De Beers sold rough diamonds with a provisional value of $530 million in the fifth sales cycle (Global Sightholder Sales and Auction Sales) of 2017, indicating ongoing strong demand from the global industry. De Beers sold $530 million worth of rough diamonds at the fifth sales cycle of 2017, marking a 1.5% increase over Cycle Read More →

While travelling is fun but packing jewellery can be cumbersome. Disposable plates, buttons are some of the elements that can be used to save your jewellery and time, suggest experts. Manju Kothari, Creative Director at Entice and Shehzad Zaveri, Creative Director at Minawala (jewellery brands) have listed few tricks that could work wonders:   – Read More →

China’s jewellery retail business maintained its positive momentum from January to May, recording an 8.2 percent year-on-year growth, the National Bureau of Statistics of China revealed. Government data showed that retail sales of gold, silver and jewellery climbed to RMB 128 billion (US$18.79 billion) for the first five months of the year while in May Read More →

Summer is the right time for ushering fabulous fashion trends, be it apparel, jewellery, footwear or accessories. As the mercury soars high, adorning oneself with minimal jewels has become a new trend. Nishant Tulsiani, Director at Anaqa and Parneet Thukral, co-founder at Gioielli have listed few tips:   Tassels are quite in vogue these days. Read More →

For the May edition of Professional Jeweller magazine, we asked independent jewellers and suppliers to help us analyse the silver jewellery market. Using the results from UK jewellery industry experts, we have compiled a list of the top ten silver jewellery trends shining for SS17. Personalised Jewellery When it comes to sterling silver fashion jewellery, Read More →

Cibjo, the World Jewellery Confederation, has underscored the promotion and development of a sustainable, community-based pearl farming sector in Fiji at the United Nations Ocean Conference in New York. Gaetano Cavalieri, president of Cibjo, joined a high-level delegation from the Republic of Fiji, led by Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, to talk about sustainable pearling initiatives at Read More →