Consumer & retail

Luxury & jewellery. Purity is now proved piece by piece.

Buyers still decide on trust, in store and online.

Jewellers, watch and luxury houses compete on purity, price and provenance, which buyers now check. We design the catalogues, store screens and online journeys that make all three plain, and build the product records behind them.

Main measure
Enquiry-to-purchase conversion
Where we work in luxury & jewellery
  • Fine jewellery
  • Bridal & gold retail
  • Diamonds & gemstones
  • Watches
  • Luxury fashion & leather goods
  • Pre-owned & authentication
Rules listed
7 rules · 4 areas
Areas that lead
BrandProduct
Standards we build to
DPDP Act 2023 — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023PCI DSS v4.0.1 — Payment Card Industry Data Security StandardISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Information security management systemsWCAG 2.2 AA — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
A watchmaker wearing loupe glasses adjusts a tiny part held in a precision tool
Luxury & jewelleryValue is decided under the loupe.

Where rules matter mostMap of all forty-one industries

  • Claims Advertising & claims: Shapes most of the work
  • Regulator Sector regulator: Shapes most of the work
  • Payments Payments: Often shapes the work
  • Data Personal data: Often shapes the work
  • Security Security & incidents: Often shapes the work
  • Access Accessibility: Sometimes shapes the work
  • AI Safe AI use: Sometimes shapes the work

Why now

Hallmarking, diamond naming and cash sales now have new rules.

Each piece now carries its own HUID, large cash sales bring reporting duties and laboratory-grown stones need their own name. Every change below cites its source.

Ornate gold rings set in rows on a black velvet tray
Six characters now prove each piece’s purity.
  1. Purity is now a code buyers can check themselves.

    What it needsProduct pages, invoices and counters that show the hallmark and explain how to verify it.

    EvidenceUnder BIS hallmarking, each piece carries the BIS mark, its purity in carat and fineness and a six-digit HUID that buyers can check in the BIS Care app.

  2. Mandatory hallmarking keeps reaching new districts.

    What it needsOne hallmark-first catalogue and invoice for every store, in every district.

    EvidenceBIS has amended the Mandatory Hallmarking Order of 23 June 2021 several times since, most recently on 3 August 2026.

  3. Laboratory-grown diamonds sit beside natural ones on the same screen.

    What it needsNaming and disclosure that leave no doubt which stone a buyer is looking at.

    EvidenceBIS has issued IS 19469:2025 on diamond terminology, reserving the unqualified word “diamond” for natural stones.

  4. Large cash purchases now come with reporting duties.

    What it needsStore and online journeys that ask for KYC only when the rules require it, and keep it safe.

    EvidenceSince a notification of 28 December 2020, dealers in precious metals and stones are reporting entities under the PMLA for cash transactions of ₹10 lakh or more.

The rulebook

Rules for jewellers, and how we design for each.

This is our reading of the BIS hallmarking order, anti-money-laundering duties, advertising and dark-pattern rules and the data law, for jewellers selling in stores and online. Your compliance team keeps sign-off.

Standards we build to

  • DPDP Act 2023 — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
  • PCI DSS v4.0.1 — Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
  • ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Information security management systems
  • WCAG 2.2 AA — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

We design and build to these standards. This does not mean we are certified.

Advertising & claims

Shapes most of the work

  1. Central Consumer Protection Authority

    CCPA misleading-ads guidelines, 2022

    Claims such as “lowest price” or “zero making charges” must be substantiated and state their conditions. The guidelines also set conditions for bait and free-claim advertisements.

    We designOffers are written with their conditions on the same screen as the headline.

    CCPA · Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements, 9 June 2022 Official text: CCPA misleading-ads guidelines, 2022

  2. Central Consumer Protection Authority

    CCPA dark-patterns guidelines, 2023

    Drip pricing (revealing charges only late in the purchase) and false urgency are named unfair practices, alongside eleven others.

    We designThe full price breakdown is visible from the first screen, and urgency appears only when it is true.

    CCPA · Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 30 November 2023 Official text: CCPA dark-patterns guidelines, 2023

  3. Bureau of Indian Standards

    Diamond terminology standard, IS 19469:2025

    Reserves the word “diamond” used alone for natural stones and names laboratory-grown stones as such, without descriptors that suggest a natural origin.

    We designEvery catalogue, certificate view and campaign names the stone the same way, with its certificate beside it.

