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Why diamond merchants are placing bets on incoming surge of wedding engagements
Diamond merchants have been crunching the numbers, and their forecast is that wedding bells will soon be ringing again -- along with their cash registers.
How the world's two biggest diamond companies are plotting against the rise of lab-grown gems: 'Buyer beware'
"People weren't out meeting each other during lockdown, which created an engagement gap. But engagements are back."
Diamond giant slashes price of lab-grown gems by nearly 40%
“The price difference between natural and lab-grown diamonds at retail is growing fast, accelerating consumer awareness that they are fundamentally very different products.”
Diamond fetches record $2.5M in online sale -- and buyer says he got a bargain
The gem is so large – about the size of a quarter – that the buyer's fiancee said it looked like a “ring pop.”
De Beers is now growing gems in a lab
A $200 diamond has a nice ring to it. De Beers rocked the gem industry by announcing that it will start selling synthetic diamond jewelry for the first time in...
Women aren't waiting around for men to buy them diamonds
Women aren’t waiting around for their significant others to buy them diamonds anymore. A key growth area in jewelry is women gifting themselves, according to De Beers. Nearly a third...
NYC's hottest holiday store openings
Acne Studios The long-standing fashion myth that New York City women could be classified as either uptown girls or downtown girls is now officially obsolete. Not convinced? Consider this: Last...
How America was conned into buying diamonds
A diamond engagement ring is now as much a part of American wedding culture as a multilayered cake, a first dance and a big white dress. The diamond might be...
Diamonds might not be a girl's best friend anymore
Diamonds have lost some sparkle. The world’s largest supplier, De Beers Group, had to pull out all the stops last year to coax consumers to plunk down dough on some...