All Episodes

Episode 160: Stuller’s New Leaders

Episode 159: A New Era for Old Cuts

Episode 158: Face Recognition for Diamonds

Episode 157: How India Has Come to Love Diamonds

Episode 156: Lobbying Washington on Tariffs

Episode 155: Who Buys Lab-Grown Diamonds?

Episode 154: Chaos in the Diamond Industry

Episode 153: How Tariffs Affect Jewelry Auctions

Episode 152: Gold Prices and Lab-Grown Diamonds

Episode 151: Why the Market Shuns Fluorescent Diamonds

Episode 150: Dubai, Tax, and Diamond Tenders for Consumers

Episode 149: Back to the (Diamond) Origins

Episode 148: Polishing Spectacular Diamonds

Episode 147: The Man Who Transformed the Rough Market

Episode 146: Diamonds, Retail and the Bullwhip Effect

Episode 145: How AI Helps You Sell Jewelry

Episode 144: Buying Diamonds in the Tariff Era

Episode 143: Rocksbox’s Revamp

Episode 142: How to Avoid Credit Losses

Episode 141: Fancies, Lab-Grown and the JCK Show

Episode 140: Germany’s Jewelry Pedigree

Episode 139: Trade Shows and the Tariffs

Episode 138: Tariffs, Diamonds and the US Consumer

Episode 137: India, Diamonds and the One-Price System

Episode 136: Why These Diamonds Are Worth Millions

Episode 135: Are Russia Sanctions Here to Stay?

Episode 134: Tariffs, China and the Hong Kong Shows

Episode 133: Why It Pays to Be Nice

Episode 132: Customs, Sanctions and the Jewelry Trade

Episode 131: Battling the Synthetics Threat

Episode 130: De Beers and the Future of Diamonds

Episode 129: How Anita Diamonds Beats the Market

Episode 128: Not Europe’s Blue Nile

Episode 127: Facets and the Future of Antwerp

Episode 126: Le Vian’s Taste for Chocolate Diamonds

Episode 125: Digging into Colored Stones

Episode 124: A Fresh Perspective on Synthetics

Episode 123: Sustainability in Jewelry

Episode 122: The Diamond Buyer’s View

Episode 121: A Natural Future

Episode 120: The Giant Diamond

Episode 119: The Need for Diamond Marketing

Episode 118: Tailor-Made Jewelry

Episode 117: Making Peace in Antwerp

Episode 116: The Diamond-Pricing Prodigy

Episode 115: Changes in America’s Diamond Industry

Episode 114: India's Large-Diamond Story

Episode 113: Diamonds over the Decades

Episode 112: Is the Kimberley Process Broken?

Episode 111: Luxury’s Transparency Challenges

Episode 110: Diamonds Down Under

Episode 109: Can celebrities sell diamond jewelry?

Episode 108: A Report from the Hong Kong Show

Episode 107: The visionary and timeless Harry Winston style

Episode 106: Russia, Sanctions and the Diamond Market

Episode 105: Handling the Hope Diamond

Episode 104: Jewelry, Insurance and the Holidays

Episode 103: The Year in Review

Episode 102: Selling the Botswana Story

Episode 101: The Lab-Grown Con?

Episode 100: Looking Back at Our Favorites

Episode 99: Why the Chinese Market Is Slow

Episode 98: From Engagement Gap to Wedding Boom?

Episode 97: Spotlight on Sustainability

Episode 96: A Story of Stolen Jewels, Prison and Redemption

Episode 95: What’s Really Going On in Retail?

Episode 94: RJC Moves On from Russia Crisis

Episode 93: Dispatches from the Lab-Grown Symposium

Episode 92: A Crisis in Green Diamonds

Episode 91: Avi Krawitz’s Farewell

Episode 90: The Future of Russian Sanctions

Episode 89: Diamond Provenance at Scale

Rapaport Market Comment: Jewelers Selling, but Not Buying

Episode 88: The Buzz About Geneva, Tiffany and Bridal

Rapaport Market Comment: Diamond Market Slower Than Usual

Rapaport Market Comment: US and China Slowdown Puts Pressure on Diamond Trade

Episode 87: Young Diamantaires Leave Their Mark

Rapaport Market Comment: Will Independents Survive Signet’s Growth?

