DTC Sightholders are amongst the world's leading diamantaires, they collectively handle approximately 75% of the World’s diamonds. Based mainly in the traditional cutting centres of Antwerp, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Johannesburg and New York, as well as in Botswana, Namibia, Russia, China and Canada, these Sightholders attend the DTC’s Sights, or sales weeks, which occur ten times a year. Sightholders qualify for DTC supply by means of an objective process including their ability to add value to the diamonds we sell, their expertise in particular rough diamonds and their financial and ethical integrity
When you work with a DTC Sightholder you can expect much more than just diamonds, they are all able to offer differentiated products and services, exceptional manufacturing expertise all with the assurance of knowing that they are fully compliant with our Best Practice Principles and all 100% Kimberley Process compliant..
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Working with DTC Sightholders can provide you with a wealth of expertise and resources unrivalled in the diamond industry.
Market Knowledge
DTC Sightholders can utilise all their experience, insights and resources to work with you to help develop and deliver upon fresh ideas for consumers and bring them to your chosen markets. They may be able to offer:
- Well-established distribution capabilities
- The ability to draw on their own experience and the DTC's extensive diamond and commercial knowledge to help you identify the most promising environments for particular ideas
- Insight to market trends and economic developments
- Reliability of supply
- Ethical standing within the diamond industry
- Diamonds for good initiatives
Assured Integrity
It's essential that consumers are able to buy diamond jewellery with the total confidence that their diamonds are authentic, as well as being free from the taint of war or exploitation. Without that confidence, you could be putting your business reputation at risk with some of your most important customers.
All DTC Sightholders must comply fully with the De Beers Diamond Best Practice Principles. This means that a retailer or manufacturer can be assured that when they work with a DTC Sightholder they are dealing with a supplier that abides by the highest standards in the industry.
These Best Practice Principles demand that any treatments applied to diamonds must be fully disclosed, and that synthetics are not traded as natural diamonds. They also set business practice standards to ensure that diamonds supplied by those committed to the Best Practice Principles are free of the taint of conflict, human suffering or exploitation.
Planning for Growth
The DTC is in a unique position to bring greater consistency and predictability to the supply chain, and the DTC's Intention to Offer Process (ITO) facilitates confidence in this consistency and predictability. It provides an individual indication to DTC Sightholders of the DTC's intended supply to them over a twelve-month period. Although it does not operate as a guarantee, DTC Sightholders are able to more effectively plan ahead when entering into supply and marketing commitments with their customers.
All of which means that when a retailer works with a DTC Sightholder, they can plan to create consumer demand with greater confidence in the reliability of the supply of diamonds required to meet that demand.
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Choosing and working with a DTC Sightholder
DTC Sightholders are amongst the world's leading diamantaires through their outstanding commitment to excellence.
DTC Sightholders are recognised everywhere and immediately by the exclusive DTC Sightholder Signature. The Signature is a mark of excellence backed by the DTC. It represents a commitment to integrity, to consistent supply, and expertise.
Only DTC Sightholders (and their associate companies involved in diamond manufacturing and distribution) may use this Signature.
Finding the right DTC Sightholder
The DTC Sightholder Directory is designed to provide essential information on DTC Sightholders and help a retailer or business partner find the right DTC Sightholder for their needs.
There is an online search facility enabling a search by name, location and business type.
For ease of use, you will see that the directory is clearly divided by the location DTC Sightholders have facilities and buy their diamonds. Also they are clearly grouped by Sightholder organisation.
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