SellYourGold.com is teaming up with international recycling company TerraCycle Inc. to add a charitable aspect for consumers who are selling their precious metal jewelry for cash.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, Amazon.com recently released its list of the Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in the U.S. The most-amorous award went to a Southern city that is home to a well-known university.

Swarovski has introduced two applications, one designed for Facebook and the other for mobile, both designed specifically for Valentine’s Day.

Gabriel & Co. has announced its first Facebook promotion, which will give fans an opportunity to win merchandise from the brand.

Online retail spending reached $49.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of 14 percent year-over-year, reports digital tracker comScore, Inc.

A winning couple has been chosen for Hamilton Jewelers and A. Jaffe’s “How She Said Yes” contest and will soon be the owners of A. Jaffe wedding bands.

In an apparent attempt to lure Valentine’s Day gift buyers, Amazon.com is offering its VIPs a special offer on select jewelry and watches through the first half of the month.

Royal Asscher has debuted jewelry from its “Stars of Africa” and “Shining Stars” collections on luxury gift website CoutureLab.com to benefit the Seven Bar Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to empower women.

Fred Meyer Jewelers has become one of the first major jewelry chains in the country to make strides in the m-commerce arena with the launch of websites optimized for access on both the iPhone and Android devices.

Online tax-free jeweler Amoro.com is celebrating Valentine’s Day by holding a contest that gives participants the opportunity to name a new jewelry collection.

More than 12 percent of website traffic came from mobile devices in Q4 2011, a year-over-year increase of 102 percent, according to marketing and public relations firm Walker Sands Communications.

More than half of e-shoppers searching fashion accessories in the past year were converted from browsers to buyers, according to data from the NPD Group’s “E-commerce Hot Topic” report, which looks across retail categories to examine consumers’ attitudes toward online shopping.

The Jewelry Information Center will kick off its third “Ultimate Proposal Contest” next month, giving consumers the chance to win luxury prizes while also, hopefully, drumming up interest for fine jewelry.

A customer of Borsheims Fine Jewelry & Gifts was presented with an iPad when she won a nationwide promotion from Forevermark and is now motivated to buy the diamond that helped her win.

DeLatori has announced that its Pompeii Collection is available on the Zappos Couture website, arriving in time for Valentine’s Day and the spring shopping season.

While many of the world’s most iconic brands have yet to fully embrace the power of mobile, the top names in jewelry and watches are among the worst offenders, the latest study from digital think tank L2 finds.

This Valentine’s Day, insurance company Jewelers Mutual and diamond company Hearts on Fire are teaming up to sponsor a Facebook-based photography contest asking people to share how they express their love.

Verichannel LLC recently announced the launch of Gemfling.com in beta mode, a Google-like search engine designed to be the go-to online source for consumers looking for information about jewelry, just as they turn to travel-specific websites when booking an airline ticket.

The most recent data on mobile released by comScore shows that Google Android remains the most popular smartphone platform in the United States.

Online jewelry retailer Ice.com has launched an interactive mobile application that will enable shoppers to virtually “try on” rings and bracelets before making a purchase.

Google was the most-visited website in the United States in 2011, while Facebook reigned supreme among social networking sites, year-end data from Nielsen shows.

United States consumers spent $35.27 billion online for the holiday season (Nov. 1-Dec. 26), a 15 percent increase from the corresponding days in 2010, according to comScore.

Amazon.com Inc. released on Friday its annual “Best of” list for 2011, naming its best-selling and most-coveted products for the year across all categories, including watches and jewelry.

A contest staged collaboratively by Ritani and retailer TWO by London added thousands of fans to the store’s Facebook page.

Hearts on Fire has created an online piece of art intended to guide potential proposers through the process of popping the question.