By David Brough
MUMBAI – India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) is planning a roadshow in the UK next year aimed at UK retailers and wholesalers that will promote a buyer-seller event due to take place in Jaipur in April 2024.
Plans for the event were discussed during a meeting between senior GJEPC executives and a delegation of UK-based jewellery retailers and wholesalers visiting the IIJS Premiere trade show in Mumbai on August 5, 2023. The state-backed GJEPC promotes exports of Indian-manufactured gemstones and jewellery.
UK delegation meeting with senior GJEPC executives at IIJS Premiere show in Mumbai on August 5, 2023
The planned roadshow could take place in Birmingham or London next spring, and may include selling opportunities for designated suppliers.
The event will promote the buyer-seller meeting in Jaipur scheduled for April 2024 that will offer loose gemstones, diamonds and jewellery manufactured in India.
Mehul Lodhiya, UK representative of the GJEPC, with Jewellery Outlook Editor David Brough at IIJS Premiere on August 5, 2023.
