Episode 98: JCK Las Vegas Report, Lab-Grown Reset, Tracing Diamonds

The Jewelry District

JCK

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

4.9 • 50 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Just back from JCK Las Vegas, JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and news director Rob Bates recap highlights from the big event, where they were delighted to see a return to the liveliness of pre-COVID shows. Diamond trends were a hot topic among attendees and exhibitors, so Victoria and Rob delve into a range of buzzworthy diamond-related observations from Vegas. Among them: Lightbox’s foray into lab-grown engagement rings and how intensifying focus on the three P’s (provenance, people, and planet) is reshaping the industry. Sponsored by De Beers: institute.debeers.com

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jewelry District, a podcast by J.C.K. brought to you by the De Beers Institute of Diamonds.
0:16.0	Today, Rob Bates and Victoria Gimelski talk about the JCPay Show, Diamond Market
0:21.5	Challenges, Light Boxes Foray into the Wedding Sector, and Tracer.
0:30.1	Hey everyone, welcome to the jewelry district.
0:32.7	This is Victoria Gimelsky, editor-in-chief of JCPay and JCP online.com, calling in from Los Angeles.
0:39.7	And I'm with...
0:40.4	Rob Bates, news director of JCPay and JCP online.com, calling in from New York City.
0:46.5	We're back home.
0:47.7	Both of us are respective coasts.
0:50.1	It was really nice to see you in Vegas.
0:52.2	Yeah, it was lovely seeing you.
0:53.4	Yeah, I always, you know, enjoy.
0:55.8	It's like we talk so much, but it's always nice to actually see each other's faces since
1:00.0	this platform does not have a video component.
1:02.7	I feel like we have so much to catch up on, even just in the time since we've seen each
1:06.8	other, there has been a lot of industry news.
1:10.0	I myself, and I'll share more about this towards
1:12.3	the end of the podcast, but right after Vegas, I dove straight into a trip to Tokyo and spent
1:17.6	three nights in Tokyo, basically the weekend, which I think a lot of people say is a crazy
1:22.9	thing to do from L.A., but in fact, when you spend three nights in a faraway location, you really don't
1:28.8	adjust. So when you get back to your normal time zone, you really don't have to adjust back.
1:33.5	So I must say I've had a pretty easy time of jet lag this week, but nobody cares about that.
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