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Week in Photos – December 12, 2016
Articles looking back on the year abound, as well as a few predictions of what’s could come in 2017.
It’s fitting that as the year comes to an end, a number of companies and firms are releasing their findings on what state the jewelry industry and retail sectors are in and how people are feeling about the year ahead.
While the Antwerp Diamond Centre and Bain & Co. unveiled their latest research on global diamond jewelry demand, National Jeweler also surveyed retailers about how election results have impacted business and how they expect the political climate to affect them in 2017.
And when Google released its list of top trending searches of the year, we learned that people were interested in politics, Pokémon and the Powerball in 2016, among other things.
See it all and more in The Week in Photos.
The Antwerp World Diamond Centre and consulting firm Bain & Company released their sixth annual global diamond jewelry report, finding that while diamond consumption globally is in a “moderation phase,” the overall outlook for the future is positive. (Pictured here is Giacomelli Jewelry’s 14-karat gold and diamond “Ally” ring.)
National Jeweler/Jewelers of America released the results of its latest Business Pulse survey, which asked people about the readers about the results of the presidential election and what they expect for the holiday season. Along the same lines, Wells Fargo and Gallup found in a recent survey of small business owners that optimism is at an eight-year high.
During a time of gift giving, the latest Style File featuring eight jewels that give back.
In his latest column, Peter Smith talked about what the concept a great retail experience means for independent jewelers these days and highlighted three retailers that are great examples.
A gem cutter has launched a fund to build a library at a Maasai children’s school in Tanzania. Here’s how the industry can help.
In the final installment of her high jewelry trilogy, designer Temple St. Clair drew inspiration from endangered animals that may soon be found only in history books.
The not-a-tradeshow trade show Metal + Smith has announced that it will return in 2017, on Jan. 9 and May 9.
Google released its annual list of top trending searches for the year on Thursday in a number of categories including fashion, technology and celebrity style.
As 2016 gets ready to come to a close, Senior Editor Brecken Branstrator rounds up the big news covered this year that affected the colored stone market in 2016.
A member of the diamond industry has teamed up with a friend from the tech world to launch a Chatbot designed to help people find the perfect engagement ring.
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