Bulova joins the BIG Network
BIG is pleased to welcome Bulova to the BIG Network.
Putin’s Diamonds
The gloves have indeed come off. In a recent article, Diamond Foundry has taken a shot at the entire natural diamond industry, specifically naming Tiffany & Company as well as all retail jewelers for selling Russian Diamonds: “Putin’s Diamonds”, as they call them.
Don’t Poke the Bear – Volume 2
There is no difference in rarity between a .50ct and a 2.00ct laboratory-grown synthetic diamond (in spite of what the sellers of synthetic diamonds will tell you). The cost to produce them is simply linear – time in the reactor = size of the cube. Period.
Don’t Poke the Bear
There is no difference in rarity between a .50ct and a 2.00ct laboratory-grown synthetic diamond (in spite of what the sellers of synthetic diamonds will tell you). The cost to produce them is simply linear – time in the reactor = size of the cube. Period.
Vaping
Watching a news program about the problems associated with Vaping, especially with young people, it dawned on me that we have our own Vaping issue: Carbon Vapor Disposition, or CVD man-made diamonds.
BIG Newsletter: Vegas 2017 – Synthetic Diamond Testers Unveiled
Many retailers are realizing that they have to bring in something to start protecting and testing their product, both bought from the trade, or bought off the street. It’s probably time to make the investment to start protecting your store or brand.
BIG Newsletter: 1669
Sixteen Sixty Nine isn’t referring to a year. According to a recent article in JCK online, it is the number of jewelry companies that closed in 2016.
BIG Newsletter: Undisclosed Diamond Situation Still Uncertain
We as an industry are at a point in time where we must recognize the need to ensure our reputation is not marred by any of these stones being sold as natural, and not being properly disclosed.
BIG Newsletter: Let’s Make Our Industry Great Again
As a company BIG can’t do anything about the mood of the country but we can do something about the mood of our industry. We can take the opposite approach from what we are witnessing in our failing political climate.
BIG Newsletter: It’s Really Not Confusing
They are synthetic. Please stop trying to sell them as anything other than that.It’s not that hard and should not be at all confusing.