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Jean-Christoph Babin recognised India’s luxury market potential long before most of his peers. Over the last 25 years, first as the global CEO of Tag Heuer and then Bulgari, he made a series of strategic moves that laid strong foundations for both brands in India — revealing his nuanced understanding of the region. In an exclusive interview with Luxury Volt, Babin, who is now the Bulgari Board Chairman, explains what it takes to grow a foreign luxury brand in India, and why the market is fundamentally different from China.

Premium athleisure brand Lululemon is entering India this autumn in partnership with omnichannel retailer Tata Cliq. The Canadian brand will launch its first physical store in New Delhi, and sell nationwide with Tata Cliq e-commerce store. Why are premium athleisure brands betting on India now?

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.

Sabyasachi, India’s most powerful luxury brand is breaking barriers once thought impossible by an Indian label. It’s scaling  internationally, while outranking established names like Tom Ford & Prada in key global industry rankings. Luxury Volt decodes how Sabyasachi’s organic media strategy is fuelling its extraordinary ascent.

His watches are priced at an average $100,000 and yet attract a long waiting list of buyers. Even Chanel has acquired a stake in his company. He has won every major watch industry award in the world. Meet Maximilian Büsser, the Swiss-Indian watchmaker and founder of the unconventional watch brand MB&F

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.