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...
For the second time in two months, residents in the UAE are heading back to gold and jewellery stores – to sell rather than buy. This...
A live event (at last) for the industry’s international re-start Three days for the gold and jewellery industry’s re-start in the world. Live. IEG – Italian Exhibition...
The first such move has been taken by Bengaluru’s C Krishniah Chetty Group of Jewellers. The 150-year old jewellery brand said its gemologists will stop procurement...
The World Jewellery Confederation has postponed the congress for the first time ever. CIBJO, The World Jewellery Confederation, has announced that its annual congress, originally scheduled for October...
After lockdown restrictions were eased in Unlock 1.0, jewellery stores reopened, with measures such as visual trials, displaying jewellery on video calls, and appointment-based shopping. However,...
Bengaluru’s 150-year old jewellery brand, C Krishniah Chetty Group of Jewellers has taken a definitive step to stop offering cultured pearls which are suspected to originate from China,...
Gold rates today: On MCX, prices hit a new high of ₹48,289 per 10 gram. A woman walks past a poster outside a jewellery shop in Kolkata....
The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) is back in full operational mode, including the issuing of tenders. “While we continue to navigate a global economic slowdown, we...
Banks in the UAE should drop the high fees they impose on jewellery retailers for all credit and debit card transactions, gold industry sources say. Given...
The world’s biggest producers are sitting on a mountain of precious stones as they hoard inventory to maintain prices. In almost 130 years of its existence,...
India’s gem and jewellery exports plunged nearly 84% year-on-year in April-May owing to the trade disruption caused by Covid-19 while the fall in exports of cut...
The extended lockdown and the global pandemic has taken sheen out of the diamond industry. The export of polished diamonds between April and May fell by...
When Kenneth Monahan, a financial analyst in New York, got down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend on a Delaware beach at dawn earlier...
For any Indian woman, a piece of jewellery is not just her prized possession but also the valuable part of the family heritage that will be...
Jewellers and bullion traders have urged the government to extend the deadline for mandatory hallmarking by a year to January 2022, saying the loss of business...
Mia by Tanishq, one of India’s most fashionable jewellery brands unveils exciting offers to celebrate the upcoming ‘Best Friend’s Day’ on 8th June 2020. This day...
The tax will be applied to all sales made by any foreign e-commerce operator including suppliers of rough or polished diamonds — to any resident or...
Bengaluru: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, which has re-opened its showrooms in Karnataka in line with the COVID-19 protocols, is offering an opportunity to the customers to sell their...
Diamond Producers Association (DPA) rebrands itself with a new consumer-facing identity and digital platform called ‘Only Natural Diamonds’ The world’s leading diamond producers today launched the...
Record sale by value attributable to the high price of the metal in Indian markets. The government sold sovereign gold bonds (SGBs) worth Rs 1,168 crore in the...
Asian physical gold hubs struggled to regain footing this week as most retail customers stayed away even as some coronavirus restrictions were eased. Chinese dealers sold...
Shenzhen’s multi-brand jeweller Ideal has transformed its 18-year-old traditional business model to a New Retail business virtually overnight in light of the coronavirus crisis. The retailer...
Bhuvan Goel, a first-generation jeweller and owner of SKA Diamonds in New Delhi, always wanted to do something on his own. Although his father runs an...
Pune based, heritage jewellery brand, PNG Jewellers re-opened their stores on the 21st of May 2020 on receiving a nod from the authorities. Most of their...
The usual fervor of Big Fat Indian Summer weddings, have given way to downsized mini-monies (miniature ceremonies) this season. With restrictions on the number of wedding...
Due to muted global demand, Indian diamond trade is unlikely to import rough diamonds for a month beginning June 1, as the global demand will not...
In an age where competition is cut-throat and customer expectations are sky-high, retailers are shifting focus from product skills to customer service skills. Krishna Krishna Jewellers...
Ten gm of pure gold (24 carat) is inching toward Rs 50,000, a deterrent for many admirers of the yellow metal. Yet, ardent Puneites are at the counters...
Gold price started the week on negative foot after reports from India that the country’s imports contracted for the fifth straight month in a row, falling...
Gold has no doubt been the uncontested Student of the year in 2019 with a shining return of 24% annualised which renders financial assets pale in...
The import of the yellow metal stood at USD 3.97 billion in April 2019, according to the commerce ministry’s data. India’s gold imports contracted for the...
Bangalore: The creator of exquisite jewellery from the House of Tata, Zoya makes its foray into South India with a flagship boutique in Bangalore’s most iconic...
Not unlike many other sectors, the gold industry has been lulled into a silence since the country went into a lockdown two months ago in a...
Gold prices in India rose on Wednesday amid the economic uncertainty and the gains in prices of the yellow metal in the global markets. Currently, the...
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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