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Organised share gain in jewellery
What it is
Around 70% of India's jewellery market has historically been unorganised - local family jewellers selling without brand, hallmark discipline or standardised making charges. Mandatory hallmarking, GST and consumer preference for certified purity are shifting share to national chains
The same formalisation pattern runs across Indian consumer categories
Impact on industries
- The largest structural growth driver - share transfer from a 70% unorganised base requires no market growth at all
- Hallmarking and purity certification address the consumer's core anxiety, which is exactly what a brand can guarantee and a local jeweller cannot
- Wedding and festive demand is culturally non-discretionary, so the underlying market is unusually resilient to economic cycles
- Store expansion is working-capital heavy, so growth consumes cash and is constrained by funding rather than by demand
- Local jewellers retain trust relationships and exchange flexibility in smaller towns, so conversion is gradual rather than abrupt