<ul class="summary-list"><li>Breast-milk jewelry, made from mixing milk with resin, has grown in popularity.</li><li>Many people use the jewelry to acknowledge a past <keyword id="11940038" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pregnancy-loss" source="Orion">pregnancy loss</keyword>. </li></ul>Alex Mooney was 19 weeks pregnant when she learned that her fourth child — a boy whom she would name Clark — had many developmental issues. Just three weeks later, Clark's heart stopped beating at 22 weeks of gestation, and Mooney <a href="https://www.insider.com/stillbirth-what-i-wish-i-knew-before-lost-pregnancy-2021-12">delivered him stillborn</a>. After Clark's birth and death, Mooney's milk came in quickly and plentifully. She decided to <a href="https://www.insider.com/after-suffering-a-stillbirth-i-donated-all-my-breast-milk-2021-11">pump and donate</a> the milk that Clark didn't need. After donating more than 1,000 ounces of Clark's milk, Mooney set aside a few ounces for herself, to have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/gifts/gifts-for-new-mom">breast-milk jewelry</a> made. Jewelry made from breast milk has become popular with nursing parents in recent years as a memento to remember the breastfeeding journey. The jewelry is made from mixing a small amount of breast milk with resin and fashioning it into earrings, necklaces, or rings. For <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-to-say-to-someone-who-lost-a-loved-one">bereaved parents</a> like Mooney, these pieces are especially meaningful. She wears a ring made with breast milk beneath her wedding bands. "It is a constant little hello from our sweet Clark," Mooney told Insider. <h2>Love, loss, and jewelry </h2>Anna Thachuk is an ultrasound technician and the founder of <a href="https://www.keepsakemom.com/">KeepsakeMom Breastmilk Jewelry</a>. Thachuk, who operates her business in British Columbia and in Washington state, was familiar with just how common miscarriage is from her day job and because she had five miscarriages among her three children. She realized early after discovering breast-milk jewelry that it could be used as a tool for healing. One day, Thachuk was preparing milk in her kitchen when she opened an envelope. It contained the milk needed for jewelry and a heartfelt note from a mother saying that the piece Thachuk was making would be the only physical memento she had of her child who died. "That was the first time I felt I'm doing something important here for people," Thachuk said. "It's not just jewelry."Thachuk's jewelry can incorporate hair, handprints, and other physical representations of a child, she said. Mooney — who is now a mom to four living children and Clark — said that the jewelry made with Clark's milk is particularly meaningful to her. "I do have a few other pieces I had made with my other kiddos' milk, but I get to look at their actual selves every single day," she said. "I don't get to do that with Clark. So that makes his milk jewelry even more special."<div type="image" title="Breastmilk jewlery" height="999" width="1333" msid="89650670" hostid="261"></div><h2>Remembering miscarriage and the fertility journey</h2>Thachuk said bereaved parents are a small segment of the clients reaching out to her. What's more common is for parents to incorporate acknowledgments of miscarriages that came before the child they were able to nurse. "When they remember their breastfeeding journey with a child that is alive, they mention also the miscarriage," she said. Tiffany Blackburn of North Carolina ordered breast-milk jewelry while tandem-nursing her two children. She incorporated each child's birth flower, and a forget-me-not acknowledging two babies she had lost to miscarriage. "I just want to always honor their memory as we move forward," she said. "We had two babies before we met either of our two earthside, and they're always going to be a part of our family."<h2>Opening a conversation and creating memories</h2>Loss can be difficult to talk about, despite the fact that about <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pregnancy-loss-miscarriage/symptoms-causes/syc-20354298#:~:text=About%2010%20to%2020%20percent,even%20know%20about%20a%20pregnancy.">10 to 20%</a> of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. Wearing jewelry can be a way to open conversation about loss, Mooney said. "I am very open about <a href="http://www.alexmooneysmusings.com/p/clark.html">our story and sharing about Clark</a> and always will share with others about my ring and what it's made out of and what it means to me when it gets brought up," she said. Although it can be incredibly difficult while navigating loss, Mooney urges other families facing stillbirth or infant loss to make memories. "Take the photos. Get the keepsakes made. These are the things you'll be able to keep forever, to keep your baby's memory alive," she said. "You will be so grateful that you have them to look back on, no matter how hard it may be in the moment to do them."

