketing expert Pam Danziger and sales guru Greg Winston unite to empower jewelry marketers, retailers in 'new normal' retail environment

Multi-store jeweler International Diamond and Gold is the latest retailer to
fall victim to the recession, announcing that it will be closing all eight of
its locations, an unidentified employee confirmed to National
Jeweler.

The Antwerpsche Diamantkring (ADK) is offering free entrance to
its exchange hall in May and June 2009 to all diamantaires who are
non-members of Belgian diamond bourses but who hold a 2009 membership
card at diamond exchanges affiliated to the World Federation of Diamond
Bourses (WFDB).

Thanks to the early implementation of company-wide measures for strategic reorientation and process optimization and the development of growth potentials, the effects of the global financial crisis affected HUGO BOSS only moderately.

Links jewelry brand, manufacturer and retailer sites to shoppers' needs
MVI Marketing Ltd. has announced the launch of a new Web site designed to help the jewelry industry sell more jewelry on the Internet and attract consumers to jewelry Web sites.

Bulgari SpA is expecting a first-quarter loss for 2009, a decline that, if proven true, would make it the first such quarterly loss for the company since 1999, a spokesman for the brand has confirmed.

The CIBJO Pearl Commission has voted on a number of amendments to the Pearl Blue Book, a definitive set of standards for pearl grading, methodology and nomenclature that the commission has updated each year since the guide's publication in 2006.

La mostra di artigianato di "disegno" trame, in cui lo stralcio più di rilievo del panorama della gioielleria napoletana, dimostra come il felice connubio tra la storica tradizione e la fresca innovazione possa creare monili di eccellenza.