VicenzaOro countdown. This year’s show in January will be subtitled The Golden Voices: it means the voices to give space to all actors in the supply chain of jewelery, in a kind of chorus sung to the same music. Expected in the fair there are more than 1,500 brands, more than 400 buyers from over 23 countries, as well as journalists from 15 countries (of course those of Gioiellis.com). It will also be the exhibition of marriage between Vicenza and Arezzo, the subject of an alliance waiting for years by the industry. “To shine more and more jewelery made in Italy we need to create a system, which is why we decided to form an alliance with OroArezzo, the Tuscan goldsmith fair,” he said general manager of Fiera di Vicenza, Corrado Facco, in an interview with Affari e Finanza by Repubblica newspaper. “This year VicenzaOro, with its 1,500 exhibitors, will make only two instead of three exhibitions, one in January and another in September, while Arezzo, which counts 650 exhibitors, it will make only one event. In short, we will not compete with each other no more.” While the worst of the economic crisis appears behind us, at least in Italy, the world of jewelry has to deal with the tensions in the world: the Middle East, to Russia, to the financial instability in China. Facco confirms: “The geopolitical instability has created an important drop in tourism. At the same time almost halved the price of oil. Two factors affecting the economy of the Arab countries, who mostly live off this. Entrepreneurs of Arezzo were affected by this, they sold a lot in North Africa. But with the war in Libya, with Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt, which have lost tourist flows, much less sell. The fact is that the jewels are bought mainly by foreigners visiting those countries. ” But, as always, the accounts will be made at the end of the Fair.
Vicenza Oro
Opening time
22 to 26 January 2016: 9:30 to 18:30
January 27, 2016: 9:30 to 16:00
http://january.vicenzaoro.com/
