News Bureau

January 20, 2018

The Jewellery Boutique Show begins

Opened from 19^th & run through 24th January

Started from Friday, 19th January, VicenzaOro, the International Jewellery Show, with a full calendar of new entries and events. Attended the opening ceremony, Lorenzo Cagnoni, President of Italian Exhibition Group Spa (IEG), Matteo Marzotto, Executive Vice President of IEG, Corrado Facco, Managing Director of IEG and Ivan Scalfarotto, Under Secretary of State for the Ministry Economic Development.

The Show is open with the Visio.Next Summit, a meeting dedicated to the future of luxury and jewellery. The Fiera di Vicenza stage hosts a panel of high level speakers, chaired by Alan Friedman and introduced by a presentation from Claudia D’Arpizio, Partner of Bain & Company and Responsible for Vertical Fashion & Luxury.

Sitting on the panel are Carlo Capasa, President of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (National Chamber of Italian Fashion), Matteo Marzotto, in his dual role as Executive Vice President of IEG and President of Dondup, Diego Nardin, CEO of Fope S.P.A, Licia Mattioli, CEO of Mattioli S.P.A and Vice President for Internationalization at Confindustria, Adi Al Fardan, Founder of Adi Hasan Al Fardan Jewellery Trading, Andrea Panconesi, Founder and President of LuisaViaRoma S.P.A.

And it is exactly the concept of Visio.Next that will be the recurring theme of VicenzaOro January 2018, a projection of the Show into the future, where multi-channel distribution, brand enhancement, traceability and sustainability will increasingly become the focal points in relations with new consumers.

To confirm its international character, the Show is hosting more than 1,500 brands of which 80% already exhibited at the previous editions of VicenzaOro. The brands are exhibiting in an area of over 25,000 sqm with a growing incidence of brands from the high range segment, much to the satisfaction of Italian Exhibition Group's strategy to create and enhance the community. In fact, the number of top range brands attending VicenzaOro January has risen by + 10%.

Now standing at 40%, the number of international exhibitors from over 35 different countries, is also growing, confirming the Vicenza event's consolidated role as a hub for the jewellery sector.

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