The World Diamond Mark Foundation (WDM) is hoping to drum up stronger interest in diamond jewellery with the launch of a new global diamond promotional campaign. The campaign, released under the slogan “Part of You™,” includes a new B2C website, www.passion.diamonds, and corresponding social media channels. It is aimed at fostering strong consumer demand by … Read More →
Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend but for budget-conscious ring-bearers, the preferred material might be platinum. According to Platinum Guild International, the low platinum price in 2016 had retailers stocking up on the precious metal, with Indians and Americans the most likely to put a platinum ring on it. In India platinum demand soared 11.4%, … Read More →
Earrings, Deepa Gurnani New Yorkers in need for some contemporary Indian jewellery are in luck. Multi-designer jewellery brand Nimai, along with label Deepa Gurnani, NEST and The Fashion Edit, are hosting a showcase in the Big Apple to promote contemporary Indian labels on a global scale. Deepa Gurnani is run by a New York-based couple … Read More →
Global demand for silver jewellery has taken a hit but EMILY MOBBS discovers that the metal continues to soldier on in Australia and New Zealand. Is there a dark cloud on the horizon for silver jewellery? Recently-published data on supply and demand for the white metal begs the question. According to the Interim Silver Market … Read More →
According to the Interim Silver Market Review, which provides a provisional forecast and is conducted by the Thomson Reuters GFMS team on behalf of The Silver Institute, demand for silver jewellery and silverware fell 10.9 per cent to 257.6 million ounces last year. The good news is that despite ongoing global pressures, the silver jewellery … 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 →
State finance ministers attending the crucial 14th meeting of the goods and services tax (GST) Council sounded confident of rolling out the country’s largest tax reform since Independence on 1 July, but wanted the meeting to iron out some issues of local importance. Kerala finance minister Thomas Isaac told reporters in Srinagar that the state … Read More →