Puzzling Case of the Dan Gertler Sanctions
March 18, 21 by John JeffaySo why did the US government withdraw sanctions on Dan Gertler, only to see them re-imposed a few weeks later? Donald Trump's administration pulled no punches back in 2017 when it ... Read More...
Gender (Dis)parity in the Diamond World
March 11, 21 by John JeffayThey used to call it sex discrimination. Today we talk about gender parity, but whichever term you choose, it's an issue that's still very much with us. I remember as small boy back in 1975 asking my ... Read More...
The Software Pirates of Surat
March 04, 21 by John JeffayThere's more than one way to get your diamonds scanned in Surat. Orthodox business practice is to buy a legitimate machine and license its software on a "pay as you go" basis. The alternative is to seek rough Read More...
Buying the World's Worst Diamonds
February 25, 21 by John JeffayCormac Kinney is in the market for cheap diamonds. The cheaper the better. And he doesn't care what they look like. He's not buying them for their beauty, he's buying them to be traded as a ... Read More...
IDEX Online Celebrates 20th Birthday
February 18, 21 by John JeffayThe internet was still in its infancy, Google was barely a noun, let alone a verb, and office keyboards belonged to typewriters, rather than computers. It was 2001, the year IDEX Online launched ... Read More...
Do Consumers Really Want to Buy Diamonds Online?
February 11, 21 by John JeffayIt's often hard to understand cause and effect. Retailers have seen a surge in online diamond sales as a direct result of coronavirus restrictions. But how much of that will stick if and when things ever return to "normal"?... Read More...
From the Sublime (De Beers) to the Ridiculous (Lil Uzi Vert)
February 04, 21 by John JeffayTwo diamond stories that appeared in the mainstream media stood out for me this week. One was a very respectable tale from the finance pages about De Beers announcing its biggest sight... Read More...
A Second Year of Canceled Trade Shows
January 28, 21 by John JeffayRemember trade shows? In decades gone by, they were very popular. They were still pulling in the crowds in January and February last year, when diamantaires would routinely fly across the world... Read More...
De Beers: The Times They Are a-Changin'
January 21, 21 by John JeffayThere's a new president in the White House, there's a new weapon against the pandemic and the times, as Bob Dylan put it back in 1964, they are a changin'. There's no "one-size-fits-all" way to sum up... Read More...
Natural Diamonds: An "Intruder" in the Laboratory-Grown Supply Chain
January 14, 21 by Debbie AzarLast May, I wrote a Memo about the need for full disclosure on grading reports issues by gemological laboratories when it comes to post-growth treatments of laboratory-grown diamonds. That has not changed.... Read More...
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