Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Specialist in global markets, economics and alternative investments. Insuring diamond jewelry has traditionally been simple. The ...

But the market has seemingly made up its mind, at least when it comes to adornment. Allied Market Research valued the synthetic-diamond industry at $24 billion as recently as 2022, but in May, De ...

De Beers chief executive Al Cook wants to save a generation of lovers and newlyweds from what he calls a “huge con” when it comes to buying diamonds. In the process, he hopes to rescue his iconic ...

The lab-grown diamond boom is over, jewelry industry experts say. Lab-grown gems are mainstream now and real diamonds are back in vogue, analysts told Business Insider. Prices for lab-grown diamonds ...

A surge in demand for lab-grown stones has weakened a key corner of the diamond market, Bloomberg reported. Diamond demand has softened since the pandemic, but the rough-diamond market has seen sharp ...

Prices for rough diamonds — the raw, unpolished, and uncut stones — have dipped in 2023 as many post-pandemic consumers shy away from luxury goods. According to the Zimnisky Global Rough Diamond Index ...

“A diamond is forever,” but perhaps not for the increasing number of consumers spurning the gemstone for lab-grown counterparts, gold and even other colored gemstones. The slogan was coined by diamond ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. De Beers launched its largest diamond campaign in a decade, ...

Diamond prices worldwide continue to decline amid a global luxury market slowdown and competition from lab-grown alternatives. The Guardian, citing data from jewelry analytics firm Tenoris, reported ...