Jewelry News

On the heels of similar announcements from Blue Nile and Amazon.com, Overstock.com said today it is cutting ties with its affiliates in California, Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island because of legislation that requires the online retailer to collect sales taxes.

Zale Corp.'s top marketing and e-commerce executive has left the Irving-based jewelry retailer.

Online diamond and jewelry retailer Blue Nile Inc. has terminated contracts with Rhode Island advertising affiliates over legislation enacted to tax online sales.

Blue Nile Inc. has confirmed to National Jeweler that it is halting its affiliate programs in three states due to changes, or pending changes, to state sales-tax laws.

Amazon.com isn't the only ecommerce company ending a state affiliate program over sales tax legislation.

Amazon.com has closed its third Internet associates program in a week, in Hawaii, as the online retailer steps up an effort to skirt new sales taxes in several U.S. states.

Charles & Colvard Ltd. on Monday announced the appointment of Charles D. Lein to the synthetic gem maker's board.

What : Camper watch from Timex How Much : $35, at timex.com Who : Jennifer Kim, T Magazine's jewelry associate Attention campers: Summer has officially kicked in.

VH1's Tiffany "New York" Pollard needs a day job until her acting career takes flight.

"BRING in the boys!" an announcer howled on a recent Saturday afternoon at Cotton's , a bar in Shanghai .

ShopNBC parent ValueVision Media named retailing veteran Randy Ronning chairman of the board at its annual meeting Thursday, succeeding John Buck, who has voluntarily stepped down.Buck, who has been a member of the board since 2004 and stepped in as chairman in 2007, will remain on ShopNBC's board of directors.Ronning joined ShopNBC's board in ...

DGSE Companies, Inc. , which wholesales, retails and auctions fine watches, jewelry, diamonds and precious metal and rare coin products via traditional and Internet channels, today announced that it sold its two pawnshops in Dallas, Texas in an all cash transaction .

MORRISVILLE, N.C. Jeweler Charles & Colvard said Thursday that its board has appointed Timothy Krist as its chief financial officer.

A federal judge has approved the proposed settlement in the lawsuit filed against the former owners of bankrupt diamond company M. Fabrikant and Sons, putting to rest the year-long, and sometimes wild, legal battle over the family's assets.

On a warm and sunny Saturday morning, Medina and Company, a small jewelry store located in Mountain City, Tennessee, began to fill up with customers.

Theo Fennell, the designer, has returned to the eponymous jewellery business he established in a reshuffle that will see his co-founder step down.

Close You asked. We're building it. Jean-Pierre Verges Paris - Monday, Jun. 22, 2009 02:59PM EDT F rench police arrested 25 suspects Monday in connection with last year's multimillion-dollar robbery at Harry Winston Inc.

For 37 years, co-owners and artistic directors Dennis Hennessy and Richard Carrothers have been entertaining Kansas City with top notch dinner theater.

Indian manufacturers pushing demand for rough as they resume manufacturing. Indians have also begun cutting Princess shapes after a long break.

New York--Helzberg Diamonds is the latest retail jeweler to join Jewelry.com as a Diamond Partner.