Samantha Conti

5 days ago | wwd.com | Samantha Conti

BOOKISH TYPE: It may be the age of digital appointments, but not at Buckingham Palace, where the calendars are still printed - and made by hand - on an island in Essex, England. King Charles loves paper calendars so much that he has handed a Royal Warrant to their maker, the Charfleet Book Bindery, which is owned by the retailer and brand-builder Simon Burstein. The bindery is now an official supplier to the Royal Household, providing year-to-view wall and desk calendars to the palace.

6 days ago | wwd.com | Samantha Conti

LONDON - Zara is kicking off its 50 th anniversary with a redesign of its first store in A Coruña, Spain, and a star-studded film by Steven Meisel, both of which blend style and a sense of history. On Friday, Zara will swing the spotlight on the store that spawned a retail empire when it opened on the same day in 1975. The store, on Calle Juan Flórez, has undergone a makeover courtesy of Zara 's in-house architects and design team.

1 week ago | wwd.com | Samantha Conti

- De Beers Group, which rocked the industry when it launched its Lightbox jewelry made from lab-grown diamonds, is shutting the business. The diamond miner and jeweler said it planned to shut Lightbox jewelry due to the plummeting prices and mass distribution of lab-grown rocks, and its "renewed commitment to natural diamonds."As part of the closure, De Beers Group said it is discussing the sale of certain assets, including inventory, and said it has potential buyers in the pipeline.

1 week ago | wwd.com | Samantha Conti

- Attention, American shoppers - it's time to stock up on charms, pearls, chains and bangles because if U.S. import tariffs rise this summer, mid-price jewelry is going to get more expensive. "The reality is, I don't see a scenario where, if there is a 40 percent tariff imposed, people would not raise their prices," said Pandora's president and chief executive officer Alexander Lacik in an interview following the first-quarter results.

1 week ago | finance.yahoo.com | Samantha Conti

LONDON — Despite a single-digit uptick in sales and operating profit, Pandora has had a tough start to the year due to the sting of currency fluctuations and the threat of higher U.S. tariffs. The Copenhagen-based jeweler published its first-quarter results late Tuesday, earlier than expected, due to a small downgrade in guidance for its 2025 EBIT margin.