Whether it’s coming from the internet, the big-box store down the street or other luxury categories, competition is jewelers’ biggest challenge right now.

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The charity organization has a total of 14 new directors, all of whom assumed their roles on Oct. 1.

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Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff shares what she learned at the recent forum on lab-grown diamonds held in New York.

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National Jeweler’s most-read stories last week included an article on the company that placed the winning bid for the 2.83-carat “Argyle Violet” diamond.

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There were eight attacks on traveling salespeople and jewelers away from their stores in October, about four times the monthly average seen so far this year.

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The organization that represents the diamond industry in the Kimberley Process has begun its search to replace Executive Director Pat Syvrud, who is leaving next year.

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The Diavik Foxfire was mined in Canada and will be on display at the Smithsonian through February.

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ShopperTrak on when the most shoppers will be in stores, plus why retailers shouldn’t open on Thanksgiving Day.

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The price of gold is expected to trend higher over the next few years, as a president who brings uncertainty to the market prepares to take office and concerns mount over the U.S.’s growing deficit.

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L.J. West Diamonds was the winning bidder for the 2.83-carat “Argyle Violet,” the biggest violet diamond ever to emerge from Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine.

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It’s an extension of the pilot program the company launched earlier this year for rough diamonds.

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Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow Street have entered into an agreement to buy the online retailer and take it private.

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Kimberly Galvin was let go by the Women’s Jewelry Association and has been arrested after it was discovered that she allegedly had been funneling money meant for the WJA into her own accounts.

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It’s been a tumultuous four years for jewelry retailers since National Jeweler last published its report on North America’s largest sellers of fine jewelry.

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Prices for 1-carat diamonds slipped 2 percent, as the middle of the pipeline remains sufficiently stocked with goods to meet retail demand.

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The supplier of tools and other products for jewelers is going to launch a refined catalog next year that its owner said is going to “take us back our roots.”

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Our selections for the month include a book on becoming a super boss and another that gets inside the minds of 25 women under 30.

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The “Retail Doctor” Bob Phibbs and violinist Kai Kight will be among the featured and keynote speakers at the American Gem Society event in Hollywood next April.

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The company said it might have to up movement prices after its request to alter the 2013 agreement that regulates its deliveries of components to other watchmakers was rejected.

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The jeweler who “simply lived and breathed gemstones” died Oct. 22 after a battle with cancer.

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The volume of rough diamonds mined was up 4 percent compared with the third quarter 2015 but remains down year-to-date.

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The gemstone, which is pigeon’s blood red in color, could garner up to $12.5 million at the Magnificent Jewels auction in Hong Kong next month.

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Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff gauges the online reaction and shares her initial impressions of “Real is Rare.”

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The diamond miner has made “outstanding arrangements” to outfit the wild reindeer that live near Verkhne-Munskoe with radio collars so they can be tracked.

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The Kimberley Process’ Civil Society Coalition will not be attending the upcoming plenary meeting, despite the United Arab Emirates’ recent overtures and media reports to the contrary.

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