Reimagining the Pearl, Youthful, Bolder and Edgier
Emboldened by the pearl’s status as the world’s most popular biogenic material, visionary jewellery designers and manufacturers are aiming for a younger and more audacious consumer.
Jose Hess, 1933-2021, CIBJO President and Jewellery Industry Giant
CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, pays tribute to Jose Hess, the world-renowned jewellery designer and beloved industry leader, who served as the organisation’s first American President from 1997 through 2000. He died peacefully at his home in St. Augustine, Florida, on February 9, 2021, at age 87.
The Jewellery Consumer, Post Pandemic
How will the experience of the pandemic and its economic and social fallout have changed jewellery consumer motivations, and what must the industry do in order to adjust?
The Technological Transformation of the Coloured Gemstone Trade
Recent technological advances promise to level the playing field. They raise the prospect of building a trade that is more robust and more competitive.
CIBJO President applauds decision in United Kingdom to regard Diamond Terminology Guideline as Primary Authority Advice
Gaetano Cavalieri, President of CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has described as “profoundly important” the agreement in the United Kingdom between the National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) and UK Trading Standards, a British government service working to ensure that consumers are protected from unfair trading, to provide the Diamond Terminology Guideline the status of Primary Authority Advice.
CIBJO highlights the harsh impact of COVID crisis in developing nations, in statement prepared for special session of UN General Assembly
CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has participated in a special session of the United Nations General Assembly, which took place in New York on December 3 and 4, 2020, looking at the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people, societies and economies, and discussing the multifaceted and coordinated response required to address the crisis.
Jewellery as a Symbol for the Meanings of Life: Story-telling to Consumers in the New Normal of 2021
Strategies by which jewellery companies associate the products they design and sell with consumers’ emotions are the subject of the webinar.
Gaetano Cavalieri’s video message to the 2020 Guangzhou International Jewellery & Diamond Conference
The CIBJO, addresses the Presidents' Meeting of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) in Dubai on February 24, 2022.
CIBJO releases Laboratory-Grown Diamond Guidance for review by members of affiliated organisations and companies worldwide
The Board of Directors of CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has released a Laboratory-Grown Diamond Guidance document for review by officers and members of affiliated national associations and representatives of commercial members. This is the final stage in a more than two-year process to create a harmonised set of operating standards and principles for the laboratory-grown diamond sector.
Africa Is Rising: A New Generation Finds Its Voice
Taking place during the VOICE Vicenzaoro trade event , in Vicenza, Italy the seminar will foced on the new generation of African jewellery designers and manufacturers.