Market center opens in China's 'jewelry city'
April 23, 2008
New York—Man Sang Holdings Inc. has announced the opening of its market center in China's Pearls and Jewellery (CP and J) City in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, China.
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E-guidebook to help visitors navigate IJK
April 08, 2008
Kobe, Japan—Exhibitors from more than 20 countries will converge at the 12th International Jewellery Kobe (IJK), to be held this year from May 15-17 at the Kobe International Exhibition Center in Kobe.
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Stuller joins Cultured Pearl Association
March 05, 2008
Lafayette, La.—Stuller Inc. announced today that it has joined the Cultured Pearl Association of America, a nonprofit group founded in 1957, whose mission is to cultivate awareness, interest, demand and successful marketability of cultured pearls for retailers and consumers.
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China Pearls and Jewellery City to open in April
March 04, 2008
Zhuji, China—China Pearls and Jewellery City (CP and J City), a manufacturing, importing, exporting and trading center, and year-round exhibition space for pearls and jewelry, will celebrate its grand opening at a ceremony on April 18.
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| Top Tahitian pearl designs awarded
February 19, 2008
New York—The Cultured Pearl Association of America, which represents Perles de Tahiti in the United States, has announced the winners of the 2007-2008 "The Song of the Stars" Tahitian Pearl Trophy-North American division.
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Imperial's site goes B2C
December 05, 2007
East Providence, R.I.—One of the largest and oldest pearl companies, Imperial, has gone business-to-consumer with its Web site, Pearls.com.
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| Pearl Revival Committee puts spotlight on Dubai
October 19, 2007
Dubai, United Arab Emirates—The first International Pearl Convention is scheduled to take place next month in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and the event will include the auction of what organizers say is the world's second-largest natural pearl.
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| Pearls on parade
October 01, 2007
Forget the Year of the Pig—2007 is very well shaping up to be the year of the pearl.
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| Signity: Mysticism, nature among key themes in '08
October 01, 2007
Wattens, Austria—Jewelry in 2008 will take inspiration from four major themes: nature, architecture, mysticism and romance, according to Gem Visions, a new compilation of design trends put out by Signity.
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| Sotheby's to sell Kelly and Calvin Klein's pearls
September 21, 2007
New York—Sotheby's will sell three lots of natural pearl and diamond jewels from the collection of Kelly and Calvin Klein as part of its "Magnificent Jewels" sale on Dec. 4.
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Tahitian Pearl Trophy winners announced
September 10, 2007
Rhode Island—The Cultured Pearl Association of America, which represents Pearls de Tahiti in the United States, has announced the winners of the 2007-2008 "The Song of the Stars" Tahitian Pearl Trophy—North American division.
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| Pearl Paradise takes akoyas from Chinese seas to market
September 01, 2007
Xuwen, China—Pearlparadise.com, a fast-growing, U.S.-based online pearl retailer and supplier, has taken the next step in its evolution: It's opening a farm in China.
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| Tennis star an ace in pearl business
June 19, 2007
Boca Raton, Fla.—Tennis star Alina Jidkova has launched Bemypearl.com, an online retail store that sells high-quality pearl jewelry at discounted prices.
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| Mikimoto introduces South Sea grading system
June 07, 2007
New York—Pearl house Mikimoto has created a grading system for its South Sea cultured-pearl collections.
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| Pearls gone wild
June 01, 2007
The once dowdy gem is the darling of jewelry fashion. A new grading report from GIA promises to drive even more growth.
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