Bvlgari, Chanel, Sabyasachi — why India’s rich now shop luxury from homeLuxury brands in India are increasingly embracing e-commerce to reach a wider customer base beyond traditional metro areas. Platforms like ...
13 Aug, 2025, 02.45 PM IST
Brands celebrate golden moment of Neeraj Chopra's Olympic winNeeraj Chopra's silver medal win at the Paris Olympics and his exemplary sportsmanship have garnered global praise and boosted his commerci...
11 Aug, 2024, 12.34 PM IST
Should investors take a fresh bet on railway stocks just ahead of Budget? Gurmeet Chadha answersI think you have to be selective here and probably differentiate between life and non-life insurers. If you see the June data, there are so...
09 Jul, 2024, 08.00 AM IST
Are lab-grown diamonds forever? Examining their impact on the natural gems businessIt’s 2024, and that carefully crafted chain of the diamond business is now being disrupted. Enter lab-grown diamonds (LGD). A lab-grown dia...
23 Jun, 2024, 12.26 AM IST
TimeVallée launches its first-ever digital boutique in India in partnership with Tata CLiQ Luxury10 May, 2023, 12.50 PM IST
India is Timex's 2nd largest market now: CEO Tobias Reiss-SchmidtThe US-based watchmaker, which has a manufacturing facility in Himachal Pradesh, plans to increase its capacity for both domestic and overs...
01 May, 2023, 12.59 AM IST
Getting India’s history right: Culture ministry asks all arts and heritage bodies to link digital data to ambitious projectApart from 6,300 manuscripts and 32,000 rare books, thousands of archival documents, photos, newspaper clippings, museum collections and ca...
09 Aug, 2021, 08.51 AM IST
Qnet brings Swiss watch brand Mugnier of King Napoleon’s fame to India; timepieces to be assembled in Maharashtra“We have seen a shift in the Indian consumer in the last decade or so. As disposable incomes have grown for the upper-middle class, the wat...
22 Feb, 2021, 06.30 PM IST
Getting good quality retail in India is a challenge: Niladri Mazumder, Seiko India"We were clocking high double-digit sales growth till 2018. But 2019 has been slow for us at just about 9-10%. Consumer sentiment is mellow...
05 Feb, 2020, 12.57 PM IST
Suits & sayings: ET's roundup of corporate murmursET’s weekly roundup of the wackiest whispers and murmurs in corporate corridors & policy parlours
25 Aug, 2019, 11.54 PM IST
We continue to look at 15-20 per cent growth over 3-5 years: Tobias Reiss-Schmidt, Timex CEOWe now have much improved product, improved production capabilities and a very strong marketing story, and our relationships with all key r...
11 Sep, 2017, 08.06 AM IST
Can Witworks' smartwatch Blink succeed where others failed?The standout feature of Blink is that it runs on the company's own OS called Marvin, enabling a seamless experience across hardware and sof...
17 Nov, 2016, 11.30 AM IST
Cartier eyes second boutique in India; in search for right business modelCartier, that has been the jeweller of Indian royalty in the past, currently has one boutique in the country, in New Delhi, and also sells ...
19 Mar, 2015, 03.53 AM IST
News of HMT's closure breaks hearts of watch connoisseursHMT's craftsmanship makes the watch a prized possession among horologists in the UK and Germany for its design finesse and superior quality.
08 Oct, 2014, 10.57 AM IST
Asia MD of Swiss watchmaker says company may put Ashoka Chakra on its watchesSwiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet plans putting Ashoka Chakra -shown at centre of Indian flag -on some of its expensive watches price...
08 Sep, 2014, 12.55 PM IST
Global luxe brands have designs on IndiaPiaget watches capture ‘Silk Route’ with elephants and peacocks; Judith Lieber's handbag collection born out of ‘obsession with beauty of I...
09 Apr, 2014, 09.15 AM IST
- Schaffhausen: History of 962-year old town in northern Switzerland
Though it’s a town created by a waterfall, and now known as the home of an iconic watch company, Hugh & Colleen Gantzer found plenty of his...
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