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The Jewelry District

Episode 165: Brilliant Earth, CBG, Metal Refining, Watch Woes

The Jewelry District

JCK

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

4.950 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and news director Rob Bates talk about Brilliant Earth's new showroom in Beverly Hills, which Victoria had just visited, and what she learned about what the 2026 bridal customer is looking for and how retailers are meeting that moment. They highlight the brand’s shift toward experiential, hospitality-driven retail and the shifting role of sustainability in consumer decisions. Rob reports on how gold and silver prices are affecting refiners in a surprising way and shares takeaways from the CBG Show in Miami. Finally, the pair discuss the watch market and takeaways from LVMH Watch Week. Title sponsor: De Beers (adiamondisforever.com) Sponsor: Facets of Fire (facetsoffire.com/retailer-testimonials)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Jewelry District, a podcast by J.C.K. brought to you by De Beers.

0:16.0

Today, Rob Bates and Victoria Gamalski talk about Brilliant Earth's new showroom in Beverly Hills,

0:21.9

trends in the bridal market, gold and silver prices, and takeaways from the CBG show and

0:27.5

LVMH Watch Week.

0:30.1

Hey, everyone.

0:31.5

Welcome to the jewelry district.

0:33.4

This is Victoria Gamelski, editor-in-chief of JCPK andK and J-C-K Online.com, calling in from Los Angeles.

0:40.3

And I'm with...

0:41.3

Rob Bates, news director of J-C-K and J-C-K Online.com, calling in from New York City.

0:48.3

Oh my God, how was the snowpocalypse? Are you still in it?

0:52.3

No, it's... It's okay. They had they had this thing you know they didn't cancel school they had the

0:58.5

kids home for a remote day which is a total waste I don't know why they did it they should

1:03.5

just cancel school had the fun of a snow day you know totally yeah but it's like okay

1:08.8

because I it's really hard to know it like the images yeah I mean it looks like it looks like a big old dump, but I don't know if it's paralyzing. Is it? No, I don't think so. And I talk to people throughout the country and everybody's complaining about snow and like, you know, places that don't usually get it. So it's snowy. It's a little gross. I'm not kind of rushing to get outside, but it's fine. Okay. I know, you know, I'm days away and by the time people listen to this, this will have come and gone, of course, but Tucson is coming up and I'm curious if anybody will be snowed out of actually even getting, you know, because sometimes when you, your flights canceled, it takes a day or two when so many cancellations hit the system to even rebook.

1:48.7

So I don't know if that ends up making a trip to Tucson worthwhile or not if you have to wait and come in two or three days late.

1:56.3

So we'll see.

1:57.5

I'm going to hear about your travels.

1:58.9

I know you were just in Miami.

2:00.4

So we'll get to that.

2:01.6

But I did just walk in the door from visiting Brilliant Earth's brand new showroom in Beverly Hills.

2:08.6

It's their largest footprint to date. I believe it's their 42nd showroom. It replaces the one in West Hollywood they've had since, more or less since their beginning. I think

2:18.1

West Hollywood was their second physical showroom after Union Square in San Francisco. And so they

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