How jewellery is actually sold in India today
Three businesses under one roof
Most Indian jewellery businesses of any size are running retail, wholesale and event selling at the same time. A showroom takes walk-ins and wedding bookings. A wholesale desk supplies stockists in nearby towns on credit. An exhibition team travels for a weekend and returns with a stack of visitor details. Each has its own rhythm, and running all three from one register guarantees that two are managed badly.
The photograph is the sales conversation
Enquiries now arrive with images. A customer sends a picture of a design seen elsewhere, staff send back what is available, a rate is quoted, and a decision is made over several days. When that whole exchange lives in a staff member personal chat, the business has no record of the design discussed, the rate quoted, or the promise made about delivery.