US jewelry and watch sales in June 2014 showed an increase of 3.4% on a year-on-year basis, according to preliminary government figures referenced by Rapaport. The growth of this sector in the first half of 2014 was revised downwards: in January, February, March and April, sales growth was less than 3%, and in May, growth was registered at 3.7%.
According to Rapaport, jewelry sales in June increased by 3.3% to $ 4.866 billion, while sales of watches grew by 3.6% to $ 666.3 million.
Meanwhile, jewelery sales in the first half of 2013 increased by 2.3% compared with the same period last year and amounted to $ 30.323 billion, and sales of watches for this period increased by 1.4% to $ 4.134 billion.