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VicenzaOro Winter: concern for the future of jewelry

29 december 2012

In January, “VicenzaOro” will become again the business hub for producers and international buyers from 120 foreign countries and the showcase for presenting the collections of over 1500 exhibiting companies from the main Italian gold districts and more than 31 different countries worldwide.  
In order to discover and understand what the future holds for jewellery, Fiera di Vicenza has organised a series of International Summits for 2013 appropriately named “The Future. Now”.
The first event is scheduled for 19th January with the Opening Summit of the “VicenzaOro Winter”, International Gold and Jewellery Exhibition, the sector's first trade fair of the year, which will close on 24th January 2013.
There will be a large number of items to talk about: new scenarios and distribution markets, trading opportunities on-line and on social networks, strategies for promoting brands, advertising and promotion, forecasting, new perspectives for luxury goods, the evolved consumer.
Over the last years VicenzaOro has firmly established itself as a trade and continental platform for jewelry and precious metals industry.
T-Gold will also be back with the 36th edition Show in the latest technology and innovation of the Machinery and Tools for processing gold and precious stones, with the participation of 120 selected companies, which are the best deals on the international level.
For the attention of buyers and exhibitors new research of jewellery and luxury goods trends will be present by "Trendvision" has recently become popular among designers, buyers, media and other interested parties of the galaxy of jewelry, fashion and design.
One of the latest initiatives is the launching of the www.vicenzaoro.com portal which will inaugurate the VicenzaOro brand's new digital identity. The portal will be reporting on all the events and projects organised by Fiera di Vicenza throughout the world.

Veronica Novoselova, Rough&Polished