India is significantly reducing import duties on alcoholic beverages and liquor – premium wines, whisky, beer, rum, vodka and tequila – as part of new trade deals with the UK, EU, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Finland. See which major alcobev brands and spirits will benefit the most.

Japanese skincare brand SK-II enters India beauty market. It will retail via an omni-channel retail strategy to tap into the country’s fast-growing affluent consumer base. SK-2 will sell exclusively through Nykaa, which is India’s single largest omni-channel player, and Galeries Lafayette department store.

Valued at $85 billion (₹7.31 lakh crore), India’s domestic gems and jewellery market is the lifeline of its luxury market. Luxury Volt reveals how this vast industry has transformed from an unorganised trade into one of India’s most lucrative consumer markets, and why global jewellery giants still struggle to break in.

India has the world’s third largest population of billionaires. Leading the pack are Mukesh Ambani and family with a net worth of $105.99 billion (INR 9.8 lakh crores) as of 2026. They are also the richest family in Asia. On the second spot are Gautam Adani and family with wealth exceeding $81.11 billion (INR 7.5…

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An increasing number of international luxury brands are signing Indian celebrities as global ambassadors as they recognise the rising spending power of India’s growing affluent classes and the massive global Indian diaspora. Legacy houses like Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Bentley, Bvlgari and Cartier have appointed stars such as Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, to…

India is cutting import duties on many luxury goods; cars, watches, cosmetics & wines through new trade deals with the EU, UK, UAE, Switzerland and Australia. Lower taxes will boost demand of foreign luxury goods in India, encouraging more global brands to enter and expand in the market.

With the introduction of Indriya earlier this summer, Aditya Birla Group—one of the biggest corporations in India with a $100 billion market capitalization—entered the nation’s developing jewellery market.