De Beers to launch new fashion jewellery brand with lab-grown diamonds

De Beers Group has announced the launch of a new company called Lightbox Jewelry that will begin marketing a new brand of laboratory-grown diamond jewellery in September.   Lightbox lab-grown diamonds will retail from $200 (£150) for a quarter-carat stone to $800 (£603) for a one-carat stone. The line will…

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Diamnet trading platform officially launches following 12-month development

A new diamond trading platform has been launched by the former managing director of Chalfen of London, Howard Levine. The platform – designed for the wholesale market – aims to connect retailers with a wider number of dealers and manufacturers as well as helping them to sell more bridal jewellery…

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Chow Tai Fook and GIA to bring blockchain diamond grading reports to consumers

Jewellery brand Chow Tai Fook and the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), a diamond grading authority, will use blockchain technology to deliver digital diamond grading reports to consumers for the first time. Clients of Chow Tai Fook’s diamond brand will receive a permanent and immutable blockchain record of their diamond’s…

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$17bn of emeralds gold and silver found in shipwreck

A shipwreck off the coast of Columbia has been discovered estimated to be carrying a cargo worth $17bn (£12.7bn), including gold, silver, and emeralds. The shipwreck is that of the San José, a Spanish ship that was sunk by British forces during the Spanish Succession in 1708. The discovery was…

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Signet jewellers joins De Beers blockchain platform Tracr

Signet Jewelers will be the first retailer to join Tracr, an end-to-end diamond blockchain being developed by the De Beers group in collaboration with the diamond industry. A project team at Signet will work alongside the Tracr team to ensure the platform meets the needs of the jewellery manufacture and…

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Forevermark unveils Millennial focused retail store in China

Forevermark, a diamond brand owned by De Beers, has launched Libert’aime, a new Millennial focused store at HKRI Taikoo Hui in Shanghai, China. The group said the store has been created to “celebrate the spirit of a new generation of women who are strong, unique, and authentic”, and offers diamond…

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Shining Diamonds opens first London store

Independent jewellery retailer Shining Diamonds has opened its first store in London. The store is located in the jewellery quarter of Hatton Garden, within the Holborn district of London. Shining Diamonds started out as an online-only retailer for diamond jewellery with 20 years of international experience manufacturing and selling diamond…

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Jewellers named in London Stock Exchange’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain

Six jewellery companies have been named in the London Stock Exchange’s annual 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain report. Allum & Sidaway, David Christopher Jewellers, In-Time Watch and Jewellery Reports, Monica Vinader, Pragnell Jewellers and Watchfinder were all named in the fifth edition of the report, which focuses on the fastest…

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Adobe to acquire Magento Commerce for $1.7bn

Technology firm Adobe has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Magento Commerce, an e-commerce platform, for $1.68bn (£1.24bn). According to the group the addition of the Magento Commerce Cloud will “enable commerce to be seamlessly integrated into the Adobe Experience Cloud, delivering a single platform that serves both B2B…

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RECRUITMENT: Ingle & Rhode (London, West End)

Graduate level, well spoken, responsible candidate needed to be our front of house presence and grow into the role of Client Relationship Manager over a two year period. Ingle and Rhode is London’s leading ethical jewellery brand, with a focus on outstanding client service. We are offering the successful candidate…

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