US consumers are projected to spend a record $6.4 billion on jewelry gifts for Valentine’s Day 2024, outpacing last year's total by 16.3%, and up an amazing 64.1% compared to 2019, according to a survey just released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Jewelry topped all other categories for the […]
Chewy, the online purveyor of pet supplies, is offering $1,000 eGift cards to 10 lucky couples who include their pets in their marriage proposal photos or videos. At its official website, the company explains that pets are fur-children, first loves and sometimes "the favorite cuddle," but when its time to take the next steps in […]
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you classic chart toppers with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Gladys Knight & the Pips tell a story of unrequited love in their 1970 hit single, “If I Were Your Woman.” In the song, the protagonist is a young woman whose love […]
M&M's just released the teaser video of the "Almost Champions" TV spot that will air during the first quarter of Super Bowl LVIII on February 11 on CBS. In the lighthearted look at professional footballers who had stellar careers but never won a championship ring, M&M's steps in with a "Ring of Comfort" adorned with […]
Sara Bareilles, who is best known for starring in and composing the original score for the Broadway hit Waitress, just added photographer and hand model to her list of credits as she presented to 850,000 Instagram followers a photo montage featuring her vintage diamond engagement ring. Spoofing the not-so-subtle way future brides show off their […]
As tight end Travis Kelce and the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas Chiefs battled the Buffalo Bills Sunday night and punched their ticket to the AFC title game, CBS-TV's production crew spent a good part of the broadcast zooming in on a luxury box, where Taylor Swift and friends celebrated her boyfriend's on-field heroics that […]
On his first visit to Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park, a French tourist plucked a 7.46-carat chocolate brown diamond from the surface of the park’s 37.5-acre search area. About the size of a candy gumdrop, the roundish diamond is the eighth-largest ever discovered at the only diamond site in the world that’s open to […]
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you sensational songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Ed Sheeran tells the heartwarming story of his struggling grandfather, who made a wedding ring from dental gold in his 2017 hit, “Nancy Mulligan.” The song chronicles the wartime love story of his […]
The new year started off with a bang for two of the world's most famous diamond mines. On January 9, Gem Diamonds unearthed a high-quality 295-carat stone at its prolific Letšeng mine in Lesotho. Only one day later, Lucara Diamond Corp. showed off a 166-carat sparkler from its Karowe mine in Botswana. Both mining companies […]
Since 2019, the Royal Canadian Mint has been celebrating the Great White North's cultural diversity with an annual release of gem-adorned gold coins. The 2024 installment, which honors Canadians who trace their ancestry to Iran, Ancient Persia and beyond, is set with a genuine turquoise in the center of a 99.99% pure gold, 1-ounce coin. […]