The owner of Kay Jewelers and Zales attributes the dip in engagements this year to the dating dry spell during the depths of the pandemic.
Couples typically get engaged three years after they start dating, said Gina Drosos, chief executive officer of Signet Jewelers Ltd., one of the world’s largest jewelry companies. But the Covid-19 pandemic put many people’s dating lives on pause and, as a consequence, there’s been a decrease in the…