De Beers shines light on budding jewellery designers

Diamond giant De Beers will this year conduct its bi-annual Shining Light Awards jewellery design competition. De Beers beneficiation manager Kagiso Fredericks told Rough & Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview they set aside 4.5 carats...

22 july 2024

DiaMondaine Diamantaires Club mulls diamond safari tours in southern Africa

DiaMondaine Diamantaires Club (DDC) is set to organise diamond safari tours in southern Africa, home to major diamond-producing countries. DDC founder Agnes Abdulahu told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa that the launch of the first diamond safari...

15 july 2024

Vladislav Zhdanov: Questions of efficiency and investment potential of diamond mining versus diamond growing pique keen interest

Vladislav Zhdanov is Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). He told Rough&Polished about new researches into the effectiveness of diamond production methods.

02 july 2024

Why it's expensive to cut and polish diamonds in Africa? ADMA president António Oliveira has the answer

The African Diamond Manufacturers Association (ADMA) president António Oliveira told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that the lack of a robust infrastructure in Africa fails to accelerate and encourage manufacturing...

24 june 2024

Edahn Golan: IPO feasible but not Anglo’s preferred way to sell De Beers

Edahn Golan, owner of the eponymous Edahn Golan Diamond Research and Data, told Rough&Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that while an IPO of De Beers is “feasible,"  he does not think this is a route Anglo American...

17 june 2024

Titan posts 20% YoY revenue growth in June quarter; adds 68 new stores in Q1

17 july 2023

Tata Group's Titan Company Ltd recorded a revenue growth of 20 per cent Y-o-Y in the Q1 FY24. A total of 68 stores were added during the quarter taking the retail presence to 2,778 stores, as per media reports.

The Jewellery division, delivered a satisfactory performance growing 21 per cent Y-o-Y in Q1 FY24.

"Despite significant volatility in gold prices throughout the quarter, Akshaya Tritiya sales in April and wedding purchases in June were robust. The key categories of gold and studded grew well with no notable change in the overall product mix. New store additions, Golden Harvest and exchange programs continued to do well during the quarter," the company mentioned.

Watches & wearables division's 13 per cent YoY growth comprised of 8 per cent growth in analog watches segment and 84 per cent YoY growth in wearables.

"Brand Titan and international brands saw strong buying momentum clocking handsome doubledigit growths," Titan mentioned.

Aruna Gaitonde, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bureau, Rough & Polished