Pandora International’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Peder Tuborgh, has announced plans to appoint his successor.

Two jewellery design competitions featuring Australia’s national gem are now open, with cash and gemstone prizes available.

After more than 10 years of struggle, plans for a national opal museum in the town of Lightning Ridge have been approved, with $19 million of the $35 million budget funded by federal, state and local governments.

The US-based Diamond Producers Association (DPA) in association with Signet Jewelers have released the results of their synthetic diamond detector test.

The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) has released a new “Do’s and Don’ts” guide to ethical and responsible gem handling and trading, covering diamonds, colour gemstones, pearls and precious coral.

Indian authorities are demanding answers after fugitive billionaire Nirav Modi surfaced in London earlier this month.

I don’t know about you, but I’m totally confused. Regular readers will know that more often these days, I don’t know whether I’m Arthur or Martha – or in this age of gender equality, just ‘Ar’!

As the retail industry adapts and evolves to meet the demands of the consumer, BRYAN PEARSON discusses what today’s retailers are doing right – and what they’re still getting wrong.

Amid turbulent times for the Swiss luxury watch industry – and the news that the Geneva show is set to synchronise with Basel in 2020 – MARTIN FOSTER reports on the latest from this year’s SIHH.

From the grandeur of large geodes to the colourful and unusually patterned agate and jasper varieties, quartz is one of the most abundant, widely studied and adored mineral groups, popular amongst gem collectors and jewellers alike. STACEY LIM explores the continuing love and admiration for its coloured crystalline varieties.

Customer satisfaction is not the same as customer loyalty but if customers are happy, does it matter what retailers call it? Yes, says LISA MASIELLO, who argues that the terms aren’t interchangeable.