Lab-Grown Diamonds
Lab-grown diamonds have become a transformative force in the UK jewellery trade, offering jewellers, designers, and wholesalers a sustainable, affordable alternative to mined stones. With growing consumer demand driven by ethical and environmental concerns, the sector presents both opportunities and challenges for trade professionals navigating pricing, certification, and marketing strategies. Jewellery Focus provides comprehensive coverage on lab-grown diamonds, including market trends, technological innovations, regulatory developments, and insights into how they are reshaping the commercial landscape for the jewellery industry.
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Feb- 2020 -28 FebruaryFeatures
Manufacturer Files: Kevan Scott
โI started my business in 1997 in my mum and dad’s cellar, while still employed at a place where I had worked for 12 years and where I also served my apprenticeship,โ says Kevan Scott, founder of the jewellery manufacturer and designer Kevan Scott, when recounting how he started the…
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Nov- 2019 -20 NovemberDesigners
Kimaรฏ secures $1.2m in seed funding
Fine jewellery brand Kimaรฏ has received $1.2m (ยฃ920k) in seed funding to invest in its use of ethical jewellery.ย The London-based jewellers, whose handmade pieces are crafted in Antwerp, champion โethical and transparentโ practices through the use of lab-grown diamonds and 18k recycled gold. Having grown up in diamond-trading families,…
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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 shouldnโt 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 shouldnโt be underestimated. Forbes declared them the generation with the highest buying potential. So,…
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Apr- 2019 -9 AprilInternational
WFDB welcomes GIA’s changes to reports for lab-grown diamonds
The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has โwelcomedโ the changes by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) to its reports for lab-grown diamonds. The GIA said its reports will be changed to come into line with revisions to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Jewelry Guides announced last year.…
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Feb- 2019 -19 FebruaryFeatures
Isabella Liu – Cracking the Chinese market
โI think that my situation allows me to be the bridge between the two culturesโ, explains Isabella Liu as she prepares to launch her latest collection in China having secured listings with retailers in Xian and Shanghai. Liu was born in Wuhan, China, but is currently based in London having…
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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?
โSynthetic diamonds will never replace a natural diamond,โ says Leonard Zell, Jewellery Focusโ own columnist and a specialist in jewellery sales training, with a chuckle. โI can’t see how a woman would ever want to mention that she has a lab created diamond as an engagement ring.โ Zellโs 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. ย Lightbox lab-grown diamonds will retail from $200 (ยฃ150) for a quarter-carat stone to $800 (ยฃ603) for a one-carat stone. The line will…
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Mar- 2018 -1 MarchEvents
Q&A: How Hong Kong’s jewellery trade shows are making progress
The Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show this year features a dedicated lab-grown diamonds and synthetic gemstones section for the first time.ย In light of this development, and the fact that it is the biggest iteration yet of the event, we put a few questions about growth and…
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