Episode 86: Diamond Supply-Chain Challenges and Opportunities

Episode 85: De Beers Eyes Massive Botswana Investment

Rapaport Market Comment: 5 Themes From Israel Diamond Week

Rapaport Market Comment: How the Federal Reserve Impacts Diamond Demand

Episode 84: Sanctions, Hong Kong and AI

Episode 83: NDC Plans Synthetics Myth-Busting Campaign

Episode 82: The Path Toward Sustainability

Episode 81: The Importance of Tracking Your Diamond

Episode 80: Selling Diamonds on Instagram

Episode 79: Tech-Inspired Diamond Stories

Episode 78: Reflections on a Turbulent Year

Episode 77: China’s Post-Pandemic Potential

Episode 76: Overoptimistic Retail?

Episode 75: Jewelry Goes Genderless

Episode 74: Diamond Market Plays It Cool

Episode 73: Jewelers’ False Narrative on Lab-Grown

Episode 72: With Special Guest Matt Stuller

Episode 71: Signet, Tiffany Make Bold Moves

Episode 70: The GIA Goes Digital

Episode 69: How Tracr is Empowering De Beers’ Supply Chain

Episode 68: Jewelry’s Pivotal Moment

Episode 67: Where Digital Is Going

Episode 66: Lessons from Vegas

Episode 65: With Special Guests Thomas Faerber and Ronny Totah

Episode 64: The Forgotten Art of Detection

Episode 63: Ethical Sourcing and the Buzz About Blue

Episode 62: With Special Guest Rob Bates

Episode 61: The RJC, Russian Supply and Hollywood Glamour

Episode 60: With Special Guest Eira Thomas

Episode 59: Questions About Russia

Episode 58: De Beers Talks Tech, Data and Innovation

Episode 57: Good Sales, High Fashion and Poor Taste

Episode 56: With Special Guest Iris Van Der Veken

Episode 55: Big, Small, And No Diamonds At All

Episode 54: With Special Guest David Kellie

Episode 53: Holidays, the Vintage Boom and 2021 Favorites

Episode 52: Behind De Beers’ Strategy

Episode 51: GemGenève, Auctions and Fancy Shapes

Episode 50: The Future Is Sustainable

Episode 49: Ready for the Holidays

Episode 48: From Tech Mogul to Lab-Grown Advocate

Episode 47: Adding Value to the Narrative

Episode 46: A Market in Overdrive

Episode 45: What Diamond Banks Want

Episode 44: After Pandora, Is Cartier Next?

Episode 43: In Focus — The Impact of Technology

Episode 42: The Reinvention of Retail

Episode 41: The Transformation of Diamond Grading

Episode 40: Tracing the Diamond Journey

Episode 39: Digital or Bust?

Episode 38: The Year That Changed the Diamond Market

Episode 37: Human Rights, Diamonds and Covid-19

Episode 36: The Young Diamantaires

Episode 35: Plumb Club Moves with the Times

Episode 34: Cash, Credit and Covid-19

Episode 33: Can the Trade Thrive on Generic Marketing?

Episode 32: GIA on Covid-19, Automation and Synthetics

Episode 31: Rise in Grading Activity Signals Recovery

Episode 30: Pandemic Is Pushing Industry to Embrace Tech

Episode 29: Lucara Diamond Outlines its Coronavirus Response

Episode 28: How Covid-19 Will Transform the Jewelry Store

Episode 27: Marketing Our Way Out of Crisis

Episode 26: Time for Subtle, Discreet Brand Marketing

Episode 25: Is the Diamond Trade Prepared for Change?

Episode 24: How the Pandemic Is Changing De Beers

Episode 23: How Alrosa Is Using Data to Drive Sales

Episode 22: How Big a Threat is the Coronavirus?

Episode 21: Googling Billy Porter

Episode 20: Trends Shaping the Industry

Episode 19: Why Bridal’s Not Enough

Episode 18: Nurturing the Next Generation

Episode 17: Oversupply, Tariffs and Silver Linings

Episode 16: An Industry in Crisis?

Episode 15: Key Insights from the JCK Show

Episode 14: Lightbox – the Synthetics King?

Episode 13: Who’s Right — De Beers or the GIA?

Episode 12: The Nirav Modi Arrest and More

Rapaport Diamond Podcast: Reuven Kaufman Interview

Rapaport Diamond Podcast: Good Holiday, Bad Holiday

Episode 11: 2018 - A Year of Scandal, Synthetics and No-Shows

Episode 10: A Turning Point for the Industry?

Episode 9: Hong Kong and the Holidays

Episode 8: Synthetics, Swatch and the Summer

Episode 7: What Happened in Vegas

Episode 6: Making the Grade

Episode 5 - The Death of the Trade Show?

Episode 4 - Fraud, Corruption & the Red Carpet

Episode 3 - Wagging Tails and Diamond Sales

Episode 2 - All Aboard the Omnibus

Episode 1 - Holiday Cheer