Nursing parents are buying breast-milk jewelry to remember the breastfeeding journey. For parents who have lost children, it's extra meaningful.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Amanda <keyword id="179225" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Gorman">Gorman</keyword>, 22, made history Wednesday as the youngest inaugural poet in US history.</li><li>Gorman wore earrings and a ring gifted by <keyword id="20411" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Oprah-Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</keyword> as she recited her poem, "The Hill We Climb."</li><li>In 1993, Winfrey gifted the inaugural poet, Maya Angelou, a coat and gloves.</li></ul>Amanda Gorman, 22, made history on Wednesday as the youngest inaugural poet.Gorman captured the attention of millions who tuned in to watch <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-inauguration-trump-departure-dc-high-alert-live-updates-2021-1">President Joe Biden's inauguration</a>, where she read her work, "The Hill We Climb," a powerful poem that embraced the day's theme of "America United." Beyond Gorman's captivating recital, the audience quickly noticed <a href="https://www.insider.com/inaugural-poet-amanda-gorman-wore-iconic-yellow-coat-hidden-meaning-2021-1">the poet's fashion</a>, which included jewelry gifted by one of her fans: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rags-to-riches-story-of-oprah-winfrey-2015-5">Oprah Winfrey</a>.The star gifted Gorman gold hoop earrings from <a href="https://www.nikoskoulis.gr/jewel/yellow-gold-hoop-earrings-with-white-diamonds-2">Nikos Koulis</a> and a symbolic ring from <a href="https://ofrareorigin.com/collections/aviary-classic-ring">Of Rare Origin</a>. The $1,290 ring featured a caged bird, a tribute to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/maya-angelou-quotes-advice-wisdom-2018-4">Maya Angelou</a>'s work, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings/dp/0345514408">"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."</a> (The price for the Nikos Koulis earrings is available upon request.)<div type="image" title="amanda gorman jewlery" height="600" width="1200" msid="80377039" hostid="261"></div>Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amanda-gorman-poem-the-hill-we-climb-joe-biden-inauguration-2021-1">Amanda Gorman stole the show at Biden's inauguration: Meet the 22-year-old poet laureate who gave a historic 5-minute speech that's gone viral</a>Winfrey was a fan of Gorman's work and reached out to the poet to see if she could gift her a coat for her <keyword id="6363817" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Inauguration">inauguration</keyword> performance, <a href="https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/1351948007508480000?s=21">CBS' Gayle King</a> reported.Gorman told <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/inaugural-poet-amanda-gorman-interview">Vogue</a> that when she heard from Winfrey, she was shocked. Since then, the duo has texted back and forth, the poet said."Every single time I get a text from [Oprah] I fall on the floor," Gorman told the publication.But by the time Winfrey reached out, Gorman had already picked out her now-iconic yellow coat, according to CBS.So instead of a coat, Winfrey turned to jewelry.<h2>Winfrey sent gifts to Maya Angelou when she was the inaugural poet at Clinton's inauguration</h2><div type="image" title="American poet Maya Angelou reciting her poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton" height="809" width="1078" msid="80377040" hostid="261"></div>In 1993, when Angelou spoke at former President Bill Clinton's inauguration, Winfrey sent Angelou a Chanel coat and a pair of gloves.Winfrey has made it a tradition to support and give gifts to the inaugural poet, according to <a href="https://www.oprahmag.com/life/a35266013/amanda-gorman-inauguration-poet-oprah-jewelry/">Oprah Magazine.</a>On Wednesday, Winfrey celebrated Gorman's accomplishments and posted a photograph on Instagram of the 22-year-old's performance. So far, only four presidents have had poets perform at their inaguration."I have never been prouder to see a woman rise," <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CKRoEQHhG07/?igshid=bel7cpc505xh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Winfrey wrote on Instagram</a>. "Maya Angelou is cheering-and so am I."<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CKRoEQHhG07" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <keyword id="20412" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Oprah">Oprah</keyword> (@oprah)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inaugural-poet-amanda-gorman-even-as-we-grieved-we-grew-2021-1">Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: 'Even as we grieved, we grew.'</a><h2>Gorman's Inauguration Day look nodded to Angelou and to first lady Jill <keyword id="60973" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Biden">Biden</keyword></h2>Gorman's jewelry had as much meaning as her bright-yellow Prada coat, which she wore as a nod to first lady Jill Biden.Jill is the reason Gorman landed her role as an inaugural poet. In 2017, Jill first came across Gorman from a video of her performance of "In This Place: An American Lyric," at the Library of Congress. When Jill Biden saw her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWrsEtqPFNw&amp;feature=emb_title&amp;ab_channel=AmandaGormandaGorman">stunning performance</a>, it left a lasting impression. According to Vogue, so did Gorman's dress - in the video, Gorman was wearing a similar bright shade of yellow. When people were discussing an inaugural poet for January, Jill reached out to Gorman to ask if she'd be willing to write and recite an original poem for the inauguration. She also added that she had loved her dress' color from the 2017 performance."She said, 'I saw this video of you and you were wearing yellow and I loved it,'" Gorman told Vogue.Speaking of her Inauguration Day look, the poet told the publication: "I am weaving my own type of symbolism into my outfit, and it's really special and important to me to deliver these nuggets of information and sentimentality as I'm reciting the poem."

