Globally renowned jeweller Joyalukkas opened a new store in the shopping district of Delhi-NCR region of Noida. “Noida is an exciting new location for Joyalukkas,” said...
Enjoying a dominant position in the omni-channel space, India’s leading jeweller Caratlane, further consolidated its position with the launch of its 30th retail store in Delhi’s...
Regional jewellery major, Abharan Jewellers opened its eight retail outlet in Brahmavar last November to become a significant player in the south Karnataka markets. Known for...
[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nagpur-based Dass Jewellers threw open the doors of its multi-level store which has taken on a modern avatar. The new showroom has separate sections for different...
The IIDGR Retail Jeweller India Forum 2017 (RJIF), in its third edition, offered jewellers a firm understanding of the consumer, market drivers, tax policies and competitive...
While every other jeweller was busy promoting its products for Valentine’s Day, Jaipur Gems presented a unique concept it called the Box of Love. Its campaign...
16 million in 2015! They are Indian, they are non-resident. Why NRIs represent a golden opportunity for India’s jewellers, how the smartest retailers have gone about...
After a premier boutique space in Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai, Jaipur Jewels has unveiled its new store in Delhi’s Sunder Nagar neighbourhood. Spread across 1,200 sq...
Jewellery and Ganjam. What are the thoughts and images that this association brings to your mind? Old world charm, a blend of tradition and the modern,...
Gold prices edged up on Tuesday in low-volume trade to more than three-week highs, helped by a weaker dollar. Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,278.06...
Gems and jewellery exports saw a 4.8 percent dip at $22.43 billion during April- November this year owing to demand slowdown in major markets, including the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2200″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] Kalyan Jewellers, one of the leading jewellery brands in the GCC and India, has announced that it will open three showrooms as part...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2200″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] India’s diamond industry is looking up in 2017 after being hit by demonetisation last year, a Bain & Company report said, adding that...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2200″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Indian film Star Srimurali inaugurates Malabar Gold & Diamonds 197th global showroom in Vijayapura (Bijapur), Karnataka, India on December 9, in the presence of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2200″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]India’s diamond traders are eyeing an increase in business from the tax reforms in the United States that they believe will lead to an...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This bridal season, ANMOL initiated another era of design with an Eloquent Bridal Collection Eternia. Deriving inspiration from eternity, the collection is vividly handcrafted in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Aisshpra gems & jewels launched a fascinating compilation of nature & couture. The collection comprises of statement neckpieces and earrings handcrafted in 18 K gold...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lucknow! Say that one word with eyes closed and mind relaxed, and you call up a vision of nawabs, old Awadh and cultivated opulence. Lucknow,...
Intro Haldwani-based Vardhaman Jewellers has a unique way of reaching out to the customers – through Whatsapp and Facebook. The activity is called Operation Google wherein...
Surendra Kumar Yadav, sales executive, PC Jeweller, Jaipur People come to the showroom to ask about gold rates and making charges. They compare us with other...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Intro Kamakhya Jewels deals with beautiful jewellery that is a fusion of modern art and generations of traditional experience. The company is one of the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A first-generation jeweller brings her quiet originality to traditional design aesthetics Accessory designer Ambar Pariddi Sahai found her calling in accessory design while studying at...
Ritika Bhasin Gupta, Owner, Ritika Bhasin, New Delhi I started out a year ago after establishing myself in the fashion business. So, I had a regular...
Sourabh Maheshwari, Creative Partner, Vishal Jewels, New Delhi Over the years we have realised that unless we change with the times, we will not be able...
Geetika Chauhan, Store Manager Waman Hari Pethe Jewellers Indore It is a prerequisite in the jewellery trade to successfully meet customer satisfaction. But it’s not an...
In the race to outpace each other jewellers can fall into a trap laid, perhaps unwittingly, by pushy customers, and find themselves disparaging one another. A...
INTRO: The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) Congress 2017 recently held in Jaipur saw congregation of renowned gemmologists, jewellery designers, miners, cutters and lapidaries and other...
