GemFind Newsletter 10-27-2015

Written by Alex | October 27, 2015
 
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  S. Kashi & Sons is the latest vendor to join    GemFind’s social product network  JewelCloud®.  Established in 1990, S. Kashi  & Sons combines innovative designs with  unmatched workmanship and customer  service to create elegant pieces that can be  worn every day.

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AGTA Announces 2016 AGTA Spectrum Award™ Winners
The Daily Jewel          Oct. 27

The American Gem Trade Association is delighted to announce the winners of the prestigious AGTA Spectrum Awards™. The 32nd annual event was held in New York on October 24th and 25th and is regarded as the world's preeminent colored gemstone and cultured pearl design competition.

 
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Black Friday to be Top Shopping Day in 2015: Research
Diamonds.net             Oct. 27

Black Friday is expected to the busiest shopping day of the year by both customer visits and sales dollars, according to research by retail analytics provider ShopperTrak. The rise of Black Friday was down to the dominance of the price-conscious shopper who prefers to shop earlier, according to a statement released by the research group October 20.

 
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Two in Custody over Report Hacking; GIA Updates List to Include Client Accounts
Danielle Max     IDEX       Oct. 27

The GIA has announced that two former employees of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are in custody in connection with the alteration of 1,042 of the lab’s grading reports.

 
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The Diamond Selling System Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed?

Rob Bates                       JCK                 Oct. 23

Everyone agrees: The diamond market, and the way diamonds are sold, is a mess. The system has broken down. While producers continue to post strong profits, manufacturers’ margins have been whittled down to nothing, and the middle market’s woes have brought the industry to a crisis point. 

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MORRIS & DAVID is an internationally recognized jewelry brand,  which has created a special collection. The two brothers, Morris & David, come from a family of jewelers whose roots in fine jewelry traces back many centuries ago.  Their family has been the exclusive jewelers to many royal families. 

*For more information about listing Morris & David Collection products on your website or Facebook, please contact GemFind at 1-800.373.4373

3,500 year-old jewelry haul shows opulence of prehistoric Greek burials
  Reuters                Oct. 27              

Archaeologists in southern Greece have discovered gold signet rings and a chain, gold and silver goblets, a sword and over 1,000 fragments of semi-precious stones in a tomb believed to date back to 1,500 B.C., the Greek Culture Ministry said.

 
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Rare 'Fancy Vivid' 16 carat pink diamond is expected to fetchup to £18 MILLION

Emily Hodgkin  Mail Online   Oct. 26 

Millionaires across the globe will be fighting to be the next owner of the largest pink diamond to ever be auctioned - with a price tag starting at £15million. The diamond, known as a 'Fancy Vivid Pink', is so rare that only one in 100,000 diamonds possess the same colour depth.

 
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Attendance Drops 2.5% At September Hong Kong Jewelry Fair
Anthony Demarco     Jewelry News Network     Oct. 25 

It had to happen sometime and it seemed this was the year. After robust growth since 2008, overall attendance at the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair decreased by 2.5 percent. The slight increase in exhibitors is a new record for what is still the largest fine jewelry tradeshow in the world.

 
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Hubert’s Colorful Jewels Will Be the Bright Spot in Your Week

Brittany Siminitz      JCK       Oct. 26

I was reaching out to some awesome companies, in search of beautiful, shiny things to share, and back came Hubert with this tremendous treasure trove of luxurious loot, so I thought, why not just go with all of them? If this doesn’t brighten your day, I don’t know what will. Let there be color!

 
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Graff The King of Diamonds
  Camille Gendre      World Tempus.    Oct. 27    

Graff Diamonds stems from the endeavours of one sole individual: Laurence Graff, born in 1938 into a family of Jewish migrants living in Stepney, a poor district of London’s East End. After these modest beginnings, he left school at the age of 15 and served an apprenticeship at a jeweller’s named Schindler.

 

 

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5 Retail Management Takeaways From Stuller’s Bridge Conference
   Victoria Gomelsky         JCK            Oct. 26    

For people unfamiliar with Stuller Inc., think of the company as the jewelry lovechild of Home Depot and Trader Joe’s: Not only does the Lafayette, La.–based supplier sell the building blocks of any successful jewelry business

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