Last Monday in Las Vegas, the largest American jewelry exhibition JCK Las Vegas was completed. About 23 thousand customers attended this event, which was attended by more than 2,500 exhibitors.
"The attendance level of the exhibition and the number of companies represented are comparable to the figures of the previous year," said Yancy Weinrich, vice president of one of the exhibition organizer's divisions, Reed Exhibitions.
According to feedback from participants, trading activity at the exhibition this year was slightly lower than in the past.
Vainrich stressed that "the jewelry industry, certainly, does not show growth in the context of the opening of new stores." "We have returned to the pre-crisis level," he said.
Nevertheless, the exhibition "showed an increase of 43% after the JCK Las Vegas moved to the Mandalay Bay hotel and exhibition complex four years ago," and the next year it is planned to increase the number of exhibition days.
The main trends of the exhibition, noted by the online edition of Rapaport News, were the active demand for diamonds weighing from 0.30 to 0.70 carats, a weak interest in certified diamonds weighing from 1 to 2.99 carats, and at the same time a large number of requests for large stones from 3 carats and above and the lack of diamonds of high quality and fine cut.