Surging gold prices are prompting some Indians to exchange gold jewellery for new pieces as demand rises during the wedding season in the biggest consumer of the precious metal after China. More Indians are looking to reuse their gold, and the higher prices mean imports will remain pressured in the coming months, said Surendra Mehta,…
Representative image. India’s overall gems and jewellery exports declined by 11.49 per cent to Rs 22,873.19 crore (USD 2,748.01 million) in October, according to the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) data. The gross exports stood at Rs 25,843.84 crore (USD 3,134.85 million) during October 2022, the data showed. Cut and Polished Diamonds (CPD)…
NEW DELHI: Gold demand in India, the world’s second-largest consumer of the yellow metal, rose 10 per cent to 210.2 tonnes during the third quarter of this calendar year, aided by softening of gold prices and festive demand, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). Speaking to PTI, WGC India Regional CEO Somasundaram PR said…
Representative image. Over century-old noted jewellery retailer Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers has forayed into the United States market with the launch of a new store in Dallas, the company said on Wednesday. Over the next three years, the company has planned to strengthen its presence with three more stores in the US and eight in Tamil…
Kolkata: Gold is shining brighter this festive season even as battle rages in Gaza, threatening to spill over West Asian borders. Despite prices of the yellow metal moving up by 5.5% since outbreak of the Israel-Palestine conflict, sales have surged by up to 30% during Dussehra-Navratri from the year earlier, said leading jewellers such as…
Government has made it mandatory for all jewellers to sell only hallmarked gold jewellery from June 16, 2021. Further hallmarking signs have been revised effective from July 1, 2021. Three symbols of hallmarking have been introduced instead of four earlier. The new symbols of hallmarking are – a) BIS hallmark logo, b) Purity/fineness grade (for…
Representative Image New Delhi: Jewellery retailer BlueStone will use the majority of its recently raised funds to expand its footprint across the country, the company’s founder and CEO, Gaurav Singh Kushwaha told ETRetail. The company currently has around 178 stores across the country, as compared to 155 stores at the end of last year. As…
Representative image. New Delhi: Jewellery retailer Joyalukkas is aiming to increase its India revenue to Rs 17,500 crore by the end of the financial year 2024, shared a top official of the company. Talking to ETRetail, Joy Alukkas, Chairman and MD, Joyalukkas India said that the jewellery chain is eyeing a 20 per cent YoY…
Kolkata | New Delhi: Latha Radhakrishnan used to travel to Coimbatore city to buy gold jewellery from Tanishq‘s store there, but she now has the option to buy it closer home, as the Titan co-owned chain has opened an outlet at Pollachi. Tanishq’s store at Pollachi, about 40 km south of Coimbatore city and opened…
The World Gold Council on Wednesday announced that its members, who represent the majority of the global large-scale gold mining industry, have committed to providing enhanced transparency in the gold supply chain. All 33 World Gold Council members with operating mines, who collectively produce 1,300 tonnes of gold per annum, have committed to publishing the…
