Distinctive Diamonds: Diamonds Direct coming to Jacksonville

Diamonds Direct is expanding its footprint after acquiring Distinctive Diamonds and its sister company, Global Diamonds - the latter of which has a store in Jacksonville. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "We share a mutual goal of providing a heightened educational experience to diamond customers with no middleman pricing," says Itay Berger, president of Diamonds Direct. Diamonds Direct is part of private-equity firm Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX). The company now operates 14 locations...