The total volume of sales of jewelry and jewelry watches in the US market grew by approximately 2.7% in August to $ 5.8 billion, show the preliminary data of the US Department of Commerce, which leads IDEX Online reported.
This increase was in line with expectations IDEX Online Research analysts predict that jewelry sales will increase by 3% or so in the second half.
After two months of very weak sales in August sales of specialty jewelers are estimated at $ 2.2 billion in the US market, their growth was 2.4%, while that of other multi-channel retailers that sell jewelry, sales amounted to about $ 3, 6 billion, an increase of 2.9%.
Separately, jewelry sales in August rose by about 2.7%, while sales of jewelery watches - by 2.4%.
In general, retail sales of all goods, except for vehicles, in August showed an increase of 2.5%.
These trends promise a good performance in the most important upcoming holiday sales season in November and December.
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