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Jewelry
Stars invest in their red carpet look with a loan from a jeweler
by
Janet Nguyen
Mar 8, 2024
A stylist joined Marketplace to explain how actresses arrange to wear dazzling accessories during awards season. And yes, security is involved.
Scientific gems are having a sparkly moment
Mar 20, 2023
Exotic crystals grown for science and industry that don't make the cut for the lab are being repurposed as jewelry.
Slow sales shed light on how jewelers make money via financing
by
Justin Ho
Jan 17, 2019
Signet Jewelers, the company behind Kay Jewelers, Jared and Zales, is reporting weak holiday sales figures. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
How to be a jewelry designer
by
Eliza Mills
Nov 19, 2018
Polly Wales talks about how she made a career out of her art.
Why the Kay and Jared jewelry sexual harassment allegations are unfolding outside of public court
Feb 28, 2017
About 250 women and men say there was rampant sexual harassment and discrimination at the company.
Gold prices are starting to rebound, but why?
May 12, 2016
Demand for gold is up 21 percent over the same time last year.
Jewelry store is booming amid Greek crisis
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jul 13, 2015
The influx of customers at the Athens store is looking for real assets like gold.
For public good, not for profit.
Diamonds: pricey, but not valuable
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 15, 2015
"Freakonomics" author Stephen Dubner explains what keeps diamonds valuable.
Is our culture too obsessed with the tastes of the mega rich?
Jan 22, 2014
An exhibition of work by the jeweler JAR at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has one art critic asking if our culture is too dominated by the 0.1 percent.