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Overstocked suppliers offer options for jewelers

Just like retailers, suppliers’ stocks are full to the brim, but to keep themselves and their retail partners in the black, manufacturers are trying everything from customization to ramped-up marketing. Read More

Majors

Blue Nile terminates three affiliate programs

Blue Nile Inc. has confirmed to National Jeweler that it is halting its affiliate programs in three states due to changes, or pending changes, to state sales-tax laws. Read More

Diamonds

Report: Human rights at stake in Zimbabwe's diamond fields

The armed forces of the African nation of Zimbabwe are forcing children and adults into labor and are torturing and beating local villagers on the diamond fields of the country's Marange district, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Read More

Watches

Stuller Watchstrap Selling System
Watch sales drop 21 percent in May

According to the LGI Network's June Time Tracker Newsletter, watch sales in May experienced a steeper decline than in April, but a more modest decline than seen in the first three months of the year. Read More

Colored Stones

American Gemological Laboratories' Prestige Reports for rubies
AGL modifies heated-ruby disclosure wording

American Gemological Laboratories is modifying the disclosure terminology it uses for treated rubies by exchanging the term "inorganic (fluxtype)" with "heating residues" in its descriptions of heat-treated rubies, the lab announced. Read More

Fashion

Roberto Coin bangle and ring in 18-karat gold, ebony wood and cognac diamonds from the Capri Plus Collection
Exports down, but 'Made in Italy' label coveted

Italian jewelry exports have been down due to exchange rates and developing-nation rivals. But can young Americans who are wild about Dolce and Gabbana and Gucci neglect Italy's jewelry? Retailers don't think so. Read More

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