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Lab creates tech for identifying stolen stones
Diamonds.net
GGTL Laboratories has developed technology that can match a stolen diamond to its identification report, even after it is recut to hide its origin.
RapNet members say ‘no’ to synthetics
Diamonds.net
The RapNet community has voted overwhelmingly against introducing services for the lab-grown-diamond sector. 
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Apple and Amazon's big deal
The Verge
Six months after Apple moved in, small sellers have all but disappeared from Amazon Marketplace.
Tech giant brings software to a gun fight
The Washington Post
Business-software giant Salesforce instituted a new policy barring retail customers from using its technology to sell semiautomatic weapons and some other firearms.
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8 ways to increase employee retention in your store
retaildoc.com
The more employee turnovers you have, the more holes you have to deal with, the more costly it becomes. A CAP study found it costs, on average, $3,328 to find, hire and train a replacement for a $10/hour retail employee.
Costco is selling $400,000 Tiffany-style diamond rings
MarketWatch
Costco’s 10-carat ring looks similar to The Tiffany Setting Engagement Ring in Platinum, which also has a six-prong setting. 
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