Nicolas Andreas Taralis—he of monochrome and exacted eveningwear and ready-to-wear from yesteryear—is back after a 36-month absence, showing not necessarily a reset, nor a comeback, but a fresh-start collection in Paris today after building up his business in China due to an “offer he couldn’t refuse.” That procurement included conceiving and building out his own … Read More →
The construction on the skyscraper began in 2006. (Representative) BEIJING, CHINA: A Chinese court is auctioning a skyscraper on the country’s largest e-commerce website — with a sky-high starting price of 553 million yuan ($84.2 million). The 39-floor building in Taiyuan, northern Shanxi province, along with the land on which it sits, goes on the block … Read More →
There’s always a bit of worry attached to online shopping, which escalates quite a lot when shopping from a site that’s from China. We’ve all heard of horror stories about ‘Chinese maal’, and then there’s the matter of shipping, which takes longer than what we’re used to from Indian e-commerce sites. Thankfully sites like Ali … Read More →
China’s jewellery retail business maintained its positive momentum from January to May, recording an 8.2 percent year-on-year growth, the National Bureau of Statistics of China revealed. Government data showed that retail sales of gold, silver and jewellery climbed to RMB 128 billion (US$18.79 billion) for the first five months of the year while in May … Read More →
Gold jewellery displayed at a shop in Delhi. Photo: Reuters With the US jewellery market, the world’s largest, having reported a slowing in demand during the March quarter, De Beers pins hope on India and China for growth this year. In an annual study, Diamond Insight, the London-based diamonds mining entity said, “While US demand … Read More →
Retail sales of gold, silver and jewellery in China were up 7.8 percent in the first four months of the year, indicating further signs of improvement in the market. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China showed sales rose to RMB102.8 billion (around US$15 billion) from January to April compared to the … Read More →
The Chinese market has fuelled global demand for platinum jewellery in the first quarter of 2017, data from World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) showed. The Chinese market has fuelled global demand for platinum jewellery in the first quarter of 2017, data from World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) showed. According to WPIC’s latest Platinum Quarterly report, … Read More →