Lab-Grown Diamonds
Lab-grown diamonds are reshaping the UK jewellery trade—offering sustainable, ethical, and affordable alternatives to mined stones. As consumers increasingly seek transparency and value, this category has surged into mainstream bridal, bespoke, and fashion segments. Jewellery Focus delivers comprehensive coverage: from price movements, production technologies (CVD, HPHT), and supply trends, to retailer strategies, regulatory changes (like shifts in GIA certification), and consumer adoption patterns. Our reporting equips jewellers, designers, and suppliers with the data and insights needed to navigate margin pressures, differentiate offerings, and capitalise on evolving market demand.
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Oct- 2020 -14 OctoberQ&A Sessions
Q&A with 247 Diamonds
Tell me about the history of the business? We started the very first UK jewellery presence on the Internet, launching a ‘net based B2B service in the text based black hole that was the Internet before the World Wide Web, we are talking late 1980’s, way too early, we must…
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Sep- 2020 -11 SeptemberFeatures
Edge of Ember: Forging a sustainable future
As we enter the age of the unknown following the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, industries are finding themselves at a crossroads and looking for change. While consumers and creators begin to look beyond traditional norms, more and more brands have turned towards diamonds’ much younger cousin: the lab-grown variety. …
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Jul- 2019 -30 JulyAdvice
Targeting millennial jewellery shoppers
Millennials have been called a generation of industry-killers. The buying trends of this iconoclastic age group have severely dented several industries, including beer, napkins and mayonnaise. The spending power (or, more importantly, non-spending power) of millennials shouldn’t be underestimated. Forbes declared them the generation with the highest buying potential. So,…
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8 JulyAnalysis
Why sustainability is the key to targeting millennial jewellery shoppers
Millennials have been called a generation of industry-killers. The buying trends of this iconoclastic age group have severely dented several industries, including beer, napkins and mayonnaise. The spending power (or, more importantly, non-spending power) of millennials shouldn’t be underestimated. Forbes declared them the generation with the highest buying potential. So,…
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Dec- 2018 -17 DecemberDesigners
Kingston Jewellers launches lab-grown diamond collection
Kingston Jewellers has launched its own brand lab-grown diamond ring collection. The company said the launch comes after nine months of development and collaboration with the European supplier of lab-grown diamonds Madestones. The new collection features solitaire, halo and trilogy diamond rings all with lab grown diamonds. Director Edward Kingston…
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Jul- 2018 -3 JulyFeatures
Would you buy lab-grown diamond jewellery?
“Synthetic diamonds will never replace a natural diamond,” says Leonard Zell, Jewellery Focus’ own columnist and a specialist in jewellery sales training, with a chuckle. “I can’t see how a woman would ever want to mention that she has a lab created diamond as an engagement ring.” Zell’s remarks are…
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May- 2018 -29 MayInternational
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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