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New York, NY – Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, announces the winners of the 21^st annual GEM Awards that took place on Friday, March 17, 2023, at Cipriani 42^nd Street in New York. Steven Kaiser received the posthumous GEM Award for Lifetime Achievement. Gucci was honored with the inaugural GEM Award for High Jewelry Excellence and Hodinkee took home the GEM Award for Watch Excellence. The winners in the categories of Jewelry Design, Media Excellence and Retail Excellence were revealed live to an audience of nearly 600 press and jewelry industry elite.

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New York, NY – Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, and the GEM Awards Committee have announced they have added a GEM Award for High Jewelry Excellence. The inaugural GEM Award for High Jewelry Excellence will be presented to Gucci at the 21^st annual GEM Awards on Friday, March 17, 2023. The GEM Awards, taking place at Cipriani 42^nd Street in New York City, honors the outstanding achievements of individuals or companies whose work raises the visibility and status of fine jewelry and watches.

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New York, NY – Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, and the GEM Awards Committee have announced Hodinkee will be the recipient of the GEM Award for Watch Excellence at the 21^st annual GEM Awards on Friday, March 17, 2022. The GEM Awards, taking place at Cipriani 42^nd Street in New York City, honors the outstanding achievements of individuals or companies whose work raises the visibility and status of fine jewelry and watches. As the destination for all things watches and horology, visibility is something that Hodinkee knows a lot about.

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New York, NY – Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, and the GEM Awards committee have announced the 2023 GEM Award Nominees in the categories of Jewelry Design, Media Excellence and Retail Excellence. The winners in these categories will be announced live during GEM Awards on Friday, March 17, 2023 in New York City.

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New York, NY – Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, and the GEM Awards Committee announce that the 2023 GEM Award for Lifetime Achievement will be presented posthumously to Steven Kaiser. The recognition will take place at the 21^st annual GEM Awards on Friday, March 17, 2023, at Cipriani 42^nd Street in New York City.   

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New York, NY – Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, announces the opening of the nomination period for the 21st annual GEM Awards that will take place on Friday, March 17, 2023, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York. The GEM Awards Committee is now accepting submissions for individual or companies in the categories of Jewelry Design, Marketing & Communications, Media Excellence, Retail Excellence and Watch Excellence.
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New York, NY – Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, announce the winners of the 20^th annual GEM Awards that took place on Friday, March 18, 2022, at Cipriani 42^nd Street in New York. Stephen Lussier of De Beers received the prestigious GEM Award for Lifetime Achievement and Lorraine Schwartz received the GEM Award for Jewelry Style. The winners in the categories of Jewelry Design, Media Excellence and Retail Excellence were revealed live to an audience of over 500 press and jewelry industry elite.

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New York, NY – Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, and the GEM Awards Committee have announced the 20th annual GEM Awards, originally scheduled for Friday, January 14, 2022, have been postponed due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19. The GEM Awards have been rescheduled to take place on March 18, 2022 at Cipriani 42^nd Street in New York City.

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New York, NY – Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, and the GEM Awards committee has announced the GEM Award nominees in the categories of Jewelry Design, Media Excellence and Retail Excellence. The winners in these categories will be announced live during the 20^th annual GEM Awards on Friday, January 14, 2022, at Cipriani 42^nd Street in New York. 

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New York, NY – Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, and the GEM Awards Committee are proud to announce that Stephen Lussier of De Beers, will be the recipient of the GEM Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 20th annual GEM Awards taking place on Friday, January 14, 2022, at Cipriani 42^nd Street in New York City.   

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