Gems and Jewellery

Projects lined up for the year:

A. Research in metros and a Gold Conclave - The Gems and Jewellery industry in India being highly fragmented. Research would help us study the consumption patterns in India for the first time ever and help the industry understand the movement of gold and other precious metals within the country as such FICCI has signed an MoU with the World Gold Council.
FICCI & WGC will partner to initiate a pilot research study to understand the overall gold consumption patterns in India that would culminate into a Gold Conclave to be organised towards the end of 2008. This Conclave will be organised by FICCI and supported by the WGC.

B. Delegation to Thailand during the IIFA Week - Delegation to Thailand to explore the Thai market as a new free trade agreement is in the process of being signed between the two countries to further relax the present trade restriction which will benefit the growing the Gems and Jewellery industry in India.

C. A Conference on branded jewellery- Branded jewellery has found a niche for itself in the tough Indian market, and its increasing growth rates show that it will corner a significant share of the jewellery market. Brands have been readily accepted in all other sectors and the same trend is catching on in the jewellery segment too.
The focus of the conference will be to familiarize the industry representatives and provide useful information on issues such as:

• How Branded jewellery is perceived, sold, bought, and marketed all over the world and how Indian companies can achieve the same success.
• The current trends ,practices and opportunities in the Indian markets
• The Importance of creating Successful brands, their advantages over unbranded jewellery.
• Case studies of how successful Brands were created.