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This  year, the India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) has loads of  expectations from the 700+ exhibitors and according to Jaipur-based  Valentine Jewels, the expectations have already started getting  fulfilled in the form of buyers and the company is quite happy with the  response that it got at the end of day two.

Shree Ramkrishna Export showcased the best of their diamonds – in  design, craftsmanship and quality. They had in offer an exclusive feast  of high-end diamond designs which blends effortlessly with affluent  lifestyle trends the world over. Having unveiled successfully their  collection of fancy shape diamonds in large sizes (2 carat +) at JCK  2010 show earlier this year, the company now showcased a stunning  collection of fancy shaped diamonds consisting of excellently cut  Cushions, Princess, Hearts and Pear shape at the 27th edition of IIJS.

Venus Jewel's Mr. Anil Shah has been happy with the response he has  got so far and he feels that since there is so much of competition  around, one need to be an all-rounder – be it design, grading, pricing  or quality – there cannot be anything other than the best.

First-time participant, Delhi's Dwarka Das Seth International, has a  lot of expectations from this year's IIJS and is hoping to add a lot of  international clients. Despite being present in countries like Malaysia,  Singapore, UK, Canada, the Middle East and claiming to know all the top  jewelers in Paris, company CEO Mr. Sabhya Seth hopes to add more  overseas buyers in his list of clientele and go back a satisfied man.

Baranova sisters from Russia - Anna (director) and Daria (commercial  director) are visiting IIJS 2010 to source some emeralds and have not  been dissatisfied in their search. They say: "We got what we wanted. We  came here looking out for some emeralds and we are happy to find some  really good ones". The sisters have been happy with the special gallery  for international buyers and hope to come back again for next year's  IIJS.

This year's seminars have been equally good and enlightening. The one  on "e-selling" had eminent speakers like Mr. Sanjiv Khandelwal, CEO,  Centerac India Pvt Ltd, Mr. Anil Shah, partner, Venus Jewel, Mr. Kashyap  Mehta , Diamond Technology Solutions, Mr. Sameer Pathak, 360 Degree  Solution (Fine Jewellery) and Mr. Kashyap Vadapalli, e-bay. The world is  changing and new avenues of business are opening up. E-selling dealt  with promotion of a company, building up sales, profibility, awareness  and the easiest ways to do so using the internet.

Speaking at the seminar, Mr. Khandelwal said: "650 million people use  mobile phones and more people access internet through their mobile  phones than the computer. There are 8 million broadband connections and  the percentage of smart phones increased to 8.3% in January 2010 as  compared to 2.1 in January 2007. There is a projected growth of around  40 million broadband users in the next 3 years".

He also shared that 40% people already use value added services (VAS)  and he concluded saying that "there's no separate world to e-commerce  and the real world. It is the real world".

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