Luxury by the bay: Jeweler Stephen Silver is leading a retail renaissance in California’s tech hub.

Rock-solid strategy: Experts Laryssa Wirstiuk, founder of digital-marketing agency Joy Joya, and Megan Crabtree, owner of Crabtree Consulting, discuss how jewelers should be targeting customers and where advertising is headed.

Getting creative: Three retail companies’ innovations in design and technology push the boundaries of style and service.

Small wonders: This Italian brand’s signature technique brings its Damisa Ice necklace and ring to life in exquisite detail.

Baguettes and beyond: The Los Angeles-based brand’s international CEO shares her path to jewelry, top career moments, and favorite vacation spots.

The CEO of retailer Ben Bridge and president of the American Gem Society reveals her insights on bridal, synthetics, and selling to the Gen Z consumer.

Feeling blue-green: A type of chalcedony discovered by chance in the islands of Indonesia, this gem is distinctive for its gleaming copper flecks.

More than academic: In a bid to set guidelines for the colored-stone sector, the American Gem Trade Association is launching a joint study with the Colorado School of Mines.

Polishing up the past: When does it make sense to recut antique diamonds? New York-based jeweler Bernard Nacht & Co./Under the Crown created the proprietary Crown Jubilee cut for just that purpose. Ross Nacht, its director of sales and brand development, offers some insight.

Richemont’s new Enquirus database program aims to help combat jewelry and timepiece theft.