Public School announced Monday that it would be the latest brand to deviatefrom the standard Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer show schedule starting in June 2016. Like fellow buzzy label Vetements, the collections will be shown in December and June, adhering more closely with the menswear and pre-collections calendar (as well as with the retail delivery calendar) … Read More →
When the founding team at startup Flipp set out to redefine the internet search experience for shopping, they quickly ran into a retail tactic that’s still going strong after decades: the circular. Inserted into a newspaper each week or on special occasions, the circular is still one of a retailer’s proven ways to communicate new … Read More →
Arun Jaitley’s budget speech with its `9 pillars’ of growth may have soared the hopes of many, but his one sentence, announcing 1% excise duty on all gold jewellery as well as studded jewellery ornaments, floored the entire gems & jewellery trade. For, a trade that pinned its hopes of a reduced import duty on … Read More →
As jewellers strike continues against excise duty imposition, a lot of work in the city has been shifted underground to meet the lucrative wedding season demand. According to a jeweller, who requested anonymity, there is no dearth of work for workers and designers, who are busy making ornaments as demand peaks ahead of the wedding … Read More →
Jewellers, bullion traders and artisans are showing no signs of backing down in their protest against imposition of 1% excise duty on non-silver jewellery as their strike entered 39th day on Saturday with many keeping their shops closed. Many jewellery showrooms in cities such as Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are closed since March 2 after … Read More →
The indefinite strike by jewellers since March 1, across the country to protest the excise duty of one per cent proposed in the union budget, has hit the artisans the worst, most of who are from Bengal and are returning home with no earnings. Seen as the hub of gold and diamond jewellery, the striking … Read More →
Ahmed Bin Sulayem, chair of the Kimberley Process (KP), was recently hosted by De Beers CEO Philippe Mellier at their Charterhouse Street Headquarters in London on March 24. Bin Sulayem said, “As part of our ongoing dialogue with stakeholders across the diamond sector, last week we met with the De Beers Group, the world’s largest … Read More →