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Chanel calls quits on French lab-grown diamond producer

By Zélie de Crécy

Published on 18.07.2024 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

Parisian synthetic diamond producer Diam Concept went into receivership in May and is currently on the hunt for investors. Chanel, which invested in the company in 2020, has decided to jump ship.

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Chanel calls quits on French lab-grown diamond producer

Parisian synthetic diamond producer Diam Concept went into receivership in May and is currently on the hunt for investors. Chanel, which invested in the company in 2020, has decided to jump ship.

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Parisian synthetic diamond producer Diam Concept went into receivership in May and is currently on the hunt for investors. Chanel, which invested in the company in 2020, has decided to jump ship.

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Front Row The double-faceted game of the Parikh diamond dynasty

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Brown diamonds behind Diam Concept lab closure

The ill-fated Chinese venture that precipitated Courbet's receivership

Without Chanel support, France's only diamond laboratory disappears

Billionaire Chuc Hoang puts kibosh on veteran Paris diamond exchange

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Diamond industry goes all out in campaign to crush synthetic stones

Synthetic diamond specialist Charles & Colvard issued with new deadline for Nasdaq delisting

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Chanel calls quits on French lab-grown diamond producer

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The double-faceted game of the Parikh diamond dynasty

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Qatari magnate and synthetic diamond giant vie to take over jeweller Courbet