The gems and jewellery industry cheered the 2020-21 Union Budget, which proposes invoice financing, working capital and debt financing by banks and NBFCs, increase in audit threshold from 1 crore to5 crore…
THE MILLENNIAL JEWELLERY CONSUMER IS BUYING JEWELLERY DIFFERENTLY, AND SO TRADITIONAL METHODS OF MAKING AND SELLING JEWELLERY HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT AS WELL. INNOVATION IN TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER AREAS IS CHANGING THE…
IT’S WITH GOOD REASON THAT INDIA’S FIRST TRADE SHOW OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IS REGARDED AS THE NERVE CENTRE OF JEWELLERY DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, ATTRACTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUYERS ALIKE. AND SIMILAR…
HSBC’S SURVEYS AND RESEARCH SHOW THAT THE INDUSTRY WILL GROW, BUT BUYING WILL CHANGE: MARRIAGES, WHICH FUEL MUCH OF THE JEWELLERY BUYING IN INDIA AND ACROSS THE WORLD, ARE GOING DOWN, AND…
THE FIRST JURY ROUND OF THE ARTISAN JEWELLERY DESIGN AWARDS 2020 CONCLUDED RECENTLY IN MUMBAI WITH THE SELECTION OF NINE FINALISTS ACROSS EACH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES – ART DECO, NEO-FUTURISM AND…
IN ITS ROLE AS THE KIMBERLEY PROCESS CHAIR, INDIA HOSTED THE KP PLENARY MEET IN NEW DELHI IN NOVEMBER 2019, BRINGING TOGETHER 55 PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING 82 COUNTRIES, TO ENSURE THAT THE KP…
HERE IS A QUICK RECKONER OF THE WORLD DIAMOND COUNCIL’S (WDC’S) SYSTEM OF WARRANTIES (SoW), WHICH OFFER A GUIDE TO THE INDUSTRY FOR SELF-MONITORING WHAT IS THE SYSTEM OF WARRANTIES? The current…
THE INDIA GOLD AND JEWELLERY SUMMIT 2019, HELD IN DELHI IN NOVEMBER 2019, WAS RICH WITH PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH LEADING EXPERTS ON THE INDUSTRY’S MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES THE INDIA…
IN 2019, THE DIAMOND PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION DEDICATED 13 PER CENT OF ITS BUDGET TO THE INDIAN MARKET, CREATING CAMPAIGNS TO TIE NATURAL DIAMONDS TO LIFE’S MILESTONES, ESPECIALLY THE BIRTH OF A CHILD…
OVER 32 LEADING JEWELLERY BUYERS FROM THE US, GERMANY, THE UK, IRELAND, SPAIN AND NEW ZEALAND EXPLORED SOURCING FROM INDIAN JEWELLERY EXPORTERS THE FIRST-EVER India–US Jewellery Buyer–Seller Meet (BSM) organized by the…