At a time when global luxury markets are struggling to attract customers to keep their exports afloat, silverjewellery exports from India grew exponentially over the past five years. India’s silver jewellery exports quadrupled since financial year 2010-11 because of rapid shift in consumer preferences in favour of contemporary designs of gemstone-studded ornaments. Data compiled by … Read More →
Tiffany & Co and Net-a-Porter recently inked an agreement, allowing selected Tiffany designs to be sold on Net-a-Porter.com beginning April 27 for a limited time. Net-a-Porter will be the only authorised online destination beyond Tiffany’s own channels where customers can purchase Tiffany’s jewellery collections, helping the brand reach new and prospective audiences among Net-a-Porter clients … 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 →
Hong Kong-based Must Group has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) to set up a garment industry in Bangladesh’s Ishwardi Export Processing Zone. This company which will produce the garments will be known as M/s Hoi Bun Fashions Ltd. It will be the 4th industrial unit in EPZs under Must … Read More →
Hong Kong-based jeweller Wallace Chan will showcase his one-of-a-kind creations at the European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) scheduled for March 11 to 20 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Chan will mark his Maastricht debut with his exhibition, “Dream Light Water,” which was unveiled in Hong Kong last November, Forbes.com reported. First held in 1988, the annual … Read More →
In a tribute to India’s fashion industry, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that it has done very well for itself with virtually no help from the government. Sitharaman’s comment came at ‘The Global Design and Innovation Session: Branding India Globally’ at Make in India Week in Mumbai on Monday. “The fashion industry in India … Read More →