Couples are increasingly choosing a lab-grown diamond for their all-important diamond engagement ring purchase. The Wall Street Journal reported that more than one-third of U.S. couples chose a lab-grown center stone in 2022, based upon a survey conducted by The Knot among nearly 12,000 engaged couples. Younger couples purchase lab-growns at a far higher rate than […]
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Pandora Proves It Is More Than Charms With A New Lab-Grown Diamond Jewelry Collection
Pandora Jewelry is the world’s largest jewelry brand, generating some $3.2 billion last year by selling over 102 million pieces of jewelry in 100+ countries through 6,800 points of sale, including some 2,400 of its own stores. It became what it is today by reimaging the classic charm bracelet in 2000, which remains the company’s […]
Lab-Grown Diamonds Have Earned Luxury Status
In 2018, the FTC permitted “a mineral consisting essentially of pure carbon crystallized in the isometric system” to be described as a “diamond,” whether naturally occurring or man-made. Ever since then, the jewelry establishment has been erecting barriers of entry for lab-grown diamonds into their lucrative $84 billion global market. The Natural Diamond Council established […]
Lab-Grown Diamond Jewelry Is Poised for Explosive Growth
2022 will be the year of the wedding. According to The Wedding Report, some 2.5 million couples will tie the knot next year, following a two-year lull when only 1.3 married in 2020 and 1.9 million in 2021. That will break a previous record for marriages set in 1984. Not only will a historic number […]
Pandora and Diamond Foundry Answer Consumers’ Growing Demand for Lab-Grown Diamonds
Lab-grown diamonds, the manmade alternative to naturally-grown diamonds, have faced an uphill battle to be recognized by the jewelry industry as an acceptable alternative to mined diamonds. Now Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry company by volume, and Diamond Foundry, one of the nation’s leading producers of lab-grown diamonds, are out with news that prove the […]