The digital revolution has finally hit the jewellery sector and the transition has not been easy for many. While most of us are grappling for solutions,...
25th September 2020: After a gloomy first half that 2020 left behind, consumer sentiments are gradually returning to normalcy and consumers are now gearing up to...
With the markets opening worldwide after the Covid-19 lockdown, the gems and jewellery industry seems to be in recovery mode and exports have begun to markets...
The gems and jewellery exports have shown signs of recovery and has registered at USD 1764.06 Million in August 2020, as compared to USD 36 Million...
India’s gold trade may face a working capital problem following the imposition of 0.1 percent tax collected at source (TCS NSE -3.78 %) effective from October...
AHMEDABAD: In a boost to jewellery sales ahead of the festive season, gold prices declined sharply by Rs 1,000 per 10g over the past two days....
Industry experts stated that the polished diamond exports have recovered due to the increase in the demand from the US, the UK and China. Starting from...
Illegal shipments of gold to India are estimated to have slowed to a trickle of about 2 tons a month, and may total about 25 tons...
21st September, 2020, Mumbai: GJEPC kickstarted its first Plain Gold Jewellery Virtual Buyer Seller Meet (VBSM) on 21st September, which follows closely on the heels of...
KOLKATA: The pandemic has not deterred big retail jewellers from adding new space to spruce up their businesses in the current fiscal. Retail jewellers like Tanishq,...
Traditionally, workers in Surat get a fortnight to a month-long holiday for Diwali, said industry executives. Nearly 650,000 workers in Surat, the world’s largest diamond cutting and...
Written by Suneeta Kaul Vandita Agarwal is the personification of New Age thinking. Getting the hang of new trends, fresh designs, cutting edge technology, new sales...
New Delhi: Slack demand leading to lower cash accrual, elevated inventory levels and curtailed bank finance will lead to moderately negative credit outlook for gold jewellery...
Kolkata: Russian diamond miner Alrosa will offer zero buyout obligation to its long-term customers of rough diamonds in the next trading session from September 21 to...
A face to reckon with, Ana de Armas has become the face for Natural Diamond Council. The latest Bond girl opens up about the association, what...
India is likely to see a strong recovery in gold jewelry demand in the next six months, says BMO Capital Markets citing Metals Focus. “India will...
When everything real is meeting with a shake of the head, IIJS Virtual, the digital edition of Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council’s (GJEPC) flagship show,...
CHENNAI: Chennai airport topped the list on seizure of smuggled gold across the country in 2019-20, with 15% of all such incidents being reported from the...
The board of directors of Expo Centre Sharjah announced that the 48th edition of the Watch and Jewellery Middle East Show (WJMES), which was scheduled to...
Dubai: UAE’s shoppers are staying away from jewellery stores after gold prices touched record highs – but that doesn’t mean these retailers are losing a lot...
The proposed IPO comprises issuance of fresh equity aggregating up to Rs 1,000 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) worth Rs 750 crore, according to...
The most influential man in the world of diamonds, interviewed at Voice about the future of Made in Italy Luxury, emphasizes “We are not the Luxury...
Gems and jewellery exports showed signs of recovery in August, rising 29.18 per cent to Rs 13,160.24 crore ($1,764.06 million) in August compared with the previous...
According to data provided by the Gem & Jewellery Export Council (GJEPC), exports in this segment touched $1.7 billion in August. It was higher than the...
Malabar Gold & Diamonds has launched the ‘Double Your Savings’ campaign in Qatar, offering the “best making charges” for customers. The campaign will showcase an exclusive...
Colin Shah, Chairman, Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council, asserts that while MSMEs in the sector are benefiting from the redefinition and Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme,...
AMFI chief executive NS Venkatesh said, “Gold investment is continuing to be seen as a haven for investors. Chennai: Investments in Gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) remained...
Friday, 11th September, will see the inauguration of the new exhibition dedicated to architects and designers from Vicenza who have included jewellery in their projects. “Designed...
India’s net exports of gems and jewellery shrank 47% year on year to $3.4 bn in April-July this fiscal because of the Covid-induced global economic slowdown....
Taking the stage of Italian Exhibition Group’s show, from Damiani Group’s CEO to the Executive Director of De Beers, from the President of the World Diamond...
Aditi Amin was an investment banker in the US before she returned to India and started her fashion jewellery startup, By Aditi Amin in 2012. Aditi...
The world’s second-biggest consumer of the precious metal imported around 60 tonnes of gold in August, up from 32.1 tonnes a year ago India’s gold imports...
Kalyan Jewellers, one of the largest jewellery brands in India reports that business across its showrooms has reached pre-Covid-19 levels. Recently Kalyan Jewellers filed a DRHP for Rs...
