As a business sector and a subculture in its own right, the diamond trade has a language of its very own. Read More...

Readers of a certain age will remember the promise of a paper-less office. With the advent of computers, we would stop wasting huge amounts of paper in the future. Read More...

This week, guest column writer Thierry Silber from Belgium suggests a different way of tackling the problem of dealing with synthetics mixed in with natural diamonds. Read More...

New Young Diamantaires grouping brings contemporary ideas to taking the diamond industry forward at a critical time. Read More...

This week’s issue of Diamond Intelligence Briefs (DIB) makes some astonishing revelations. It focuses on the United States as a rough diamond transfer center. Read More...

Press accounts of parcels of diamonds, particularly melee parcels, containing amounts of undisclosed synthetic diamonds have repeatedly surfaced. Read More...

It's no secret that one of the biggest challenges facing the diamond industry globally is that of finance. Read More...

Over time, the buying experience has been depersonalized. For retailers today, it may seem harder to connect with customers, to give them as perfect a fit as the 19th century tailor was able to do. Read More...

Two high-end brands – Michael Kors and Coach – announced plans this week to take back control of their accessories’ retail prices by limiting distribution.. Read More...

In the grand scheme of the diamond industry, a year doesn’t seem like such a long time – after all, it takes millions of years, and now, expert drilling techniques to help remove diamonds from their earthen beds. Read More...