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Can India Tap Its Diamond Jewelry Potential?
Aug 15, 2016The India International Jewellery Show (IIJS), which took place in Mumbai this week, reflected a cautious local diamond and jewelry trade, even if sentiment was better than expected. Suppliers arrived with low expectations as a month-long ...
Tags: IIJS, Mumbai, diamond and jewelry trade, GJEPC, GST
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Vegas Shows Reveal Stable, Fast-Changing Market
Jun 20, 2016As a bellwether for the U.S. jewelry market and global diamond industry, this year's Las Vegas shows met the trade's conservative expectations. While foot traffic and diamond trading were slightly slower than previous years, jewelry sales ...
Tags: jewelry market, Las Vegas
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Blinging Down Botswana's Economy
Sep 18, 2015It’s a long way from New York’s Madison Avenue advertising agencies to Gaborone, but for Botswana a lot is riding on the success of the ad campaign De Beers will launch in the coming weeks. Like oil-exporting countries now ...
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U.S. Jewelry and Watch Sales Were Flat in May, up Just 0.4%
Jun 29, 2015U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channel were flat in May, up just 0.4 percent year on year, at $7.1 billion as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales rose a touch, up ...
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U.S.Specialty Jewelry Store Sales Slumped 5.8 Percent Year on Year
May 15, 2015U.S. specialty jewelry store sales slumped 5.8 percent year on year to $2.019 billion in March, reflecting the sixth consecutive monthly decline. Jewelry store sales during the first quarter of 2015 have fallen 5.6 percent to $6.266 ...
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U.S.Jewelry and Watch Sales Across All Channels Fell 1.7 Percent Year on Year
May 12, 2015U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels fell 1.7 percent year on year to $5.386 billion in March, as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales dropped 1.5 percent to ...
Tags: jewelry, watch sales
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U. S. Jewelry & Watch Sales Down 0.2 Percent Year on Year
Apr 1, 2015U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels were basically flat, or down 0.2 percent year on year, at $6.188 billion in February, according to preliminary figures. Data revealed that jewelry sales were unchanged from one year ago at ...
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Global Diamond Jewelry Demand Rose 2.9% on Year to $81.4 Billion in 2014
Mar 24, 2015Global diamond jewelry demand rose 2.9 percent year on year to $81.4 billion in 2014, according to industry insight data published by De Beers on Friday. The research sets a new high for global demand, but also represents the slowest growth ...
Tags: diamond jewelry, jewelry demand
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Polished Diamond Prices Remained Under Pressure in February
Mar 5, 2015Polished diamond prices remained under pressure in February. Sentiment improved ahead of the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem and Pearl Show taking place from March 2 to 6 but trading volume was low and liquidity tight in the ...
Tags: Polished Diamond, diamond prices
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U.S. Jewelry and Watch Sales Fell 1.9% to $4.55 Billion in January
Mar 3, 2015U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels fell 1.9 percent year on year to $4.55 billion in January, according to preliminary figures. Data revealed that jewelry sales fell 1.6 percent to $4 billion, while sales of watches ...
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U.S. Specialty Jewelry Store Sales Fell 4 Percent Year on Year
Feb 13, 2015U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 4 percent year on year to $6.11 billion in December, closing the year on a downer. December's sales total was the weakest since 2011 and followed a 6.2 percent decline for stores in November; still, ...
Tags: Jewelry Store, Jewelry
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U. S. Jewelry & Watch Salesfell 1.6 Percent Year
Feb 3, 2015U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels closed out the year with disappointing results in December as sales fell 1.6 percent year on year to $15.245 billion, according to preliminary data. Furthermore, the government revised ...
Tags: Jewelry, Watch Sales
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A Slight Bump up in Consumer Spending Thanks for Tvalentine's Day Falling on a Saturday
Jan 27, 2015With Valentine's Day falling on a Saturday this year, U.S. retailers could see a slight bump up in consumer spending, according to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Nearly 55 ...
Tags: Jewelry Sales, greeting cards
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Keep an Eye Open for The Stories and Trends That Expected to Shape The Diamond Market
Jan 5, 2015Diamantaires were happy to see the back of 2014. After all, it was a tough year in which polished diamond prices declined, accelerating the general downtrend evident since mid-2011. Therefore, there is understandably some uncertainty about ...
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U.S. Jewelry and Watch Sales Across All Channels Rose a Preliminary 1.4 Percent
Dec 24, 2014U.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 ...
