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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...

14 october 2024

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...

07 october 2024

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...

30 september 2024

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...

23 september 2024

Get-Diamonds reports significant growth in users in 2022

09 august 2022
Get-Diamonds, the diamond trading platform of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and the world’s only non-profit e-commerce site, reported a significant increase in the number of registered and active users on the site during the first seven months of this year. 
According to Google Analytics, during January to July 2022 Get-Diamonds showed a 34% rise in new users and a total increase of 27% in users, compared to the previous seven months.The number of active users during the first seven months of 2022 increased by 41 percent.
Get-Diamonds is the world’s largest B2B online platform for listing and searching for polished diamonds. It lists over 1.7 million diamonds from 4,700 vendors, with a total value of over $6.7 billion.The platform is backed by tech company Lucy Platforms, whose proprietary AI-based technology enables Get to create innovative unique digital tools especially suited to the needs of the diamond community.
Get-Diamonds Executive Director Eyal Shirazy said, “We are extremely encouraged by the growth in users of Get-Diamonds during the year up till now. The numbers clearly demonstrate that Get-Diamonds’ new innovative tools, such as the data-driven online polished tenders and the virtual try-on tool Virtual Hand are attracting additional traffic, and are creating value for the diamond community. We are continuing to pioneer new technologies to serve the needs of diamond traders.”

Aruna Gaitonde, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bureau, Rough&Polished