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The trade show organizers for JCK, Luxury, Couture, and AGTA Gem Fair come together for a pre-show update.
After a year without them, jewelers across the country are ready to get back to the trade show circuit.
To answer all of your show-related questions, we went straight to the sources.
Sarin Block Bachmann, group vice president of JCK and Luxury, Gannon Brousseau, show director of Couture, and Doug Hucker, CEO of the American Gem Trade Association, joined Associate Editor Lenore Fedow for a pre-show update.
The show directors talked about health and safety guidelines, what’s new at the shows this year, how the jewelry community has banded together, and more in this episode of the “My Next Question” webinar.
Watch the full session above and join us again for “My Next Question” this coming Thursday, August 5 at 2 p.m. EDT.
Senior Editor Brecken Branstrator will sit down with Josh Hayes of Wilkerson, a company that has helped numerous stores through closing and retirement sales, and Jim Adair, founder of Adair Jewelers, about everything you need to know about going-out-of-business and retirement sales.
Register at NationalJeweler.com/webinars.
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