Gold and jewellery sales may remain flat this Dhanteras amid sluggish demand from consumers despite relaxation in KYC norms for purchase, even as people fancied automobiles and electronic items, according to industry players. However, organised players like P C Jewellers, Kalyan, Talwar Sons and Jewellers are expecting 10-35 per cent jump in sales, thanks to Read More →

Last year, sales were affected by a jewellers’ strike first and later by the demonetisation. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint LATEST NEWS » Facebook must be prepared for the next election Grasim, Arvind line up new investments in Gujarat Congress expects to gain back its vote share in Andhra’s 2019 assembly polls Congress sharpens attack on BJP Read More →

When 64-year-old Rohit Salvi, a Patan Patola master weaver arrived to participate at World Ikat Textiles: Ties that Bind, a cross-cultural exhibition, symposium and bazaar held in Delhi a few weeks back, he was turned away from the hotel where he was supposed to stay. There was no reservation for him at the Western Court Read More →