    BIS · IS 19469:2025, diamond terminology (adapted from ISO 18323)

Sector regulator

Shapes most of the work

  1. Bureau of Indian Standards

    BIS mandatory hallmarking and HUID

    In covered districts, gold jewellery is sold hallmarked with the BIS mark, purity in carat and fineness and a six-digit HUID. The bill states each article’s net weight, purity and hallmarking charges.

    We designProduct pages, store screens and invoices show the hallmark and how to verify it in the BIS Care app.

    BIS · Mandatory Hallmarking Order of 23 June 2021, as amended (latest 3 August 2026) · BIS jeweller FAQs Official text: BIS mandatory hallmarking and HUID

  2. Ministry of Finance · FIU-India

    PMLA duties for dealers in precious metals and stones

    Dealers become reporting entities for cash transactions of ₹10 lakh or more with a customer, single or linked: customer due diligence, record-keeping and reports to FIU-India.

    We designCash journeys trigger KYC only at the threshold, and records are kept and secured for audit.

    Notification under the PMLA, 28 December 2020 · FIU-India guidance for dealers

Payments

Often shapes the work

  1. PCI Security Standards Council

    PCI DSS v4.0.1

    Card data protection for online checkouts, including the requirements on scripts running on payment pages in force since 31 March 2025.

    We designCheckout pages go live with a script inventory and change detection.

    PCI SSC · PCI DSS v4.0.1 Official text: PCI DSS v4.0.1

Personal data

Often shapes the work

  1. Ministry of Electronics and IT

    DPDP Act, 2023 and DPDP Rules, 2025

    KYC copies, ring sizes and wish lists need consent for each purpose. Withdrawing consent must be as easy as giving it, and breaches are reported to the Data Protection Board.

    We designKYC documents are stored apart from marketing data and deleted on schedule.

    DPDP Act, 2023 · DPDP Rules, 2025 (core obligations from 13 May 2027) Official text: DPDP Act, 2023 and DPDP Rules, 2025

Updated 3 October 2026. Our reading of typical projects, not legal advice. Rules change, so your lawyer confirms how each applies to you.

Challenges

What gets in the way in luxury & jewellery.

The problems that come up in most luxury & jewellery projects, for customers and your teams.

Your customers

  1. Proof of purity and origin

    Purity, stone origin and certification explained before the buyer has to ask.

  2. A clear price breakdown

    Metal rate, making charges, stones and tax in one breakdown a buyer can follow.

  3. Confidence to buy online

    Video consultations, try-at-home and clear exchange terms that make a high-value purchase feel safe.

A craftsman heats small metal pieces with a fine torch on a cluttered jeweller’s bench
The craft takes hours; the price board changes every morning.

Your operation

  1. Prices that move every day

    Gold and silver rates change daily, and every catalogue, invoice and offer has to follow.

  2. Product data for unique pieces

    Individual designs, weights and stones make complete product data hard to keep.

  3. One standard across channels

    Hallmarking, KYC and offers applied the same way in each store and online.

What we make

What we make for luxury & jewellery, area by area.

A typical project here uses each area in this mix. Each line says what it makes for the industry and links to the service behind it.

Leads Core Supports Share of a typical project, by role · illustrative
  1. 01

    Brand Design

    Leads

    Brand architecture for heritage, bridal and everyday lines, with hallmark and certification marks designed in.

  2. Catalogue, try-at-home and video-consultation journeys for high-value pieces.

  3. Live-rate pricing, one record for every piece and a secure checkout ready for audit.

  4. Festive and bridal campaigns with every offer written to the advertising rules.

  5. Clienteling, occasion reminders and appointment booking on one consented client record.

  6. 06

    AI Design

    Supports

    A stylist assistant and product imagery that never misstate purity, stone or price.

Projects

Jewellery programmes, starting with a price and purity audit.

Each programme reports on one measure, such as enquiry-to-purchase conversion or consultation bookings. All lengths are typical.

First project

Price, purity and trust audit

We check your product pages, invoices, offers and store screens against the hallmarking and advertising rules, then rank the fixes by trust and risk.

Plan
Sprint · Fixed fee
Typical length
2–3 weeks
It measures
Enquiry-to-purchase conversion, as a baseline
  • Product review
  • Brand review

What you get

  • A gap register against the hallmarking order and the advertising rules
  • One price-breakdown design for web, store and invoice
  • A fix list ranked by trust and risk
Start a project
  1. 02Milestone · 4–8 months

    Catalogue and clienteling platform

    One record per piece with HUID, weight and live-rate pricing, feeding the website, store tablets, invoices and clienteling.