The resurgence came in the same week that Tiffany said its monthly jewellery sales improved, adding to optimism the entire industry is rebounding For the past...
Pune, 31st August 2020: As India unlocks and gets ready to battle the Covid – 19 pandemic in a post lock-down world, India’s most trusted jewellery...
Optimism of a rebound will bring relief to a supply chain that’s been paralysed since the pandemic hit London FOR the past six months, the global...
Monday, 14th September, live in Vicenza on Italian Exhibition Group’s trade show stage and online on the website and the VOICE Facebook and YouTube profiles, the...
In New Delhi, the price of 22-carat gold jumped to Rs 50,600 per 10 gram, and in Chennai to Rs 49,750 Gold prices today rose to 55,200...
Kolkata: Recovery in diamond sales is primarily coming from tier-II cities in India, rather that tier-I or the mega cities, says Forevermark (India) president Sachin Jain. The leading diamond brand from De...
India’s gold demand (for jewellery and retail investment) will weaken to 350-400 tonnes in FY21 compared to an average demand of 700 tonnes since 2016, due...
NEW DELHI: A 47-year-old jeweller and his 42-year-old brother allegedly died by suicide in their shop in north Delhi’s Chandni Chowk on Wednesday afternoon, according to police, who also...
By Suneeta Kaul In a significant move, US President Donald Trump recently ended the preferential economic treaty signed with Hong Kong, thus bringing to a close...
The World Gold Council estimates there are about 2,000 tonnes of gold locked away in temples—worth about $84 billion at current prices. Groups of men in...
Tanishq, India’s most trusted jewellery brand has launched special Ganesha pendants on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. To make the occasion more exciting for the...
Currently, gold hallmarking is voluntary in nature. However, it will be made mandatory from June 2021. Gold sold by jewellers will need to have ‘hallmark’ quality...
KGK Group, a global conglomerate operating in all verticals of gems and jewellery sector, announces its expansion in Thailand in the jewellery manufacturing segment. Spread across...
The pandemic, which has torn through the world, has had a severe impact on all industries, but there has also been a flip side to it....
Themed ‘Meaningful Tomorrows’, the 9th Edition of the Forevermark Forum Addresses Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s opportunities Mumbai: 20 August, 2020 – Staying true to the resilience...
The Forevermark Forum 2020 began on August 18, the first time on a virtual plane, and gave us an insight into the future of the diamond...
“We will discuss lowering the e-invoice threshold for the gold and jewellery trade at our next meeting,” Thomas Isaac, Kerala FM who is part of the...
Imports of the yellow metal stood at $13.16 billion (about Rs 91,440 crore) in the corresponding period of 2019-20. New Delhi: India’s gold imports, which have a...
Mia by Tanishq, one of India’s most fashionable jewellery brands brings for the very first time, a new collection ‘The Princess Edit’ based on 7 popular...
Diamond and gold jewellery exporters are witnessing a gradual improvement in shipments with the reopening of global markets and expect the recovery to become steep in...
The stunning and versatile Kalyan Jewellers’ brand ambassador Wamiqa Gabbi, was recently spotted in Punjab’s music sensation Tarsem Jassar’s latest video song – Kajla which has...
Saurabh Gadgil, managing director of PNG Jewellers, tells Samit Bhatta, publisher, The Retail Jewellers, that he is looking forward to the first-of-its-kind virtual Forevermark Forum. Samit...
mirrAR is the first ever real-time Augmented Reality (AR) tech platform for the Gems & Jewellery Industry that lets shoppers virtually try-on jewellery without physically wearing it,...
by Suneeta Kaul The Big Fat Indian Wedding does not exist only in movies – it is a reality that spans metros, smaller cities, towns, and...
JNA Awards, one of the most prestigious award programmes in the international jewellery and gemstone industry organized by Informa markets since 2012, recently hosted its first...
By Suneeta Kaul The World Gold Council (WGC) recently released a report, titled “Online Gold Market in India”, and its findings confirmed what many in the...
Gold prices Monday jumped to Rs 59,300 from Rs 59,290 per 10 gram, while silver climbed to Rs 74,210 from Rs 74,200 per kg, according to Good...
As the impact of Covid 19 deepens across industries, Platinum Guild International (PGI) commissioned a quantitative research across its key markets to study the impact of...
In today’s world, the biggest question is how to retain a millennial consumer. They are fickle in their choices and don’t display much brand loyalty, they...
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced that banks can lend up to 90 per cent of the value of gold. It stood at 75 per cent earlier....
Incentives are not new to the business of sales or marketing, however over the years the way we use incentives to create a better, holistic customer...
Pune: 187 year old legacy jewellery brand, PNG Jewellers announced the launch of their most anticipated annual offering, the Mangalsutra Mahotsav to kickstart the festive season. The...
