National jewelry retailer Hannoush Jewelers has signed exclusive territory rights with GemFind.com., for its 25 Massachusetts-based retail locations.

An equity investment company has taken an ownership stake of a southwest Florida jeweler that was operating under bankruptcy protection.

An equity investment company has taken an ownership stake of a southwest Florida jeweler that was operating under bankruptcy protection.

Whitehall Jewelers, currently operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, is shutting down after a liquidator won its auction last week—but in an email obtained by JCK, the company’s president indicated that as many as half its stores could be sold.

“Ahead of Its Time: Artistic Jewelry in the Milieu of 1900” is the theme of the Annual Conference on Jewelry and Related Arts to be held at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, on Oct. 12.

Boscov's Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Wilmington, Delaware, today, citing decreased consumer spending, Bloomberg News reports.

Jewelry and watch online sales fell 10 percent for the second quarter of 2008, according to comScore Inc.

It may take billions of years to create diamonds beneath the earth, but no one would care if it were not for the very clever advertising of De Beers.

New York—The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) has announced that an official delegation of Russian buyers will visit the ICA International Gem Show Dubai, slated for Oct. 13-15, 2008.

Newport Beach, Calif.—Online e-commerce portal GemFind.com announced that jewelry chain Hannoush Jewelers has signed on as a platinum GemFind affiliate.