LUXURY & PREMIERE ENDS ON A POSITIVE NOTE
Exhibitors and Retailers Gear Up for Opening of JCK Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV, May 30, 2008 – LUXURY & PREMIERE closed after a very exciting three days, where high-end retailers and manufacturers networked and conducted business, making the LUXURY events extremely successful as reported by all who participated.
“LUXURY & PREMIERE were very successful for us,” said Sylvia Ghanimian, Owner of Simon G. “Budgets were much higher than our expectations with the economy and elections looming and we were very pleased with the results.”
“For the last three days we have been educated and inspired, we have laughed and networked and overall gave jewelry retailers from across the country the opportunity to find new products, meet with new vendors, and get ready for the coming year,” said Yancy Weinrich, Industry Vice President of LUXURY & PREMIERE. “We are thrilled with the level of business that was conducted and heard over and over again that the retailers have had a blockbuster year, and looked to find even more new and unique product lines to offer their customers.”
The final day of LUXURY & PREMIERE began with a morning presentation by Andrea Hill of Hill Management Consulting and Training entitled “Differentiation Blueprint: Using Strategy and Brand as Tools to Set Your Business Apart.” She discussed branding and strategy and how they must be aligned as the guiding light for a company. She expanded on the three value propositions of a business strategy: customer service, product quality, and value for the price. “Commit to one of these value propositions and do it better than everyone else. And you will live a longer, happier business life,” she said.
Esteemed sponsors of LUXURY included American Gem Society, Conde Nast Bridal Media, DPS, Elite Traveler, Elle Magazine, Fed Ex, GE Money, Goldmark Catalog, Harmon Catalog, Inside Weddings, iW Magazine, Jewelers Mutual Insurance, JCK Magazine, Kerwin Communications, Malca Amit USA, Marie Claire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Palladium Alliance, NCDIA, Rocket Red Box, RSP Media, Robb Report, Veranda Magazine, W Magazine, WWD Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.
Sponsors of PREMIERE included Elite Traveler, Goldmark Catalog, InStore/InDesign Magazine, JCK Magazine, JQ Magazine, Jewelers Mutual, Luxury Magazine, The Jewelry Book, OPT, Robb Report, RSP Media and Veranda Magazine.
JCK Las Vegas, which opened this morning at the Sands Expo & Convention Center/Venetian Hotel Resort Casino hosting 3,100 exhibitors and 21,000+ retailers. Several spectacular events are planned including a high energy opening night Welcome Reception and Fashion Show at Caesars Palace in the Augustus Ballroom, an incredible Keynote Presentation by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, the Design Center featuring Eight New Rising Stars, dozens of specialty pavilions including the “VicenzaOro Pavilion at JCK,” several special networking events and fundraising benefits, and ten tracks of conference sessions.
The 6th Annual Swiss Watch by JCK also opened today in The Venetian Hotel Resort Casino and will be open until Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Swiss Watch by JCK is a collection of the world’s most legendary Swiss watch brands including Baume & Mercier, Bell & Ross, Bulgari, Chopard, Corum, Ebel, Franck Muller, Gucci, Hermes, IWC, Maurice Lacroix, Mont Blanc, Omega, Piaget, Rado, Swatch, Longines, Tag Heuer, Tissot, Ulysse Nardin and Zenith.
ABOUT JCK EVENTS:
The series of JCK Events are produced by JCK, the leading producer of trade events in the fine jewelry industry. The JCK Events are designed to serve the worldwide jewelry industry by offering the most comprehensive and complete buying and selling opportunities on a business-to-business basis. Upcoming events include JCK New Delhi to be held July 5-8, 2008 at the Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre in New Delhi, India; JCK Toronto to be held August 10-12, 2008 in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collections by JCK to be held September 24-25, 2008 at the Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and LUXURY Bermuda to be held March 15-18, 2009 at the Fairmont Southampton Resort in Bermuda. For more information on any of the JCK Events, please visit us at http://www.jckshows.com/ or simply call 1-800-257-3626.