Last week's Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair set an improved tone for the diamond market despite challenging conditions in the Far East. Overall, it should be considered a good show as dealer trading picked up after a very slow summer. After ...
U.S. jewelry and watch sales combined fell 0.6 percent year on year to $5.461 billion in October, according to preliminary estimates by Rapaport News. While the data is subject to several revisions, it currently marks the first monthly drop ...
Lumenal has fitted out jewellers, Christopher Evans Goldsmiths in Poynton, Cheshire, with their LED lighting solutions. The company’s Sirius strip lights and ceiling-recessed Sol lamps were chosen as a more effective, durable and ...
Tags: jewellers, Lumenal, LED lighting solutions
UK full-service energy-efficiency specialist SaveMoneyCutCarbon.com has announced a new partnership as Master Distributor for Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA and its GaN-on-GaN (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) technology, which provides ...
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Davenport, Iowa--Five winners have been named in Gemvision's Matrix Design contest, which recognizes the best work of designers who use computer-aided drafting tools to create jewelry. Gemvision recognized the winners at its eighth annual ...
Made in France 2014, the only exhibition devoted to high-end apparel and accessories manufacturing, will be showcasing a wealth of French high-end manufacturing expertise, skills, craftsmanship and industrial techniques, and welcoming new ...
Tags: apparel, Accessories, fashion
This is the "Chocolate Box" ring by Andrew Geoghegan, who won the British Jewellers' Association Designer of the Year award. The ring features 18-karat yellow gold with aquamarine, Madeira citrine, amethyst and diamonds ($7,330). The ...
Tags: British Jewelers, Designer of the Year 2013, Andrew Geoghegan, BJA
The curtains on Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2013 came down with one of the most stunning Grand Finales. Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s magnificent range, inspired by the limited edition Lakmé Absolute Royal collection, had ...
The Fashion Design Council of India, India's apex body for fashion design, announces the dates and line-up for the fourth edition of its magnificent PCJ Delhi Couture Week 2013. Spanning five days, the fashion event of the season, the PCJ ...
Tags: Apparel, Fashion Design
Entire jewellery industry of India is highly upset with the government's recent measures to curb import of gold to contain the Current Account Deficit (CAD) as it (the industry) has already started feeling the impact of condensed supply of ...
The invitation-only JCK Luxury jewellery tradeshow at Mandalay Bay Convention Center started off slow but by the second day the aisles were busy with buyers and booths for the most part were active. At this point the other major shows ...
The most interesting category of coloured stones is gems that display optical phenomena. This week we will examine some of the more common phenomena that can add interest and profit to the coloured stone department of a retail store. ...
Tags: Cat's eye stones, jewelry
The sudden fall in gold prices recently has proved to be a boon to the jewellers as consumers pan India went on buying spree and as a result jewellery sales saw a huge increase of 40 to 50%, as we normally see during Akshay Tritiya and Dhan ...
Tags: Apparel, Jewellery Industry, Accessories
Lighting designers at Paul Nulty have won the 2013 Lighting Design Award for their innovative work on Superdry's flagship store on Regent Street in London. The retail outlet has been lit to a slightly brighter level than other competing ...
Tags: Lighting, LED scheme, LED
The Exhibition at London Fashion Week has been carefully curated by the British Fashion Council (BFC) to include 120+ designers for AW13. The Exhibition is open to all UK and international media and buyers with registration available on ...
Tags: LFW, Designers, A/W13 Line