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Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future
Dmitry Fedorov is the founder of the eponymous jewelry house. His main focus is the creation of Orthodox-inspired premium luxury jewelry of high artistic merit. He told Rough&Polished about his journey in the jewelry industry, about choosing the ‘Orthodox...
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Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki
The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...
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James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration
London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...
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Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products
Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...
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Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices
The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...
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Virtual hearts turn into real help
It was easy to take part in it by just putting a ‘like’ under a thematic post of “585*GOLD” on VKontakte. Virtual hearts turned into real help - the jewelry chain transferred 1 ruble to the Foundation's account for each heart.
Subscribers could also leave comments with wishes under the post - 5 of them won certificates for purchases in the jewelry network for 5,000 rubles. The coverage of this social action turned out to be 73% higher than regular contest posts with similar mechanics.
“585*GOLD” increased the amount collected by 20 times – this was the final amount of donation as the company highly appreciated the responsiveness and participation of its customers. The action lasted two weeks from June 1 to June 14 and gave everyone the opportunity to make his or her small but important contribution to a good deed.
Oksana Fedorova, Miss Universe, TV presenter, singer, founder and president of the Charitable Foundation: “Charity foundations help professionally, but at the same time they themselves need support. Thanks to the network "585*GOLD", we were able to tell a wide audience about our work. I am glad that this joint action resonated in the hearts of so many people. We will direct the collected funds to the development of projects related to musical education and enlightenment of children and youth.”