High-profile wedding planners with big teams orchestrate huge destination weddings, putting together elaborate wardrobes, entertainment packages for the events leading up to the wedding and intricate décor. They also control the biggest pie of India’s multi-crore wedding business. Indian Wedding Weddings aren’t what they used to be anymore. I remember with some amount of nostalgia […]

After almost 100 years of their chance discovery, the Cheapside Hoard, a cache of beautiful gems and jewels dating back to 17th and 18th century England, go on exhibit at the Museum of London, backed by contemporary art jeweller brand Fabergé and Gemfields.   Emerald Watch In 1912, a couple of workmen, excavating a cellar […]

The Indian luxury industry is agog with the news that LVMH-owned L Capital Asia is looking at snapping ties with Genesis Luxury, one of the biggest luxury conglomerates in India, with a portfolio that includes marquee brands like Armani and Jimmy Choo. As a crisis brews, Kapoor, reportedly is shopping around for a new investor. […]

India may be a difficult market but international luxury brands continue to be bullish …

The luxury car market in India is booming with several players. But, lack of road infrastructure and high taxes are the big stumbling blocks. BMW Z4 As a rookie reporter on the business desk of a weekly newspaper, writing a few years after the economic liberalisation, one of my first visits was to a Mercedes […]