For retailers, this year’s IIJS Premier went beyond regular purchases. Apart from the efficient execution of the show, they applauded the innovative designs, the visual merchandising...
The latest collection of jadau, South Sea pearls, emeralds, polkis and several other items by Geeta Shyam Jewellers (Club 30A, Jio) is the main attraction this...
Retailers recount touching stories of going above and beyond for their customers, fostering lasting relationships, and creating moments of joy and celebration through the art of...
Retailers share anecdotes of going the extra mile to cater to customers’ unique needs, transcending geographical boundaries, and delivering moments of happiness and love through the...
The joint venture promises to be a win-win for both, taking into account the retailer’s expertise and diverse client base as well as Farah Khan’s passion...
Retailers recount touching stories of going above and beyond for their customers, fostering lasting relationships, and creating moments of joy and celebration through the art of...
Tanishq is bringing back its advanced booking option, which allows consumers to lock in the price of gold before auspicious occasions like the Akshaya Tritiya, due...
Mumbai: The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) has partnered with the Gem Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) for their global campaign – ‘Thank You, By the Way’. ...
After the success of last year’s retail initiative ‘Season of Hope’, Platinum Guild India (PGI) haslaunched the second edition of the month-long initiative from 8thOctober 2021...
Jewellers Association Show (JAS) 2021 is catalyzing that demand and supply relationship with their fundamental mantra of bringing brilliance of Jaipur’s craftsmanship to the fore. At...
Thane: A man has fled with 762 grams of gold jewellery worth Rs 32 lakh on the pretext of polishing it. Meanwhile, Naupada police have arrested...
Rural demand of gold is shooting up as farmers from Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Telangana, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are lapping up the yellow metal due to...
Post pandemic and with the sudden rise in gold prices, it made the diamond industry boom. Many diamond merchants and retailers who were in Goa recently...
In a landmark development, GJEPC and e-commerce giant eBay signed an MoU that will help Indian manufacturers trade across all 190 countries that it is a...
Dubai: UAE shoppers rushed to gold and jewellery stores over the weekend – and it’s a good thing they did as Monday sees prices moving up...
Latest research shows younger consumers extremely interested in buying precious colored gemstone jewelry, even engagement rings. 9 February 2021- Austin, Texas: Over 93% of U.S. jewelry...
The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC), the apex body for promotion of gems and jewellery exports, hails Government of India for the...
The Tata-owned brand Tanishq has been known for its emotionally affective, memorable advertisements. Last year it launched the ‘Dua Ka Sona’ campaign, which highlighted the social...
Age-old values and customs don’t interest Gen Z. There is always a clash in ideas and worldview. While the older generation sets store in saving money...
Jewellery is a luxury buy, but a secure investment too. With fluctuating markets and a drop in customer interests, thanks to the pandemic, the sector is...
I would like to start out by wishing you and everybody in our industry a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2021. We are all glad that 2020...
The All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the national apex body of the gems and jewellery industry has appointed Mr. Ashish Pethe as Chairman and Mr. Saiyam Mehra as its Vice Chairman for a period of two years. The list of other newly...
Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one among the largest jewellery retailers globally with a strong retail network of over 250 outlets spread across 10 countries has begun...
De Beers raised diamond prices for the first time since the outbreak of global pandemic, signaling growing confidence in a rebound for the struggling industry. Prices...
Mumbai: After successful and accomplished IIJS Virtual and several Virtual Buyers-Seller Meets, which offered a much-needed opportunity for buyers and exhibitors to connect and transact business...
By Suneeta Kaul Retail jewellery is a crowded space. From big chains to single-store neighbourhood outlets, there is a retail jewellery showroom in practically every corner...
The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) proposes several measures like reduction in cut and polished diamonds to 2.5%, reduction in import duty of gold...
With digital fast becoming the new normal, GJSCI ramps up the transformation of the gem and jewellery industry by employing weapons in the form of artificial...
By Suneeta Kaul When it comes to retailing gold, there are many big names to take inspiration from, but not many retailers in India devote themselves...
Deepa Agarwal of Sona Chandi Jewellers thinks that the losses suffered during the lockdown will be covered in the next six months. What are your views...
Mohit Anand of Harsahaimal Shiamal Jewellers feels marketing and good stocks will be the key to making up for most of the lost business What do...
The proprietors of Sanghi Jewellers in Hyderabad are quite upbeat about the virtual format of the IIJS. Why? They are all about breaking barriers and doing...
Aayod Jain of Trident Corporation is banking on his mangalsutras to do the trick at the IIJS Virtual this year What do you think about the...
Akshay Kumar Pandya of Naqsh Jewellery is rooting for the IIJS to succeed and ice wings to his business What do you think will be the...
Darshit Hirani of P Hirani Exports Pvt Limited thinks coloured diamonds have a great future in India and IIJS is the perfect platform to enhance sales How...
Peeyush Prakash of Alankar Jewelarts Pvt Ltd will be looking at jewellery for the bridal season at the IIJS What are your thoughts about the virtual...
JK Prasad of JKS Jewels Pvt Ltd is looking forward to learning more about online sales from the IIJS Virtual. He thinks business is going to...
Gaurav Anand of Anand Jewels, Indore feels the time is right to invest in handmade jewellery because these will fly off the shelves like hot cakes...
Shailesh Sangani, the convenor of GJEPC’s national exhibitions. He has a very important message for all registered buyers. How is the registration going? Is everything going...
