The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA), one of the most active and well-known colored gem and cultured pearl nonprofit organizations in the...
By Emili VesilindMarch 30, 2022Spring is a popular season for popping the question (and March 20 was National Proposal Day!) so we asked fine jewelry professionals across...
By Kristin YoungMarch 22, 2022It’s one of retail’s best-kept secrets: There is an entire industry dedicated to perfuming our in-store experience. And most of the time, we...
By Kristin YoungMarch 16, 2022Click into the Trademark Antiques website and you enter a platform that has more in common with branded jewelry websites—think Zoe Chicco, Aurate...
By Emili VesilindMarch 9, 2022It’s clear that Jenny O. Calleri has luck on her side. When the fine jewelry retailer—a veteran of several jewelry stores on the...
By Emili VesilindMarch 2, 2022Independent fine jewelry retail owners have been forced to navigate extreme shifts these past few years, including COVID-19’s lockdowns and the pendulum swing...
By Kristin YoungFebruary 22, 2022With temperatures in New York City dipping below 20 degrees this second week of February, anyone could be forgiven for ditching Manhattan and...
By Roxanne RobinsonFebruary 15, 2022Sissy’s Log Cabin, the fine jewelry chain established in Pine Bluff, Ark., in 1970, is one of independent jewelry retailing’s biggest success stories....
By Emili VesilindFebruary 1, 2022Like all live industry events, Tucson Gem Week has changed and evolved throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But this year’s packed lineup of shows...
By Emili VesilindJanuary 27, 2022It has a name befitting its extraordinary qualities: The Enigma. And at 555.55 cts., it’s about the size of a plump clementine orange....
By Amy ElliottJanuary 18, 2022