Time & Shine Toronto is not only where the industry comes to discover new suppliers, new products, and new opportunities. It is also where the business of jewellery gets sharper, smarter, and more future-ready.
This year, the Toronto edition of the Time & Shine Jewellery Trade Show, taking place April 26–27, will feature two standout seminars designed to give retailers, buyers, and jewellery professionals both inspiration and practical business value.
The first brings the adventure of the gemstone world directly to the Canadian trade.
The Gem Hunters, led by internationally recognized gem adventurers Ron LeBlanc and Diane Robinson, will take attendees inside the fascinating global journey of coloured stones, from remote mines to the jewellery showcase. Known for their appearances on the Travel Channel’s Gem Hunt, the duo has spent years navigating gem-producing regions around the world, sourcing directly at origin and uncovering the stories, realities, and risks behind the coloured gemstone trade.
For jewellers, this seminar goes far beyond travel and discovery. It offers a rare insider view into how gemstones move through the market, what buying at the source really looks like, where opportunity and risk often intersect, and how better storytelling around gemstones can elevate the client experience at retail. In a market where meaning sells, understanding the origin and journey of a stone can become one of the most valuable tools in the sales process.
The second seminar turns to one of the most important business issues in jewellery today: trust.
At Time & Shine Toronto, Karen Howard, FCGmA, RMV, IMJVA, will present a timely and highly relevant session built around her core theme: “Trust & Transparency is the New Currency.”
Howard brings decades of trade experience as a gemmologist, appraisal expert, educator, and mentor. Her message is especially important for jewellers operating in a market where customers arrive more informed, more comparison-driven, and more likely to question grading, treatments, origin, value, and long-term service expectations.
This is not a soft topic. It is a business strategy.
In today’s jewellery environment, ambiguity costs money. It shows up in longer decision cycles, discount pressure, lower close rates on bridal and higher-ticket pieces, and post-sale friction that drains time and damages confidence. Howard’s session will explore how retailers can create stronger systems around communication, disclosure, documentation, and consistency so that trust is not left to chance, but built into the selling process itself.
Together, these two seminars reflect exactly what Time & Shine Toronto is becoming: not just a marketplace, but a platform for smarter growth.
One seminar takes you to the source of the stone. The other shows you how to protect the value of the sale.
If you are serious about growing your jewellery business in Canada, these are the kinds of conversations worth being in the room for.
Time & Shine Toronto
April 26–27
Time & Shine Jewellery Trade Show
Make sure you are there.
