Industry suppliers have been forced to choose one jewellery event over the other with many asking: Who benefits from two different trade shows being run on the same days in the same city?

The above data was taken at on 19 July, and is provided as a like-for-like comparison of genuine jewellery supplier exhibitors, excluding industry associations and director related companies listed as exhibitors.

On a like-for-like basis, as at 5pm on 19 July the Darling Harbour event had 145 exhibitors - 3 per cent fewer than last year - while the Railway Workshop event had 32, a 40 per cent decline from its inaugural show.