What’s the Forecast for 2023?

Industry insiders share their New Year predictions and plans.

WD Lab Grown Names Mike Grunza CEO

Current board member succeeds Sue Rechner.

Lab-Grown Trade Group Appoints New President

Joanna Park-Tonks to succeed Dick Garard at IGDA.

Element Six CEO to Step Down

Walter Huehn will leave the De Beers synthetic-diamond business early next year.

Signet Expands Blue Nile’s Lab-Grown Bridal Range

Website now listing synthetic stones larger than 4 carats.

De Beers to Launch New Melee Tester in Early 2023

Machine will screen stones as small as 0.001 carats.

Swarovski Expands Lab-Grown Offering Across North America

Austrian crystal house will roll out collection in 200 US and Canada stores.

Lightbox Selling Lower-Quality Stones for $600/ct.

De Beers brand’s Basics line features lab-grown diamonds with SI clarity and “faint” color.

Synthetic Sapphires Submitted to GIA as Natural

Only one of four stones in parcel was not lab-grown or simulant.

Brilliant Earth Unveils Traceable Collection at New Stores

Jeweler expands network of showrooms in the midwest.

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