(thediamondloupe.com) - Bart De Hantsetters, Chairman of the Syndicate of the Belgian Diamond Industry, discusses the need to embrace the new forces ‘disrupting’ a traditional business like the diamond trade. The ship of innovation is setting sail with or without you, so it is better to get on board – as Antwerp has – and build the new on the foundations of the old. Things around us are changing, and we can’t control these things the way people used to do some ten, fifteen years ago. You see, there are many more examples of disruptive forces out there. How will we approach the fact that more and more synthetics are entering the market, disclosed and undisclosed? How will we convince tomorrow’s consumer to buy our product? How can we motivate young people to step into the business? Is it feasible and relevant from a societal perspective to push for full traceability, from mine to finger?
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