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Article: Bursting with optimism: if this year's early trade fairs are any indication, the jewelry industry should be in for a good year.
- Article from:
- Jewelers Circular Keystone
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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A JCK STAFF REPORT
Like spring itself, it's a breath of fresh air: Most of the spring season's jewelry trade shows were busy and upbeat, signaling a return to optimism in the industry after several years of relative doldrums. The first show of the 2004 season, VicenzaOro I, held Jan. 11-17 in Vicenza, Italy, reported a boost in overall attendance as well as a significant rise in the number of American visitors returning to the show after a year or two of absence.
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Aisles were crowded at the Jewelers of America show, held Jan. 25-27 in New York; business was booming and exhibitors ecstatic at the by-invitation-only ...