What does the Rapaport team read? Editors and reporters sat down this week to select the content from around the web that helped expand their knowledge of the diamond and jewelry industry.
Gidon's selection: LVMH is targeting a $30 billion watch market with reinvented high-end pieces (CNBC)
“LVMH is doubling its presence in the global watch industry with a newly established watch division. What’s most interesting about this article is how the luxury giant’s ten watch brands are using innovative materials and designs to expand their market share as global wealth rises.”
Handlebar Ben-Zvi
Digital content manager
Leah's picks: Millennial “Watchfluencer” on how the “old boys” club has been disrupted by status-obsessed Generation Z: “Many more people know what wearing a Patek Philippe says about you” (Assets)
“This was an interesting article about how Generation Z is becoming more conscious of brands and status. This obsession is leading to the rise of young “watchfluencers” and an upswing in the luxury watch market, dissolving what was once considered an “old boys’ club.”
Leah Meirovich
News editor
“I knew diamonds could be useful for industrial purposes, but I had never heard of diamond dentistry as an opportunity for our industry. Dr. Thomas Connelly is the Los Angeles-based dentist who has reconstructed celebrities' mouths with platinum, diamonds and porcelain veneers. This post about how he does it and how he created his own job was as hilarious as it was captivating. (The article is behind a paywall.)”
Vanina Pikholc
Podcast and video producer
Joshua's picks: Letter to the ` (National Diamond Council)
“The Natural Diamond Council (NDC), the UK's National Association of Jewelers (NAJ) and the London Diamond Bourse (LDB) have joined forces to write a letter to the ` criticizing its coverage of lab-grown diamonds Questioning Dragons' Den. a reality TV show in which entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to potential investors. Kimaï, a London-based jewelry brand that uses lab-grown diamonds, cited the “unethical mining environment” and “huge negative environmental impact” of natural diamonds. The groups also evoked the `’s own language on the show.”
Joshua Freedman
Senior Analyst
Taly's selection: Jewelry trends that are hot this year according to jewelers and stylists (business insider)
“Keeping up with trends, especially at the start of a new year, is the key to success in a competitive market. This article gives very clear indications of what is hot and what is not.”
Taly Cohn
Social media manager
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