Jewellery/Gemstones

Even China’s wealthy are cutting back, deepening slump for Hermes and Cartier

Chinese consumers are tightening their belts and pivoting to “pre-owned” Western brands or upstart new Chinese ones.

Cartier shows off its animal side in free exhibition at colonial bungalow

The leather room features two panther-inspired bag collections.

Pandora looks beyond China with new Singapore HQ at Marina Bay

Pandora has a pink new regional base in Singapore.

Me & My Money

Trading corporate grind for bespoke gems: A jewellery entrepreneur’s 7-figure leap of faith

Stephanie Tan is the founder of Equatorial Bespoke Jewellery, which specialises in natural coloured gemstones and bespoke fine jewellery.

Denmark’s Pandora opens world’s largest jewellery factory in Vietnam

pandora01 - Pandora's new state-of-the-art crafting facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Source/copyright: PANDORA

Chanel brings its 2026 high jewellery collection of signs, symbols and lucky charms to Singapore

The Lion Emblematique Brooch from Chanel’s Chanel Signes & Symboles high jewellery collection.

The debate over ancient Iranian jewellery worn by Zendaya

Zendaya’s statement disc gold-and-diamond earrings whose origins date to the first millennium BC, according to Barron London, the gallery that acquired it.

Diamond buyers are freaking out in Vietnam after gem scandal

Vietnam’s largest listed jeweller, Phu Nhuan Jewelry, has insisted that none of the tainted diamonds entered its retail network.

Japanese shoppers are driving up jewellery sales to a record

Consumers are seeking a safe haven from inflation and the weakening yen.

Louvre’s Apollo Gallery reopens with no jewellery on display after heist

Visitors stand near the window at the Louvre Museum’s Apollo Gallery that two burglars smashed during a daring heist nine months ago.

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