Want to make Maharashtra world’s largest trading center for diamonds and jewellery: Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of Maharashtra at IIJS Virtual Inauguration The gem and jewellery...
Mahendra Tayal of Anmol Jewellers thinks everyone should be positive with their stock at the IIJS. The industry is recovering, and he wants everyone to stay...
By Suneeta Kaul The month of Adhik Maas, which is added to the Hindu calendar once every three years or so, and which falls between September...
Chetan Kumar Mehta, the chairman and MD of Laxmi Diamonds, Bangalore says that sales will improve in the next six months because India swears by jewellery...
Mangesh Chauhan, MD and CFO of Sky Gold Limited, cemented his faith in the online wing for jewellery business after IIJS gave him the much-needed boost....
Priti Bhatia, owner of Awesome Sparkles, asks retailers to keep in mind that any crisis is temporary, and the key is to stay positive What is...
Mr Sriram, the managing director of GIA, believes that education is the key to the sector’s brilliance, and hopes to continue spreading awareness that will make...
Khushboo Ranawat and Novil Ranawat from Swarnshilp talk about the virtual future that lies ahead for the sector, and how IIJS will contribute the most towards...
Ramesh Narang of Hazoorilal Legacy feels Covid is an accident that has also given us quite some futuristic gifts. He thinks IIJS virtual is here to...
Karan Garodia and Nidhi Garodia of Sanskriti Jewels want everyone in the sector to get together with renewed energy for business to come back on track...
Samir Shah of Indigo Jewellery says that the markets are opening up and the IIJS will be an excellent bandwagon to ramp up market strategies in...
Vikas Mehta of Achal Jewellers thinks that the next six months will exude great business only if jewellers are upbeat about production, and more importantly, design...
Toshiba Jariwala is a big online enthusiast and feels that the IIJS Virtual will be a positive sign in the darkness around What are your views...
Nitin Agrawal of Meenakshi Jewellers feels that change is the only constant and adaptability is the need of the hour, and IIJS is the best place to get...
Deepak Choksi of CVM thinks preparing ahead is the way to tackle any loss that one may have suffered during the pandemic. The IIJS Virtual, he...
Part of a booming global sector, jewellers hardly go out of reckoning. As the industry grows at a stunning pace, most retailers and manufacturers look out...
A die-hard believer in the resilience of the gem and jewellery industry and aware of the sudden lacuna in trade facilitation by exhibitions, Shailesh Sangani, convener...
Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council, the apex body of gem & jewellery trade in India, in its endeavour to boost exports from India , is...
By Suneeta Kaul The COVID-19 pandemic, which devastated the economy and disrupted almost all sectors, literally took the shine out of India’s $ 24-billion diamond industry....
The survey, which was conducted online with organisations with over Rs 500 crore revenue, and took responses of more than 100 CXOs (top management officials), found...
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,...
The pandemic Covid-19 has devoured many businesses across the globe hence, slashing the world economic growth to almost half. The jewellery sector is also adversely affected...
by Suneeta Kaul Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan recently announced that the deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts would be extended by...
Sachin Jain, Managing Director, Forevermark India, in a conversation with Samit Bhatta, Publisher, The Retail Jeweller India, shares details of the upcoming digital forum of Forevermark,...
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 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...
Pratap Kamath, managing director of Abaran Timeless Jewellery, talks to Samit Bhatta, publisher, The Retail Jewellers magazine, on his Forevermark journey Samit Bhatta (SB): How has...
Prayas Dugar, managing director of Indian Gem & Jewellery Creation shares his journey wth Forevermark in a conversation with Samit Bhatta, Publisher, The Retail Jeweller. Samit...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
The world is in a state of uncertainty with the Corona virus overwhelming all aspects of life similarly. The gems and jewellery industry is severely affected....
The brightly lit neon signboards of jewellery stores across the city have flickered to life, rekindling hope of a rebound in business for lakhs of skilled...
A nationwide lockdown and closed jewellery shops across India have led to a severe fall in gold demand, leading to near-negligible gold imports in the month...
The retailers’ body further said that allowing longer store hours could help in making people have a wider window of time for shopping, and thus help...
The StayInTouch programme to help retailers showcase their inventory The gem and jewellery industry always preferred offline sales. However, Covid-19 has disrupted this practice and has...
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...
When life gives you lemons, making lemonade is the only great idea. This is precisely what jewellery retailers seem to doing as they embrace technology to...
Physical gold demand was tepid in most Asian centres this week with retail buying yet to see any significant recovery even as top hubs India and...
Finally, the shutters have rolled up, the jewellery stores have been opened and with that, hope is building up with each walk-in customer. Read on to know how...
70 percent of the retailers in India expects the business recovery to happen in more than six months due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis which has hit the retail sector...
Do you want to increase your sales? This post will definitely help you by giving a closer look at how different retailers used technology and various...
Do you want to increase your sales? This post will definitely help you by giving a closer look at how different retailers used technology and various...
The vital thing in problem-solving is finding the right kind of people/experts who can help solve them and that’s where The Retail Jeweller can help. Take...
Anil Kumar Pendyala, Owner, Saashri Jewellers, Vizag shares his opinion on the unique problem the kundan jewellery industry is facing, the calculation of the amount of...
In a conversation with The Retail Jeweller, Colin Shah, Founder and MD, Kama Schacter sees a huge potential for Platinum jewellery in tier-1 and tier-2 cities...
India’s platinum import is likely to increase by a quarter this year, touching 7.5 tonnes. Retailers and industry executives say that demand for platinum has increased...
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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