[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1873″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] An extension of Saffronart’s Dialogues in Art series, the inaugural conference titled The Timeless Legacy of Indian Jewels, culminated with a...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: FRANCESCA CARTIER BRICKELL, DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE CARTIER FAMILY Francesca Cartier Brickell, the direct descendant of the Cartier family, was in India to attend...
All in all, DDC succeeded in offering a great opportunity to bring together all stakeholders to discuss a common sense of purpose and identify the roadmap...
On the second day, a panel discussion on ‘Lab-grown diamonds and their disclosure: Is there a problem’ sparked a new thought-wave. The panel was moderated by...
Two major industry issues were discussed on the first day of DDC – ‘Uniting the industry to accelerate initiatives driving the sustainable development agenda forward’, and...
On the inaugural day, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, executive chairman, DMCC, set the tone for DDC by highlighting the exceptional growth story of Diamond as one of...
SYNOPSYS: Themed on ‘shaping the future of the interconnected marketplace’, the recently-held Dubai Diamond Conference 2017 (DDC) offered a holistic platform for a series of insightful...
My memorable customer was my dear friend Urmila Matondkar who decided to get her Mehendi Ceremony Jewellery from me. It was a starry affair and I...
A family friend brought his guest to our store to check out some jewellery. We knew that the family comprising of father, mother and daughter had...
One day a customer walked in and told us that he had come to buy nose pin. While showing him several types of nose pin, he...
The IIDGR Retail Jeweller India Forum 2017 (RJIF), in its third edition, offered jewellers a firm understanding of the consumer, market drivers, tax policies and competitive...
SANJEEV AGARWAL, Gitanjali JATIN ARORA, PwC Rohan Shah, counsel Jyoti Sharan, SBI Shivanshu Mehta, MCX Ranjith Singh, BSE Intro: India’s new tax system was the anxiety-inducing...
Nehal Shah – Cool diamond Jewellery (Ennese), Founder, Mumbai The session on brand marketing explained in great detail how to create a brand and how to...
Ashish Mehta, convener, Natural Diamond Monitoring Committee (NDMC), GJEPC Sabyasachi Ray, executive director, GJEPC Sachin Jain, president, Forevermark India Vikram Merchant, director, India representative office, Rio...
The final session of the Retail Jeweller India Forum 2017 explored the growth drivers of modern retail. Panellists representing independent family jewellers, as well as regional...
Lavin Punjabi, CEO and co-founder, mCanvas Advertising Mobile telecommunications are changing the world for marketers. Mobile phones are becoming the default choice of channel for brands...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The jewellery industry, generally considered slow-paced, is in the midst of a handful of rapid transformations. In some of them the pace of change is...
Second-generation jeweller Nakshatra Mehta has come a long way. From a small shop at Zaveri Bazaar he now runs a one-stop bridal luxury couture jewellery store....
Richa Singh ex-GM, L’Oreal It never pays to presume that the consumer is a timid and unchanging entity, constrained by tradition because jewellery is a high...
Vedant Mandaliya is an eighth-generation jeweller with the venerable CH Jewellers of Vadodara, Gujarat. He’s good with jewellery, and he’s also good with children — so...
Trigger: A business that is more than a century old needs to keep up with the times. That is the way forward. At our business, everything...
Dipankar Jain, Director, Nikkamal Jewellers, Ludhiana, wants his showroom to stand out and be the must visit destination for jewellery shopping. He plans on offering his...
Young Turk – Harsh Hemdev Fourth-generation jeweller Harsh Hemdev has his finger on the millennial pulse. His consumers want wearable, multipurpose and pocket-friendly, and Hemdev is...
With a firm determination & clear mindset, Antony Jose has truly set the ball rolling for Prince Jewellers in South India. Antony Prince joined his family...
Krunal Soni, Managing Director, Ashok Jewellers, Ahmedabad A young girl in her early twenties came to us to get a ring made. She had seen a...
Jayraj Zaveri, Owner, Bhagwati Jewellers, Ahmedabad Sometimes one has to go out of the way to satisfy the customer. Recently, I got a client who wanted...
Rajesh Soni, Owner, Shree Kareshwari Jewellers, Bharuch A client wanted to gift his grandmother a ring on her birthday. Now this ring had to be an...
