Episode 115: Changes in America’s Diamon...

Andrew Rickard stresses the importance of getting a credit report and outlines his plans for the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) after his recent appointment as its president. Plus: Lab-grown diamonds, tariffs, and the state of the industry. 

Nilesh Chhabria, chief operating officer at Finestar Diamonds & Jewellery, reflects on the recent JCK Las Vegas show, the market for fancy-shape diamonds, and why natural is regaining some of the ground it lost to lab-grown. 

German jewelry designer Katharina Junkert recounts the history of Pforzheim, the country’s famed manufacturing city. She also explains why German consumers prefer diamonds with high color and clarity — perhaps because of the weather? Plus: The positive and negative impacts of US ... Show More

Jim Ross, who was instrumental in the launch of the first U.S.-listed ETF, discusses the industry’s past, present, and future.  ETF Trends’ Tom Lydon offers perspective on the recent challenges facing ARK Invest and Cathie Wood.  Diamond Standard’s Cormac Kinney explains his effo ... Show More

A few years ago you could have assumed all diamonds had been dug out of the ground – but now it’s true that some of them have been created, at unbelievably high temperatures, in just a matter of weeks. In the first of two Business Daily programmes about the evolving diamond marke ... Show More

In this episode of the podcast, I share my interview with Jeff Fromm. I first met Jeff after I saw him speak at this year's JCK Las Vegas show on the topic of "The Purpose Advantage", which also happens to be the title of his latest book. Jeff has built a reputation for himself a ... Show More

The Golden Canary Diamond, weighing a colossal 303.10 carats, is one of the largest polished diamonds in the world and the largest flawless diamond ever graded. The historic diamond is set to highlight Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels auction in New York. Gerry Appleby from Appleby J ... Show More

With travel curtailed due to the pandemic, consumers are shifting spending to material luxury items, which favors diamonds, said Paul Zimnisky, industry analyst. Early last monthy Zimnisky recorded Kitco Roundtable podcast with Mining Audiences Manager Michael McCrae, Kitco corre ... Show More

Target reports earnings this morning as it comes off two straight quarters of same store sales declines. D.A. Davidson's Michael Baker tees up the results. Plus, it's Super Tuesday, with voters in more than a dozen states heading to the polls. Ned Davis Research's Ed Clissold exp ... Show More

Diamond output by the mining giant De Beers is down 23% this quarter. Demand is slowing as a bounce from the coronavirus pandemic wears off and synthetic diamonds eat into market share. Today on the show, we try to understand the market for diamonds. Also, we go short Charles Dic ... Show More

On this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast Jeb Blount and Bernie Weiss explore how to Ace It in Sales with lessons learned from selling radio advertising on the streets of New York City and the Bronx. They take on heavy metal selling, cold calling in New York City , how to sell m ... Show More

New York is not dead, according to Jerry Seinfeld, New Yorkers, and real estate mogul Jeff Blau, CEO of Related Companies. Blau discusses the real estate rebounds in NY-based rentals and sales, and shares his outlook for Hudson Yards tenants and Covid safety. CNBC’s Robert Frank ... Show More

On this edition of Business Weekly, we’re looking at Spotify’s latest results, and hearing how it has had to react to controversy surrounding its star podcaster, Joe Rogan. We hear from music industry writer Eamonn Ford, who tells us how the service is expanding more into the spo ... Show More