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US Jewelry Sales Slip 2% During Holiday Season |
Apparel and restaurants performed well, Mastercard reports.
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US (Finally) Removes Origin Loophole for Russian Diamonds |
Executive order bans imports irrespective of where manufacturing took place.
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How EU Sanctions on Russian Diamonds May Work |
What we know — and what we don’t — about the timeline, scale and provisos of the long-awaited ban.
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Italian Grading Lab Warns of Synthetic-Diamond Scam |
Gem-Tech received three lab-grown stones fraudulently paired with GIA reports for naturals.
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The Individuals Who Shaped the Diamond Industry in 2023 |
Rapaport’s “People of the Year” reflect the broad range of challenges affecting the trade — and some of the solutions.
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The 10 Most-Read Stories of 2023 |
News about De Beers dominates this year’s list.
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2023’s Biggest, Most Valuable and Most Buzzworthy Diamonds |
Here are the rough and polished stones that made for a memorable year.
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In Memoriam: Rapaport Honors Those in the Trade We Lost This Year |
We said goodbye to 12 industry members in 2023, including inventors, organization heads, designers, retailers, journalists and diamond cutters.
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How Russian Diamonds End Up on Your Finger, and Other News |
Plus: reports of a scam in the Surat Special Economic Zone.
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