22-year-old inaugural poet Amanda Gorman sparkled in jewelry gifted to her by Oprah Winfrey

A marked growth is visible in the consumer staple segment, and the trajectory in volume improvement is likely to continue in the coming quarters of 2024-25, according to a recent report by <keyword id="19969289" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Motilal-Oswal-Financial-Services" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Motilal Oswal Financial Services" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Motilal Oswal Financial Services">Motilal Oswal Financial Services</keyword>. The expected volume growth outlook, as predicted by the financial advisory firm is because of stable <keyword id="19999652" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="retail-inflation" source="keywords">retail inflation</keyword>, a healthy progress of the monsoon, and the government's budgetary allocation towards boosting the <keyword id="20072894" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rural-economy" source="keywords">rural economy</keyword>. Consumer staples companies have struggled to maintain volume growth momentum during the last two years, largely due to external challenges such as erratic monsoons and high inflation, which severely dampened consumption in the mass segment. "A modest upswing in volume growth is now visible after two years of subdued demand," Motilal Oswal said in its consumer-segment-focused report on Tuesday. That said, in the April-June quarter, harsh summer conditions and election-related restrictions have somewhat affected out-of-home consumption of beverages, alcoholic beverages, and paints, but it boosted demand for cooling products. Paints segment has been experiencing a moderation in growth for the last 3-4 quarters. Additionally, the report said that a consistent entry of new players in the sector has been altering the competitive landscape. "These companies are investing heavily in capex to enhance capacity. Though the new entrants are helping the category shift from unbranded to branded, they are also intensifying the competitive pressure." The report asserted that weak discretionary demand and the changing competitive landscape are adversely affecting <keyword id="22853556" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="paint-industry-growth" source="keywords">paint industry growth</keyword>. Despite the consumption slowdown across various categories, jewlery companies have delivered healthy growth fuelled by an increase in footfalls and store additions, and healthy same-store sales growth (SSSG). However, in the first quarter, revenue growth was hit by a rise in gold prices (15% year-on-year), extreme heat waves, general elections, and fewer wedding days. Motilal Oswal remains optimistic about the jewelry sector and anticipates a continued rapid transition in consumer buying habits from informal/local to formalized channels. "Factors such as rising ticket prices, improved shopping experiences, a wider product range, and others are driving this significant trend. The recent reduction in customs duties will further accelerate the shift from unorganized to organized retail channels," <keyword id="22853555" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Motilal-Oswal-report" source="keywords">Motilal Oswal report</keyword> said. The brokerage holds a positive view of the jewelry companies. Various external and internal factors are contributing to robust earnings growth in the jewelry sector.

Consumer staples volume will grow in the coming quarters, notes Motilal Oswal report

