Bengaluru: The dazzlingly bright fine jewellery store had all kinds of glitzy items on display, but there were only four customers checking them out when Mint visited it on a Wednesday evening earlier this month. Slightly pricier is a bit of an understatement—the average selling price of BlueStone’s fine jewellery is ₹40,000-60,000. “Consumers who frequent brands like BlueStone are often …
NEW DELHI: Companies across consumer goods categories, especially electronics and jewellery, said they expect the festive season this year to be better than in 2019—in tandem with a retreating pandemic and unhindered by the job cuts and lockdown of 2020. Brands such as Vivo, Kalyan Jewellers, Malabar Gold and Diamonds and Haier Appliances India have launched festive campaigns for Onam—which …