Episode 126: John Mayer, Russian Sanctions, Richemont, Saks and Neiman, JVC

The Jewelry District

JCK

Fashion & Beauty, Business News, Business, Arts, News

9.9 • 25 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and news director Rob Bates talk about celebrity watch collectors and investors, such as John Mayer and Jay-Z, and discuss the new Russian sanctions on diamonds that the G7 council is looking to put in place. As well, there are big changes happening at Richemont, with many of the top executives playing musical chairs, and the Saks-Neiman Marcus merger being spearheaded by Richard Baker with Amazon as an investor, raising eyebrows and leading to discussion about other “e-tailers.” Sponsored by Tracr: tracr.com (https://www.tracr.com/)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jewelry District, a podcast by J.C.K. brought to you by Tracer.
0:15.5	Today, Rob Bates and Victoria Gamalski talk about celebrity watch collectors, the delay in Russian sanctions,
0:22.6	changes at Richemont, and the Sacks Neiman Marcus merger.
0:30.1	Hey everyone, welcome to the jewelry district. This is Victoria Gamelski, editor-in-chief of JCPay and JCPOnline.com.
0:38.5	Calling in from Los Angeles, and I'm with.
0:40.9	Rob Bates, news director of J-C-K and J-C-K Online.com,
0:45.1	calling in from still hot and sweaty New York City.
0:49.3	Sweaty New York City would expect nothing less of New York in July.
0:52.9	Well, usually it waits to August. It's a little
0:55.9	premature, I feel. But I think this is, they tell us it's going to break soon, I hope. More good times ahead.
1:01.6	Yeah, August is truly the cruelest month, I think. April, not so much so. And you were just on
1:08.9	vacation, I believe. Oh my God, I was. I went to
1:11.8	Majorca for a week, which a lot of people would say, God, that's a long schlett for just a week
1:17.0	from L.A. But, you know, I worried a lot about Nico, who's just five and a half dealing with
1:23.0	jet lag because he's never been to Europe. And so this was a nine hour time difference. But we all
1:27.3	did pretty well. And it was just a nine hour time difference. But we all did pretty well.
1:28.4	And it was just a magical, beautiful place.
1:31.3	It blew my mind.
1:32.0	It was so clean and beautiful.
1:33.6	And there was tons to see.
1:35.0	We went to see the Moreau Foundation, Juan Moreau,
1:37.3	the famous Spanish artist of the 20th century.
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