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Week in Photos – April 25, 2016
This week was full of diamond news, including the announcement that the Diamond Development Initiative has launched a set of standards for artisanally mined stones.
Tissot unveiled that champion motorcyclist Jorge Lorenzo is now a brand ambassador, joining a long list of athletes representing the brand, and Omi added industry veteran Adam Graham to the team to lead marketing and sales.
As Mother’s Day approaches, National Jeweler highlighted nine jewels perfect for the stylish mom and the National Retail Federation released results of its survey on consumer spending ahead of the holiday.
Meanwhile, in the diamond world, the Diamond Development Initiative launched its new set of standards for artisanally mined diamonds, RapNet now is listing stones with reports from two more grading labs and Lucapa announced that it found three more big diamonds at the Lulo mining site.
Relive the week as it was, in photos.
Omi Inc. announced Monday that it has hired jewelry industry veteran Adam Graham, who left Black Starr & Frost when the company’s California location closed, as its new director of sales and marketing. Read more here.
RapNet now is listing diamonds with reports from GHI Gemological Laboratory and De Beers’ International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research. Read more here.
Clothing-turned-jewelry-designer Michal Kadar, who’ll make her trade show debut this summer, announced that she’s opening an atelier for her fledgling jewelry brand, Cadar, in New York this fall. Read more here.
Long’s Jewelers held its annual “Wedding Band Weekend” in March, recently announcing that it sold more bands in platinum than any other metal at the event. Read more here.
Champion motorcyclist Jorge Lorenzo is a new brand ambassador for Tissot, joining fellow MotoGP riders Stefan Bradl, Thomas Lüthi, Tito Rabat and Bradley Smith as faces of the Swiss watch brand. Read more here.
With moms today searching for pieces that can express love for their children and also provide a stylish look, this week’s Style File offers nine great pieces of jewelry that retailers can stock for Mother’s Day. Read more here.
The National Retail Federation released results of its latest survey, showing that more than one-third of consumers plan on buying jewelry for Mother’s Day this year, with spending in the category expected to reach $4.2 billion. Read more here.
The Diamond Development Initiative has launched the Maendeleo Diamond Standards for artisanally mind diamonds, training miners at 14 sites in Sierra Leone already. Read more here.
The Richline Group announced Wednesday it has acquired online retailer Gemvara for an undisclosed amount. Read more here.
Lucapa Diamond Company Ltd. announced this week that it uncovered three more big diamonds, two of them Type IIa, from an area of its Lulo Diamond Project in Angola where mining just started. Read more here.
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