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JA Announces 2018 Gem Award Nominees
And the categories are: Jewelry Design, Media Excellence and, new this year, Retail Innovation.
New York--Jewelers of America has announced the nominees for the 16th annual Gem Awards, which will take place this coming January in New York.
This year, the Gem Awards will recognize nominees in three areas: the traditional Jewelry Design and Media Excellence categories plus Retail Innovation, a new category added this year to recognize those businesses that are evolving along with the retail landscape.
The winners of each will be announced live at the Gem Awards, scheduled for Jan. 19, 2018, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.
They will join this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Sally Morrison, and actress Debra Messing, a lifelong jewelry lover who’s receiving the Gem Award for Jewelry Style, in being recognized that evening.
And the nominees are …
Jewelry Design
Media Excellence
Retail Innovation
To purchase tickets or find more information about the nominees and sponsorship and advertising opportunities, visit Jewelers.org/GemAwards.
National Jeweler is a for-profit subsidiary of Jewelers of America, which purchased the publication in 2015. The two organizations act independently of each other.
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