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New Report Expects U.S. Demand for Jewelry to Grow Despite Uncertainty Elsewhere

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8 years ago

April 28, 2016

INSTORE Staff

Improved job market credited for last year’s increase in sales.

U.S. jewelry demand increased last year on the strength of sustained economic recovery and an improved job market, according to a new report from De Beers that’s cited by Rapaport. The article says that total U.S. jewelry sales jumped by 5 percent to $39 billion, though that wasn’t enough “to lift the global industry which contracted 2 percent because of sluggishness in emerging-market economies and the strength of the U.S. dollar.” De Beers expects U.S. demand to continue growing in 2016 amid an uncertain global economy.

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