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- 43% of US Consumers to Spend Less on Holiday Season Jewelry
on 14 September 2026 at 9:08 amForty-three percent of US consumers say they're planning to spend less on jewelry this holiday season, according to new research from McKinsey & Company. Only 18% said they planned to spend more, while 39% expected to spend about the same....
- Signet Posts 2.2% Same-Store Sales Growth in Q2on 14 September 2026 at 8:10 am
Signet Jewelers posted a 2.2% increase in same-store sales in its second quarter and raised its full-year earnings outlook. That's despite a 0.5% decline in total sales, to $1.53 billion for the 13 weeks ended August 1, 2026, partly because Signet decommissioned...
- India's Polished Exports Rise 5.5% in Auguston 14 September 2026 at 4:00 am
India's polished diamond exports rose 5.5% month-on-month to $924.51 million in August. But that was 4.93% below a year earlier, when polished diamond exports reached $972.47 million, according to the latest Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council...
- CIBJO Backs 'Synthetic' Terminology for Lab Grownson 8 September 2026 at 9:00 am
CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, this week backed "synthetic" as the preferred term for diamonds produced through industrial processes. The move reverses its 2010 acceptance of "laboratory-grown diamond" and other similar terms, and could ....
- Belgian PM Opens Expanded HRD Antwerp Lab in Mumbaion 6 September 2026 at 8:00 am
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever opened HRD Antwerp's expanded Mumbai laboratory on September 4 during a two-day visit to India, highlighting the importance of the country's diamond industry to Belgium's trade relationship with India. The renovated...