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Buying a diamond is about to get more expensive, industry experts told Business Insider.</li><li>That's due to a number of pandemic distortions that are finally working their way out of the industry.</li></ul>Buying a diamond is about to become more expensive.Blame a myriad of factors that are boosting the market, including tighter supply, hotter demand, and a wave of couples who are expected to get cuffed in the coming years, industry experts say.Jewelers are anxiously looking forward a hotter engagement season after a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/signet-jewelers-reports-sales-dip-as-fewer-americans-get-engaged-2023-4">tepid year of sales</a>, with prices across all diamond categories plunging around 30% in 2023. For lower-quality and smaller diamonds, prices plunged to their lowest levels in about 10 years, according to Paul Ziminsky, a leading diamond analyst.But diamond prices have begun to tick higher in recent months. The International Diamond Exchange's Diamond Index climbed past a level of 110 in January, snapping a steep decline that lasted nearly all of the past two years.<h3>IDEX Diamond Index over the last three-month period</h3><div type="image" title="Diamond prices have begun to tick higher in recent months." height="954" width="1358" msid="107032410" hostid="261" sizebytes="14274"></div>Cormac Kinney, the CEO of the commodities trading firm Diamond Standard, told Business Insider he sees even better days ahead for the diamond trade. He and Ziminsky predict prices could climb another 5%-10% this year.But over the next 20 years, that growth could scale, resulting in a boon for diamond investors. Kinney's firm expects diamond prices to skyrocket over the next few decades, though he didn't have an exact price target.There's a major disturbance in the force," Kinney said of the price movement. <h3>Jewelers on the mend</h3>The upswing in diamond prices will be fueled by several factors, Ziminsky and Kinney said. For one, the supply of available diamonds will become even tighter this year. That's a reversal from 2023, when diamond producers, who shuttered mining activity during the pandemic, ended up overproducing diamonds, causing prices to tumble. Efforts are already underway to tighten supply, Ziminsky said, with some suppliers halting mining activity altogether. The Russian mining giant <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/diamond-market-crash-russia-ban-prices-sanctions-alrosa-de-beer-2023-9">Alrosa</a>, for instance, paused sales of rough diamonds for two months last year to boost prices. Tighter supply will be exacerbated by the G7's recent ban on Russian diamonds, Kinney added, as Russia is no longer be able to pass off its diamonds off to Chinese and Indian refiners, who can then sell them to the West. That could slash another 30% of the world's diamond supply off the market, he estimated."We'll begin to see inventory levels normalize. And once that happens, we'll start to see natural diamond prices recover," Ziminsky said.Demand is also about to heat up after an anemic 2023. Americans — many of whom had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-luxury-jewelry-resale-market-is-booming-during-the-pandemic-2020-9">splurged on goods like expensive jewlery during the pandemic</a> — had started to shift away from those luxuries last year, experts say. But demand for goods and luxury items will normalize as the pandemic distortions continue to recede, Kinney said. US demand for engagement rings, which makes up a huge portion of the diamond market, also looks to be on the rise. Couples are flashing signs that they could be on the way to tying the knot, according to Signet Jewelers, which tracks 45 "milestones" couples typically hit on the way to marriage. Google search interest for engagement rings was up 10% in the third quarter, the jeweler said in its latest earnings call.Those factors could return diamonds to their pre-pandemic growth trend — somewhere in the high single-digit percentage range, Kinney and Ziminsky say.Over the long-term, Kinney sees an even larger upswing coming, thanks to investors growing more interested in the gems as a hard asset.Investors typically want commodities when the economy faces higher risks of inflation, recession, and volatility, he said. Those are all key components of the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/blackrock-recession-warning-stock-market-analysis-2023-economic-outlook-2022-12">new investing regime</a>, Wall Street forecasters say. Demand from investors could account for around 15% of all available diamonds on earth, or around $180 billion worth of the stones, Kinney estimates, extrapolating based on investor demand for other commodities. Combined with rising demand and falling supply, that could send diamond prices shooting higher over the coming decades. Kinney didn't have an exact price target, but pointed to gold as a comparison. Gold prices have rocketed over 500% since 2003, the year gold became easily tradeable in an ETF. "Over 20 years, I expect diamond prices to go up substantially," he said. The forces propelling the diamond market are unique, given that other commodities and collectibles have been trapped in a downward spiral recently as the air comes out of the bubble in speculative investments fueled by ultra-low interest rates. Prices for <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/whiskey-rolexes-trading-cards-collectibles-federal-reserve-stock-market-outlook-2024-1">luxury watches, fine wines, whiskey, and trading cards all crashed</a> in 2023, with no signs a rebound.

Why diamonds are about to get a lot more expensive

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US Customs and Border Patrol officers detained four shipments of Apple products suspected to be fake.</li><li>The products, Apple AirPods Pro and Apple Watches which came from China, were seized.</li></ul>In mid-March, US Customs and Border Patrol officers suspected something was off when four shipments containing Apple products — more specifically 1,000 Apple AirPods Pro and 50 Apple Watches — arrived at the Washington Dulles Airport in Virginia from China, per a CBP <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/dulles-cbp-officers-seize-nearly-290k-counterfeit-apple-airpods-and" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. The suspicion proved to be warranted, as the shipments were determined to be filled with $289,500 worth of <a href="https://www.insider.com/counterfeit-cash-ring-busted-after-tip-guy-who-sucks-thumb-2023-4">counterfeit</a> Apple goods, as appraised by trade experts at the CBP's Machinery Centers of Excellence and Expertise.After detaining the shipments, officers submitted documentation of the cargo within and seized the load on March 29. So far, no one has been criminally charged for the bootlegging attempt.CBP did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.Last year, officers seized nearly 25 million counterfeit items that, had they been genuine, would have had a retail value of $2.98 billion. Handbags and wallets were the most common items seized, accounting for 30.3% of all seizures, <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/trade/priority-issues/ipr">the agency reported</a>.Seized watches and jewlery accounted for the highest percentage of the total value of counterfeit items last year, coming in 40% or $1.14 billion.Counterfeit Apple products are nothing new. In 2021, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-removing-counterfeit-products-online-instagram-china-2021-3">Apple confirmed to Insider</a> that it had a team working with law enforcement and other stakeholders to monitor and remove counterfeit Apple products from social media sites.In 2020, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-removing-counterfeit-products-online-instagram-china-2021-3">Apple removed more than one million</a> online listings for counterfeit products, with most of these sellers based in China.

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