Baltimore--The owner of Ruder and Co. Jewelry and Antiques in Baltimore was fatally shot over the holiday weekend, a Baltimore Police Department spokesman confirmed to National Jeweler.

Timepiece retailer Tourneau LLC has announced the appointment of James Seuss as chief executive officer.

Purchase, N.Y.--Jewelry sales are up 5.6 percent for the 2009 holiday shopping season, according to MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse report.

Online retail sites experienced significant traffic growth in November as the holiday shopping season officially kicked off, according to the latest report from ComScore Inc.

A 1.77-carat, radiant-cut, fancy deep purplish-pink diamond that didn't attract a buyer at Rio Tinto's 2008 Argyle Pink Diamond tender has been recut into a stone that has everybody seeing red, literally.

A 1.77-carat, radiant-cut, fancy deep purplish-pink diamond that didn't attract a buyer at Rio Tinto's 2008 Argyle Pink Diamond tender has been recut into a stone that has everybody seeing red, literally.

New York--When the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31 marking the start of a new year, many retail jewelers happily bid goodbye to 2009.

Houston--Consumers will be focused on saving, not shopping in 2010, and this trend will be compounded by the fact that unemployment will remain unusually high next year, according to the latest research from Plunkett Research Ltd.

New York--The Jewelry Information Center (JIC) has announced that Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys New York, will host the GEM Awards honoring Madeleine K. Albright on Jan. 8, 2010.

The Antwerp Diamond Bourse is readying to launch a three-day, invitation-only fair in February, to be attended by 43 leading Antwerp diamond firms and an exclusive group of diamond buyers.