U.S. chain-store sales rose 2.2 percent year on year for the week that ended on December 27 and included the final shopping days before Christmas, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. ...
Overall, retail sales during the Black Friday to Christmas Eve period excluding automotive sales increased 5.5 percent in 2014, according to Mastercard Spendingpulse’s initial view on the 2014 U.S. holiday shopping season. The ...
The reduction of bank credit available to the diamond industry is a game changer that will influence the market for many years to come. Therefore, this column has chosen bank credit as its most important story of 2014, rising above other ...
Tags: diamond industry, diamond market
This “Bring Yer Wellies” sterling silver and blue enamel charm, priced at $50, is one of the new pieces that Swarovski’s Chamilia brand is introducing in time for spring. Click through the slideshow to see some of ...
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Holiday sales as compared to overall annual retail sales have been trending downward for about a decade. Holiday sales in 2013, at $663.5 billion, were 18.7 percent of overall retail sales, well below the peak of 19.6 percent seen in 2004. ...
Tags: Gifts, Shoppers, Sporting Goods
U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels rose a preliminary 1.4 percent year on year in November, the month that marks the beginning of the Christmas-shopping season. While the increase was disappointing, compared with the ...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced the full lineup of lifestyle-focused conference programming and exhibits produced in partnership with Living in Digital Times at the 2015 International CES®. Owned and ...
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Celebrity couples threw caution to the wind this year, with weddings--and wedding rings--that marked a return to pre-recession extravagance. George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin tied the knot in a former Venetian palazzo while Kim ...
Tags: Bridal Jewelry, Jewelry
Première Vision New York returns at New York’s Pier 92 from January 13, 2015 and will have 297 exhibitors, up 14 per cent over the January 2014 edition. According to the organisers, the show is back with an even stronger ...
Tags: embroideries, lace, suitings, silkies, Apparel
The World Diamond Conference that took place last week in New Delhi, India, created a buzz in the industry that, frankly, needed a bit of a pick-up considering the state of the market. It not often that two heads of state attend a diamond ...
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The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for jewelry declined 5 percent year on year to 166 points in November and the reading slipped about 5 points from October's index. Jewelry price inflation often reflects heavy promotional activity at the ...
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These two pear-shaped fancy light yellow diamond ear pendants more than doubled their low estimate, selling for $5.4 million at Christie’s New York last week. A pear-shaped, D color, VVS1 diamond weighing 89.23 carats sold for ...
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LGI Technology, the Los Angeles-based, Commercial grade LED lighting manufacturer, proudly announces the launch of its new 24W LED Specialty PAR38 BiancoLume bulb. This is the latest addition to LGI’s line up. Equipped with CREE XML ...
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Diamond manufacturers are entering an era of fierce competition as the looming decline in rough diamond supply is expected to place additional pressure on their already razor-thin profit margins. Manufacturer always operates with a ...
The American generative design studio Nervous System has developed a 4-D printed dress made from its smart Kinematics software, a 4D printing system for generating complex, foldable forms. The custom-fit outfit, which has been recently ...
Tags: 4-D Printed Dress, flat material, Apparel