Gaurish Aggarwal, Managing Director, Gaurish Gems, Kotkapura Sometimes customers present challenging demands. A lady from Aurangabad was visiting town and stepped into our showroom one fine...
Ravi Agarwal, Director, Zever & Gems Pvt Ltd, Rourkela A client had a bought a pair of gold bangles for his daughter. After a couple of...
Manoj Jain, Owner, Maniratnam Jewellers, New Bombay A few months ago a customer bought a pair of antique stone-studded bangles. He returned to us recently with...
Rajiv Verma, Owner, Lalsons Jewellers, New Delhi A customer walked in some months ago with a broken diamond ring. He claimed that he had bought it...
Ashish Jain, Partner, Nanak Jewellers, Patiala A client came to our showroom looking for colour kundan jewellery set. She had visited many other showrooms but hadn’t...
Dinesh Verma, Owner, Verma Sons Jewellers, Solan One of our regular clients once brought along a friend who bought gold jewellery from us. After a fortnight...
Amit Munot, Managing Director, Munot Ornaments, Mumbai One of our regular clients, who had purchased a pair of earrings from us, returned after 3-4 months with...
Abhay Kumar, owner, Gaurav Kothari Gems & Jewels, Nagpur A client wanted a gold jhumka made in 7 gms. We did as requested. However, the client...
Sohil Shah, Owner, Star Jewellery, Surat One of our regular customer bought a diamond ring from us. A week after the purchase, he called us, sounding...
Jithender Vummidi, Partner, Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers, Chennai Once a young couple was looking at a pair of diamond bangles in the showroom. They were trying on...
Prabhat Agrawal, PK & PK Jewellers Pvt. Ltd., Mathura Recently, a regular customer visited us. He wanted 23 carat jewellery. We told him about the hallmark...
Sachin Kapoor, Owner, Satyam Jewellery House, Amritsar In this age of e-commerce, it is a surprise to meet people who still believe in the old way...
Mayank Agrawal, Owner, Kanhaiya Swarn Kala Kendra, Varanasi For the last many years, one NRI customer visits us every year without fail. Dr Hari Shanker Sharma,...
Shefali Sawhney, Owner, Sawhney Diamond Passion Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi There is nothing more romantic than an old couple in love. Once, a beautiful elderly couple...
Cherry Sahni, MD, Diamond Tree, New Delhi A few years ago, a physically challenged girl was at our store with her family. She lived in the...
Mohit Dunga, Owner, Royal Gems & Jewellery Pvt Ltd, New Delhi He has been a regular with us for as long as I can remember. What...
Hitesh Kumar, co-owner, Rajmandhir Jewellers, Chennai He had been to our showroom a couple of times but then stopped coming. Recently, he was back and he...
Swaran Singh, owner, S P Jewellers, Ludhiana I can never forget this customer who came to me when I was just a simple kaarigar. He advised...
Dilip Sonigara, Owner, Dilip Sonigara Jewellers, Pune A customer came to us for the first time. He wanted to buy temple jewellery and hadn’t found anything...
Sumit, Chetmani Ornaments Pvt Ltd, Varanasi We have five stores in Varansai and we deal mostly in gold and diamond jewellery. However our specialty is Banarasi...
Dinesh Kalwani, Manager, CMR Jewellers, Hyderabad A few years ago a client bought a lot of jewellery. It was worth a few lakhs. Unfortunately, there was...
Nilesh Shah, Owner, Shah Jethalal Jadavji Jewellers, Raipur This time on Dhanteras, I had an interesting experience. An elderly gentleman, in his 60s, walked into our...
The brand in order to capitalize on the festive season is offering deals available across all Tanishq stores in West...
In addition to the new campaigns, Lightbox has introduced two new jewellery collections: “Reminiscence” and “City Lights” Mumbai: Lightbox, the...
The puja-themed video comprises all the quintessential elements of the festival and highlights four distinct jewellery styles portrayed by each...
The brand’s social media page prominently showcases a variety of reels and shots from the music video, capturing the essence...
The Gold Jewellery Mela campaign, like in its previous editions, attracted primarily bridal jewellery consumers, with about 70% of the...
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