Silk fibres have been exempted under GST. (File Photo) GUWAHATI: Five years ago, Lekha Goswami left her plum corporate job to follow her passion – designing traditional clothes and started a one-room Assamese ethnic-wear boutique. Off late, the 37-year-old has been anxiously spending inordinate amounts of time reading up on the recently launched GST – Read More →

Six Chinese fine jewellery brands made it to a list of the world’s 100 largest luxury companies, according to the fourth annual Global Powers of Luxury Goods report by market research firm Deloitte. The report, titled “The new luxury consumer,” examined top luxury goods companies globally based on their consolidated sales of goods in FY 2015, which Deloitte Read More →

American jeanswear brand Lee has become India’s most trusted casualwear brand for the second year in a row ahead of Levi’s. In a stark contrast to the 2 per cent difference between the two brands last year, this year Levi’s trails 16 per cent behind Lee, according to The Brand Trust Report – India Study Read More →