The Federation for European Education in Gemmology (FEEG) will hold its 12th Symposium at the Vakschool Schoonhoven, the Jewellery School of the Netherlands.
ACCORDING to the Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council (JCOC), an online research division of MVI Marketing Ltd, 18 per cent of a total of 2,686 respondents to a survey said they would gift jewellery or a watch for Valentine’s Day, a 10 per cent decline from 2006.
“After ‘spouse’, ‘children’ was the largest group being given gifts for Valentine’s Day. The jewellery industry does not do enough to promote jewellery as a category for children,†said MVI president Liz Chatelain.
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Other highlights of the survey include; nearly one-quarter of the respondents said they would spend $101- $200, while 11 per cent said they would spend $1,000 or more on Valentine’s Day jewellery gifts. Yellow gold was the most popular metal and after watches, earrings were the top pick for jewellery.
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