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Edahn Golan What a Wonderful Time It is Retail, wholesale, trade fairs, Africa and the weather -- observations on the road we are travelling on .... Go to full memo Natalie J. Raps, Vicky Sharma and Edahn Golan Traders in the global centers are back to work in full force. Expectations for the upcoming June Hong Kong show are high on the back of the good results of the Las Vegas ... Go to full report

IDEX Online Research: Signet's New CEO Outlines His Priorities Mike Barnes, Signet Jewelers' new CEO who has been on the job for just a few months, took the opportunity to "set out our priorities" on a recent conference call with Wall Street analysts. ... (June 13, '11, KEN GASSMAN) Go to Full Article Shortages in SI Goods as Mumbai Dealers Ready for Hong Kong Show Demand from the Chinese market for SI goods has resulted in shortages of this category of diamonds in the Mumbai market. There is a lot of anticipation that the upcoming Hong Kong trade .... (June 13, '11, VINOD KURIYAN) Go to Full Article IDEX Online Research: Customer-Centric Strategy Wins Big for Sterling in Q1 'The customer is really focused on design, branding, and the overall freshness of the merchandise, and not so much on just pure opening price points,' says Signet's .... (June 13, '11, KEN GASSMAN) Go to Full Article IDEX Online Research: Movado Posts Strong First Quarter Results Wholesale demand for the company's watches far out-stripped retail demand: wholesale revenues rose by 25.5% in the quarter, while retail sales rose by a more modest -- but still solid - .... (June 15, '11, KEN GASSMAN) Go to Full Article Unusually Large Rough Diamond Shipments from India to the U.S. in April The U.S. imported 70,209 carats of gem quality rough diamonds in April, triple the typical monthly imports. The surge was in imports from India, ten times the regular volume of imports and ... (June 12, '11, EDAHN GOLAN) Go to Full Article Net Polished Imports by the U.S. $397 Million in April The U.S. imported 1.03 million carats of polished diamonds worth $1.71 billion in April of this year, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The gross import figures represent a 1.6% ... (June 12, '11, EDAHN GOLAN) Go to Full Article Strong Demand from Antwerp, Declining Interest for Near Gem at Diamdel Diamdel sold 251 of the 256 rough Diamond lots it offered at its recent auction. Demand for large goods, 2+ ct items, grainers and smaller goods increased compared to the previous auctions, ... (June 16, '11, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article Arjav Auction Opens Big Window for Small Dealers Over 70 of the 120 bidders at the first online rough Diamond auction held by Arjav Diamonds were small dealers who were able to successfully compete for rough against large operators, an ... (June 16, '11, VINOD KURIYAN) Go to Full Article Rio Tinto Pleased with LV Marketing Model Rio Tinto's inaugural participation in the Las Vegas shows was well received the company said Thursday. The Diamond miner sought to support its clients by showcasing them in its boots as .... (June 16, '11, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article ABN AMRO Considering Israeli Branch, 'Would Increase Financing to Israeli Diamond Trade' Executives from leading Diamond industry financer ABN AMRO met with Israel's Supervisor of Banks this week, as they are mulling over the possibility of opening a branch in the country. ... (June 16, '11, EDAHN GOLAN) Go to Full Article Australia's Diamond Production Slipping Australia's Diamond production totaled 1.667 million carats in the March ending quarter, falling 35% year over year. The decline is primarily blamed on heavy rain in Western Australia, ... (June 15, '11, EDAHN GOLAN) Go to Full Article Samples from Stornoway's Renard Valuated at $182 p/c A recent Diamond valuation at Renard estimates the Diamond samples from the Renard 2 and 3 kimberlite pipes at $182 p/c, an increase of 56% over the previous estimate made in September ... (June 14, '11, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article GIA Starting Pick Up Service in Dubai GIA's Dubai facility will offer free weekly pickup and delivery services of gemstones destined to GIA laboratories across the world for grading. ... (June 12, '11, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article New Indian IGI Diamond Lab Aims At End Consumer The International Gemological Institute (IGI) inaugurated a Diamond certifying facility at Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat. This is the IGI's second such facility in the state, the ... (June 15, '11, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article JA Extends Cost of Doing Business Survey JA has extended the deadline for participation in its annual benchmarking survey of retail jewelers, the Cost of Doing Business Survey. The important survey enables participants to analyze ... (June 14, '11, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article Aurum Holdings Certified By the Responsible Jewellery Council The RJC on Wednesday announced that Aurum Holdings, the largest prestige watch retailer and one of the largest luxury jewelers in the UK, has achieved certification meeting the ethical, ... (June 15, '11, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article Ex-Head of Mandela Children's Fund Cleared in Diamond Case One of the by products of the high attention testimony by British model Naomi Campbell, ended yesterday with a simple no guilty ruling Wednesday. Jeremy Ractliffe, the former head of Nelson ... (June 16, '11, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article De Beers Joint-CEO Brown Resigns Stuart Brown, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and acting joint Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of De Beers in the past year, has decided to step down after nearly 20 years with the company, the ... (June 12, '11, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article Lakers Get Diamond Touch If you found the recent NBA finals exciting, than this Diamond jewelry line may well fit with your look. Gameplan Concepts, a California based jewelry company has launched the NBA Diamond ... (June 14, '11, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article June 19, Father's Day, U.S., China & Hong Kong June 21, Summer Solstice June 23-26, June Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair July 4, Independence Day, US August 4-8, IIJS, Mumbai 8 Av. Pictet de Rochemont 1207 Geneva, Switzerland

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