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Select Show Organizers Announce 2018 Dallas Dates
The jewelry show will be taking place a little bit later in September next year.

New York--Following the conclusion of the 2017 Select Jewelry Show in Dallas, organizers have announced the dates for the 2018 edition of the show in the Lone Star State.
The 2018 Select Jewelry Show in Dallas is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 16 and Monday, Sept. 17 at the same location, the Dallas Ritz-Carlton Hotel. (These dates were corrected from an earlier press release, which erroneously listed the show as taking place on Sept. 15 and 16.)
Next year will mark the show’s ninth year in Dallas. Organizers said they moved the dates a little bit--this year’s Select show was Sept. 10 and 11--to better serve retailers and vendors.
The Select Jewelry Show is a boutique trade show consisting of about 55 to 65 exhibitors that manufacturers Joe Carullo, of KC Designs, and Bryan Cohen, of Timeless Fine Jewelry, started in 2010 in response to what they saw as a need in the market for a smaller, more personal trade show.
There is also a Select show that takes place in September at Foxwoods in Ledyard, Connecticut but dates for the 2018 edition of that show have yet to be announced.
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