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U.S. Jewelry Sales +2% to $66B in 2015
Feb 4, 2016 9:47 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... U.S. jewelry sales from all retail outlets increased 2
percent to $66.41 billion in 2015. Watch sales advanced 2.6 percent to $8.72
billion compared with the previous year, according to provisional figures from
the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Sales of jewelry and watches combined totaled
$75.14 billion, a 2.1-percent increase over 2014.
In the final month of 2015, jewelry sales increased 2
percent year on year to $13.27 billion, according to Rapaport News estimates.
Watch sales increased 2.6 percent to $1.76 billion. Jewelry and watch sales
combined increased 2.1 percent to $15.03 billion.
Sales in specialty jewelry stores in the U.S. rose
3.6 percent year on year to $2.6 billion in November, according to the
latest U.S. Census Bureau figures.
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Tags:
data, Jewelry sales, Rapaport News, u.s., U.S. retail, Watch sales
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