jewelry

Art Nov 29, 2020

Fighting coronavirus in luxurious style with ¥1 million masks

One Japanese firm is selling masks embellished with a 0.7 carat diamond and more than 300 pieces of Swarovski crystal.

Business Feb 21, 2020

L Brands to sell majority stake in Victoria's Secret; CEO to step down

L Brands Inc. said Thursday it will sell a controlling stake in its Victoria's Secret unit to investment firm Sycamore Partners, valuing the lingerie brand at $1.1 billion (¥123 billion), as it focuses on its core Bath & Body Works brand. The private equity firm ...

World / Crime & Legal Dec 17, 2019

Burglars nab jewelry worth $64 million from British model Tamara Ecclestone

Tamara Ecclestone, the daughter of former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, has had an estimated £50 million ($64 million) worth of jewelry stolen in an audacious raid from her west London home. A spokesman said the 35-year-old had been left "angry and shaken" after the ...

Business Nov 25, 2019

France's LVMH close to $16.3 billion deal to buy Tiffany after sweetening offer: sources

LVMH is close to buying U.S. jewelry chain Tiffany & Co. for about $16.3 billion after sweetening its offer, sources said on Sunday, as the owner of Louis Vuitton and Bulgari aims to tap the fast-growing luxury jewelry market. The two sides are close to ...

World / Offbeat Apr 26, 2019

Largest uncut diamond in recent history found in Botswana mine

Lucara Diamond Corp. has unearthed the largest uncut diamond in recent history in its Karowe mine in Botswana, the Canadian company said on Thursday, beating its own record discovery from November 2015 that it struggled to sell for nearly two years. The 1,758-carat diamond, larger ...

Business / Corporate Feb 15, 2019

IPO of Japanese jewelry retailer Primo weighed by its owner

Longreach Group, the buyout firm founded by former UBS Group AG investment banker Mark Chiba, is considering an initial public offering of its jewelry business Primo Japan Inc., people familiar with the matter said. The owner has been working with Nomura Holdings Inc. to explore ...

People | 20 QUESTIONS Jan 26, 2019

Maho Kato: Living life by nature's design

by Ayako Nakano

Drawing from nature and past experiences, jewerly maker Maho Kato says don't fear failure to live life to the fullest.

Business / Tech Apr 27, 2018

IBM ties up with Asahi Refining and others on blockchain tech to track jewels from mine to store

by Olga Kharif

IBM Corp., a group of four gold and diamond industry companies, and an independent laboratory are developing a blockchain network for tracing the provenance of finished pieces of jewelry from mine to store. The TrustChain Initiative, which will run on IBM's technology, includes precious-metals refiner ...

Business Feb 23, 2018

How an Indian bank's $1.8 billion fraud went unnoticed

by Krishna N. Das, Aditya Kalra, Devidutta Tripathy and Tom Lasseter

The Punjab National Bank branch in south Mumbai sits just down the road from both the Bombay Stock Exchange and the Reserve Bank of India, at a physical center of one of the world's fastest-growing major economies. The branch, clad in a stately colonial edifice, ...

Style & Design | ON: DESIGN Jul 2, 2017

'Most wanted' in Japanese design

by Mio Yamada

The Interior Lifestyle Tokyo trade fair, an annual event held in June at Tokyo Big Sight, always showcases an impressive number of Japanese participants. This year, On Design picks its favorites from the fair's "Wanted" special exhibition of designers looking for collaborators or ...

Business May 1, 2017

Jewelers in Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture boosting sales in Asia

Small and medium-size jewelry makers in Yamanashi Prefecture are expanding their sales in other parts of Asia on the back of growing demand, with their techniques and designs hailed widely in China and elsewhere in the region. The area's jewelry industry has prospered in part ...