The second edition of Jewellery Industry Voices considered the subjects that must be addressed in planning a lockdown exit strategy, including ways of operating businesses while maintaining social distancing,
As we enter what for many is a second month of economic lockdown and social isolation, jewellery businesses throughout the supply chain are looking for solutions. There is a growing realization that that the industry as we knew will be inexorably changed, but first it is necessary to keep one’s head above water.
With the international jewellery and gemstone industry grappling with the challenge of a worldwide economic shutdown, instituted by governments in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, CIBJO has announced that it will no longer be charging for downloads of its Blue Book series of industry standards and nomenclature.
Historically, international crises have been inflection points in the human experience, and the COVID-19 epidemic is likely to be one of the most transformative in living memory.