    MeasureShare of product pages showing hallmark and price breakdown

    Services: Custom CRM or operations system · System integration · Self-updating CRM

    Enquire about Catalogue and clienteling platform
  2. 03Project · 8–12 weeks

    Video consultation and try-at-home journey

    Booking, consultation and try-at-home designed as one journey, with secure payment and KYC only where the law requires it.

    MeasureVideo-consultation bookings

    Services: Complete UX & UI design · Front-end build

    Enquire about Video consultation and try-at-home journey
  3. 04Project · 8–12 weeks

    Heritage and bridal brand architecture

    How the house, its lines and its certification marks fit together, from shopfront to marketplace thumbnail.

    MeasureLine recognition in client research

    Services: Brand architecture · Logo & brand identity

    Enquire about Heritage and bridal brand architecture

How success is measured

Main measureEnquiry-to-purchase conversion

  • Enquiry-to-purchase conversion
  • Share of product pages showing hallmark and price breakdown
  • Video-consultation bookings
  • Exchange and return disputes per 1,000 orders

How we use AI

AI helps clients shortlist, and a consultant confirms each list.

Each AI use below has an owner, an evaluation set and a log. No model states a purity, origin or price the product record does not hold.

AI job 01

Stylist assistant

Measured byShortlists that lead to a booking

Tested forOWASP LLM01 · Prompt injection

agent / stylist-assistant Checked
  1. TaskHelps a client shortlist pieces by occasion, budget and style from the live catalogue.
  2. CheckQuotes purity, weight and price only from the product record, and never promises investment value.
  3. ApproverA store consultant confirms every shortlist before a booking.
  4. LogQuestions, pieces shown and hand-offs to a consultant.

Goes live only after testing, with safety checks and a named owner

AI job 02

Listing and invoice check

Measured byListing errors caught before publication

Tested forOWASP LLM05 · Improper output handling

agent / listing-and-invoice-check Checked
  1. TaskCompares each product page and invoice with the record: HUID, net weight, purity and price breakdown.
  2. CheckFlags mismatches only, and never edits a price or approves a listing.
  3. ApproverThe merchandising lead resolves every flag.
  4. LogEach mismatch, its source and its resolution.

Goes live only after testing, with safety checks and a named owner

AI job 03

Product imagery from one shoot

Measured byReturns citing “not as pictured”

Tested forOWASP LLM09 · Misinformation

agent / product-imagery-from-one-shoot Checked
  1. TaskCreates background and angle variants from approved photographs of each piece.
  2. CheckNever alters metal colour, stone size or setting, and labels generated variants wherever they could mislead.
  3. ApproverA product photographer approves every variant against the piece.
  4. LogSource image, model version and approver.

Goes live only after testing, with safety checks and a named owner

Work and insights

Published work follows client approval.

We publish luxury & jewellery projects only once a client signs off the write-up. Until then, here is our related reading.

A typical project · example

A family jeweller with stores in three states moved its catalogue onto one product record holding each piece’s HUID, net weight and price breakdown, so its website, store tablets and invoices show the same numbers.

An example of the shape a project takes, without client names.

Questions

What retail, e-commerce and compliance heads ask us first.

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly

Q.01Can our website show live gold prices?

Yes. We connect your rate source to the product record, so every page, store screen and invoice recalculates the same way. The breakdown of metal, making charges, stones and tax is visible before checkout.

Q.02How should we present laboratory-grown diamonds?

As laboratory-grown diamonds, named that way everywhere a buyer meets them, with the certificate shown beside the stone. India’s new diamond terminology standard points the same way; your counsel confirms how it applies to you.

Q.03Do you build for stores as well as online?

Yes. Store tablets, appointments, video consultation, clienteling and the website all read the same record, so a piece’s hallmark, weight and price match in every channel.

Q.04Will KYC put buyers off?

It need not. We ask for KYC only where the rules require it, explain it in plain words and store it apart from marketing data.

Tell us what you need built.

You will talk to the lead who would run your work.

Book a call

Three ways to start

  1. 01About 2 minutes

    A quick question

    You get A reply from a named lead

  2. 02About 8 minutesRecommended

    Your project details

    You get Options and prices after one call

  3. 03About 15 minutes

    A request for a quote

    You get Confirmation and a named lead

We always agree a written scope and price before work begins. How each plan is priced