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Pure and boundless passion, Lumière Collection
Celebrating
everything that is unique, glorious and magnanimous, the collection is a
symphony of romantic tunes of love, aiming to capture the essence of pure and
boundless passion that pours onto others freely and in synergy with the flow of
life. An inexplicable treat for the eyes and the hearts!
Complete diamond mining reform in CAR
Ahead
of the Annual General Membership (AGM) meeting of the World Diamond Council
(WDC) in Antwerp, the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) launched
a full overhaul of the country’s alluvial diamond mining sector.
Going
forward, the CAR’s Government will stand for a bold new and drastic approach
where full transparency and proper due diligence protocols, traceability of
individual parcel and OECD Due Diligence Guidance will be crucial. The country
direly needs diamond production to return to the formal market.
Practice the utmost caution in rough buying
In
light of recent media reports about the trade in rough diamonds associated with
the ongoing civil conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), the World
Diamond Council (WDC) has reiterated its call to members of the industry to
practice the utmost caution when considering the purchase of goods that are
known to have originated or are suspected to have originated in the CAR.
Cycle 8 in the sync with a quieter time
De
Beers Group announced the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder
Sales and Auctions) for the eighth sales cycle of 2019. At the juncture Bruce
Cleaver, CEO, De Beers Group, said: “As we approach what is traditionally a
quieter time of year for the diamond industry during the Diwali holiday, we
have again offered our customers flexibility during this sales cycle.”
CIBJO releases Diamond Report
With
fewer than seven weeks to go to the opening of the 2019 CIBJO Congress in
Manama, Bahrain, on November 18, 2019, the fourth of the CIBJO commissions'
Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Diamond Commission,
headed by UdiSheintal, the report focuses predominantly on what it refers to as
the faultline between diamonds mined in nature and man-made diamonds.
GenZ Retail Influencers and Spenders
Members
of Generation Z influence a significant amount of household purchases and enjoy
spending their own money, according to the latest issue of the Consumer View
report released today by the National Retail Federation (NRF).
“We’re
seeing a shift in the way families’ shop where children are much more involved
with purchasing decisions,” NRF Vice President for Research Development and
Industry Analysis Mark Mathews said. “This year during back-to-school shopping,
teens and pre-teens were heavily involved with purchasing decisions and
contributed significantly more of their own funds compared with a decade
ago.”
Swarovski Gemstones supports DJGF
North
India’s Biggest International Jewellery Trade Show Brings Together over 300
participating exhibitors and over 650 brands from Gems & Jewellery
Industry, the 8th Edition of Delhi Jewellery & Gem Fair (DJGF) at Pragati
Maidan, New Delhi from 28-30 September 2019. Organized by Informa Markets in
India (formerly UBM India), India's leading exhibition organizer.
The
expo was inaugurated by Special Guests that included Bollywood Celebrity
Radhika Apte; Mr. Michael Duck- Executive Vice President Asia Informa Markets
Group Chief Representative for China; Mr. Yogesh Singhal - President, The
Bullion and Jewellers Association; Mr. Yogesh Seth- Regional Chairman North
India, GJEPC; Mr. Yogesh Mudras- Managing Director, Informa Markets, India, Mr.
Rajendra Jain, Managing Director- Swarovski Gemstones, India, Abhijit Mukherjee
-Group Director Informa Markets and Pankaj Shende -Sr. Portfolio Director,
Informa Markets India.
India pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi with silver coin
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
Inaugurates
Swachh Bharat Diwas 2019
India
pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram! PM Unveils Postal Stamp and
Silver Coin based on Mahatma Gandhi’s life Interacts with children and
volunteers at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Swachh Bharat Diwas 2019 in
Ahmedabad.
BDW scheduled with 3rd IDW- BSM
Diamond
Producers Association CEO Jean-Marc Lieberherr congratulates Bharat Diamond
Bourse for organising Diamond Week event!
Bharat
Diamond Bourse (BDB) believes there will be more opportunities for the Mumbai
diamond community, particularly the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to
sell diamonds, also the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council's (GJEPC)
specially organised Buyer-Seller meeting taking place at around the same time
as the third edition of the Bharat Diamond Week (BDW).
GJTCI honors Rajendra Jain
GJTCI
Excellence Awards is one of the ways to encourage and boost the jewellery
industry and people related to it, GJTCI organize GJTCI Excellence Awards to
recognize and felicitate the uniqueness and unmatched craftsmanship of our
Jewellery Industry.