Trade Qualifications

COUTURE Coconut Grove is a highly curated event catering to the luxury and designer fine jewelry industry. In order to qualify as a trade attendee, you must be a buyer from an active Retailer, Wholesaler, Designer or otherwise affiliated with the jewelry industry. Show Management reserves the right to request additional documentation if deemed necessary. Show Management also reserves the right to deny admission based on insufficient qualification documentation.

Once the required documents have been submitted, please expect to receive an email with an updated registration status within 7-10 business days.

To qualify as a trade attendee, you MUST provide proof of employment and company qualification documents.

PROOF OF EMPLOYMENT:

Must provide ONE (1) of the following proofs of employment: 

• Employee verification letter on company letterhead from owner or manager stating job status.
• Copy of company credit card with both employee’s and company’s name (Black out card number).
• Copy of company insurance with employee name.

RETAIL COMPANY:

To qualify the Retail Company, you must provide (2) TWO of the following documents:
One of the documents must be (2) two invoices.

• Two (2) invoices documenting the purchase of finished fine jewelry from multiple participating COUTURE brands and designers (must have exhibited within the past 5 years) in multiple quantities within the last twelve months. Traditional Jewelry Retailers must provide 2 invoices that total $20,000 or more EACH. (Required) 
• Your firm’s State/County Sales Tax Permit or a Seller Permit. 
• Business license indicating that you are a retail business.  
• First two pages of Store lease that states you are a retail business or photograph of inside and outside of the store including store name signage. 

New business only – letter of intent from an attorney or bank on official letterhead stating the intent to start a new retail business.
Online fine jewelry retailer only – active web site address through which company business can be validated.
Mail order companies only – must provide printed catalog.
Non-Traditional jewelry retailers (such as clothing boutiques or galleries) only – must submit fine jewelry invoices with a total of $10,000 or more.

ONLINE/TV/OTHER DIRECT JEWELRY MARKETER:

To qualify the Online/TV/Other Direct Jewelry Marketer, you must provide the following document:

• Active website address through which company business can be validated.

New business only – letter of intent from an attorney or bank on official letterhead stating the intent to start a new business.