DIAMOND GEMS WEEKLY

Do you also have a love-hate relationship with ChatGPT? Oh! My! Gosh! It drives me bananas. To be clear, I use the AI program for many...

It’s a shorter week for many, with Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year) sneaking up on us — as new years tend to. The clustering of...

One thing I’ve always admired about entrepreneurs is their ability to pivot — and the same can be said of diamantaires. Our industry...

In recent weeks, I’ve been opening this memo with thoughts on the challenges and opportunities we face not just as members of the diamond...

Attention is everything. It’s the new currency for entrepreneurs — and the hardest one to hold on to. Whether you’re building a brand,...

De Beers Global Sightholder Sales office in Botswana. (De Beers) This week’s De Beers sight could be an important test of midstream...

Fabergé has a rich history in diamonds and jewelry, as the blog post Fabergé & Diamonds  recounts. Among its standout pieces is the...

Panic is Never a Strategy!   That little mantra from trusty old Jim Cramer has always stuck with me — and it’s just as true for the...

I have at times been called a bit of a doomsday specialist when it comes to my coverage of the diamond market. And, honestly, I’ve had...

It seems the synthetics debate knows no bounds — it’s back front and center in industry conversations this week. I break down what I...

Feeling a bit more upbeat about the market this week, mainly thanks to some encouraging murmurs about a slight uptick in diamond jewelry...

Believe it or not, I only just got back from Las Vegas.   What started as a quick two-week trip turned into a six-week global tour thanks...

Can you believe we’re already halfway through 2025? It’s been a wild ride so far and this past week delivered another wave of dramatic...

We’ve reached the midpoint of the year, and if there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that the first half of 2025 has kept the...

It was a historic week for the diamond industry with the signing of the Luanda Accord. The significance of this agreement – signed by...

It’s been a bit of a marathon across the US these past few weeks. After the intensity and spectacle of Las Vegas, I found myself in a...

It’s been an eventful week in the industry as we wrapped up the Las Vegas shows. On a personal note, thank you to everyone who came to...

First, a big thank you to those who joined our inaugural session of The Business of Jewelry Roundtable . It was a high-level, thoughtful...

It’s that time of year again — Vegas is calling. As the industry gears up for its biggest week on the calendar (June 4 to 9), I’m looking...

The Kimberley Process (KP) intersessional meeting in Dubai marked what the World Diamond Council (WDC) called a “significant...