Watch: Preparing for Trade Show Success
Jewelry trade show veterans share strategies for engaging buyers, managing your time effectively, and packing the right shoes.
It’s time to finalize plans for what brands you want to see, what you want to buy and, perhaps most importantly, what you’re going to take with you.
On the latest episode of “My Next Question,” five members of the industry with decades of trade show experience among them endeavored to help you out by sharing their strategies for tackling the shows.
Natalie Rodrigues of Omi Gems and Omi Privé, Day’s Jewelers' Nikia Levesque, and Jenny Calleri (better known as “Jenny O”) of Huntington Jewelers joined Jewelers of America’s Amanda Gizzi and National Jeweler’s Michelle Graff to talk about what they pack, what they wear, and how they juggle appointments.
Watch the full episode above and join us again in early June for the next episode of “My Next Question,” JA and National Jeweler’s co-branded webinar series.
On June 11, after the shows, the National Jeweler editors will reconvene to talk about the trends they saw, the gossip they heard, and their top takeaways on the state of the market.
The webinar, “What Happened in Vegas,” will start at 2 p.m. Eastern. Learn more and register here.
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