'Pearls In Full Bloom' necklet

Madeleine McDonald, Umina Beach, NSW Seaspray Jewellers
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White gold Argyle pink diamond pendant

Nick Ireland, Brisbane, QLD The Diamond Jewellery Studio
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How to make Gen Z – and everyone else – love your brand

With a new generation of consumers coming of age and economic power, REILLY STEPHENS advises the ways retailers can appeal to Gen Z without alienating their older customers.
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Now Showing: The opal cutter's dilemma; working four alloys into a ring; and resurrecting a 1940s Rolex

Take a few moments to enjoy Jeweller's video selection including updates on current affairs and insights into our jewellery trade. This week, take a closer look at cutting opals, watch a jeweller fold together four alloys to make a 'zircuti' ring, and see a World War II Rolex be brought back to life. 
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JCK Las Vegas postponed; Basel show in doubt

The 2021 editions of the JCK Las Vegas and JCK Luxury trade shows will shift from June to August due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, organiser Reed Jewelry Group has confirmed.
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Jewellery association membership at a record low

The Jewellers Association Australia (JAA) has released its 2020 financial results which show that membership continues to fall, reaching a new low over the past decade.
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Now Showing: Tiffany & Co.'s secret to selling to Millennials; tanzanite's crystal family; and the California Gold Rush fever

Take a few moments to enjoy Jeweller's video selection including updates on current affairs and insights into our jewellery trade. This week, find out how Tiffany & Co. has adapted for Millennial shoppers, learn about the crystal family of tanzanite and imperial topaz, and discover the historic tale of the California Gold Rush in the 1800s.
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Indian trade body holds international online jewellery show

The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), India’s trade body for the jewellery industry, launched its virtual International Gem & Jewellery Show (e-IGJS) on 18 January.
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New lab-created diamond detector set to hit market

Yehuda Diamond Company has launched the latest model of its Sherlock Holmes device, which can detect both chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) lab-created diamonds.
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Australian opal dealer challenges COVID-19 insurance rejection

Damien Cody, director of opal retail and wholesale business Cody Opal Australia, has publicly challenged insurance companies for refusing to pay out business interruption policies held by small businesses.
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Michael Hill records ‘outstanding’ results in second half of 2020

In the six months to 27 December 2020, Michael Hill International (MHI)’s same-store sales increased across all three of its key markets, with expected revenue – excluding COVID-19 government subsidies – increasing to $41–45 million, compared with $31.6 million for the same period in 2019.
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Now Showing: Up close with the 'King of Diamonds'; resurrecting a Cartier watch; and what happens when Aussie prospectors strike gold?

Take a few moments to enjoy Jeweller's video selection including updates on current affairs and insights into our jewellery trade. This week, get to know iconic jeweller Laurence Graff, the 'King of Diamonds', watch as a heavily damaged vintage Cartier watch is brought back to life, and join the search for gold in Victoria with a prospecting team. 
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Sydney Trade Days rescheduled, other states to proceed as planned

Expertise Events has announced a final change to its 2021 Trade Days schedule, with the Sydney event moving from 20–21 February to 13–14 March.
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2020 State of the Industry Report: In-depth analysis of Australia's jewellery buying groups over a decade

Following a year of unprecedented upheaval, Jeweller revisited the four jewellery industry buying groups profiled in our March report to explore how they have adapted and supported members throughout COVID-19.
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2020 State of the Industry Report: In-depth analysis of Australia's branded jewellery and watch stores over a decade

Part two of Jeweller’s analysis of the jewellery and watch industries explores how international brands have expanded their presence in the Australian market – and how the brand-only store model has increased competition with retailers.
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Tiffany & Co. CEO to step aside as LVMH names new executive team

Following the successful acquisition of Tiffany & Co. by French luxury conglomerate Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) this week, CEO Alessandro Bogliolo will depart the company alongside three other members of its executive team.
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Now Showing: Engraver turns Rolex watches into art; jeweller reacts to celebrity engagement ring and which gemstones glow in the dark?

Take a few moments to enjoy Jeweller's video selection including updates on current affairs and insights into our jewellery trade. This week, a jeweller shares his reaction to an A-list celebrity's unique engagement ring, learn how to cut an 160-carat opal, and see a watch engraver transform Rolexes.
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New retail data indicates strong Christmas trade, fewer discounts

Recently released jewellery sales data, compiled by Retail Edge Consultants over the end of November and December, shows that the pre-Christmas period continued the positive momentum observed in prior months.
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2020 in a Nutshell: Top Headlines and Births, Deaths & Marriages

What have you been reading? Revisit 2020's most popular stories and headlines on Jewellermagazine.com by category:
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Member of Modi family indicted over $3.4 million diamond fraud

Nehal Modi, the younger brother of disgraced jewellery mogul Nirav Modi, will face court in the US after allegedly fraudulently obtaining diamonds valued at $US2.6 million ($AU3.4 million) in 2015.
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Tiffany & Co. shareholders approve new LVMH deal

The revised merger agreement reached by Tiffany & Co. and French conglomerate Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) in October has been approved by the US company’s shareholders, with the deal expected to close on 7 January.
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