People are getting used to Rs 50,000 plus range for gold. It would not take long before people just come out to buy as fears of...
The use of jewellery in India goes back to more than 5000 years ago, some ancient Indian jewellery was also found from the Indus Valley civilization....
Written By Suneeta Kaul Even as the corporate sector faces the post-Covid world with trepidation, the jewellery industry is hopeful of putting up a fairly good...
India’s Finance Ministry is considering an amnesty program for residents with illicit stash of gold, as part of an effort to crack down on tax evasion...
India is the second-largest consumer of gold in the world after China, and the demand for gold in India sharply declined in June due to various...
Indian Online Jewellery Market Technology is changing the way people shop. Consumers are increasingly getting comfortable shopping online. They have shown faster online adoption for standardized...
Kolkata, 26 July 2020: Senco Gold and Diamonds, the largest jewellery retail chain from Eastern India now focusing more on omni channels to reach customers during...
Dubai gold jewellers have assured shoppers that the jewellery they try on at the local outlets is safe, as they are regularly sterilised to protect consumers...
More than 100 jewellery outlets across Dubai have launched promotions for the Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) 2020, the Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group (DGJG) said on...
Eastern UP’s leading Jewellery brand Aisshpra Gems & Jewels pioneers yet another trend with Exclusively Yours, a Jewellery at Home Service and takes customer service experience...
US President Donald Trump has signed an order to end preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong, after China enacted a new security law there. Hong Kong...
Gold should be embraced as a portfolio diversifier and hedging strategy by an investor in the current environment. The present difficult time amid pandemic COVID-19 will...
New Delhi, July 20, 2020: Indian fashion tech startup StyleDotMe today announced that it has raised a total of INR 3.5 crore in a Pre-series A...
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Chennai Branch Office-I, has granted its hallmarking of gold and silver licence to Titan Company. The BIS has granted an...
“Diamond markets will be shut but safe deposit vaults will be allowed to be opened for traders for four hours on July 20 and July 24...
The effervescence of summer is often accompanied with discomposure and the ardent urge to keep everything light for ease! Kohinoor Jewellers Agra presents a line of...
The girl betrayed those who hired her. She escaped after stealing one and a half crore jewels from Tanishq showroom. The case is from Rohtak district...
The division has re-opened around 95% of its Tanishq stores till date. However, operations of stores tend to get disrupted as and when local governments enforce...
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has slapped its biggest ever FEMA show cause notice of Rs 7,220 crore on a Kolkata-based jewellery house for allegedly indulging in...
Western investors piling into gold in the pandemic are more than making up for a collapse in demand for physical metal from traditional retail buyers in...
Promotes Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Sanjay Raghuraman, to the position of Chief Executive Officer Strengthens leadership team by appointing ex-Shoppers Stop CEO, Mr. Salil Nair and ex-L&K...
With contracting global output, global economies in a deeper recession than anticipated, and dearth of good returns in many other asset classes, gold has emerged as...
We have seen a substantial jump in ETFs in the last few weeks, says PR Somasundaram Gold continues to shine bright and clearly that risk aversion,...
A depreciating rupee is set to improve India’s competitiveness in the world market and thus help boost exports of agricultural products, textiles and gems and jewellery, experts say. The rupee has depreciated...
India’s gold imports plunged 86% year-on-year in June due to record high prices and as international air travel was banned and many jewellery shops closed amid a...
Economic uncertainty unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic is still not persuading India’s gold hoarding lot to sell their household gold even in the midst of a...
Written by Praveer Sinha Lockdown or no lockdown, brands across industries have shown that there no dearth in creativity when it comes to reaching out to...
The world renowned and India’s largest jewellery trade show, the India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) Premiere, has been rescheduled due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The Gem...
Show the gold… Kalyan Jewellers is offering live video calling services for shoppers wanting to check the latest designs. Dubai: Kalyan Jewellers has launched a live...
Gold’s been on a high, which is why the jewellery retailer Malabar Gold & Diamonds has extended its price lock-in offer. Dubai: Malabar Gold & Diamonds...
Surat: Shaken by the sudden spike in the Covid-19 cases among its workforce, the majority of the big diamond units in Katargam zone of Surat city...
Indian gold prices have increased by 23% so far this year. Gold with 24-carat purity also crossed the Rs 50,000 per 10-gram mark recently. But why...
Jewellers have introduced video-calling and virtual trial options on websites and in stores for shoppers. After lockdown restrictions were eased in Unlock 1.0, jewellery stores reopened, with measures...
Gemfields is delighted to introduce the third instalment in its short film series dedicated to coloured gemstones. June sees the release of the Buyer’s Guide film,...
If there is one thing that’s glittering amid all the Coronavirus gloom, it’s the yellow metal. Gold has been on a record-busting spree and zipped past the Rs...
