Business Wire<\/a>} Unfortunately, specialty jewelers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sales will still be running below record pre-recession levels.<\/p>\nEven though shoe sales are on the increase, jewelry sales are outweighing shoes by a huge margin and it looks like diamonds (and gold, and silver, and pearls…) have cemented themselves as a woman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s number 1 love. The modern preliminary government figures show the U.S. jewelery market is on target to come up with $63.3 billion in sales. This will represent a 2.1 percent gain above the prior record of $62 billion generated in 2008.\u00c2\u00a0 In comparison, US women’s footwear sales (including athletic shoes) accounted for a little over $23 billion in sales in 2008. Not too shabby when you consider that the figure represents almost 50% of the $48 billion in total U.S. footwear sales, but still some way to go before overtaking jewelry as the accessory of choice.<\/p>\n
One saying is true; diamonds are forever, but buyers are becoming more and more fickle and shoes are on the heels of jewelry for their love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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