Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki

The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...

14 october 2024

James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...

07 october 2024

Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products

Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...

30 september 2024

Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices

The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...

23 september 2024

Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets

Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.

16 september 2024

Forbes names Joy Alukkas as India's richest jeweller

16 october 2023

Joy Alukkas, Chairman and Managing Director of Joyalukkas Group has become the richest jeweller in India according to the latest 'Forbes List of India's 100 Richest 2023'. Joy Alukkas was ranked as the 50th wealthiest Indian as per the Forbes list. He climbed 19 notches to improve his ranking from 69th in the previous year to 50th in the latest list.

Joyalukkas Group has 160 showrooms world over of which 100 are in India. It has plans to take the total India showroom count to 130 and is in the process of expanding its North India footprint. The jewellery retail chain has played a transformative role in the Indian jewellery sector by introducing concepts such as multiple store retail, organized retailing operations, and large format stores which have transformed the business landscape of the once fragmented Indian jewellery sector.

Joyalukkas is an ISO certified multi-national jewellery group. Alukkas Jewellery branched out into a new brand named Joyalukkas. An organization that started as a small jeweller in Thrissur, has flourished into an entity and today Joyalukkas group has 160 Showrooms across 11 countries with more than 9000 employees.

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