Kering Group’s luxury menswear brand Brioni has named the US celebrity Brad Pitt as its new brand ambassador. The brand is also celebrating its 75th anniversary this coming year with a special event at Pitti Uomo.

Italian authorities arrested the boss of a company in the southern city of Naples that employed dozens of undocumented workers allegedly making leathergoods for some of Europe's best-known luxury groups.

​PC Jeweller Ltd reported a 51 percent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 46 crore ($6.4 million) for the second quarter, ended September 2019. 

​Rajesh Exports Limited reported a 0.24 percent rise in its net profit to Rs 316 crore ($44 million) for the second quarter, ended September 2019, as against a net profit of Rs 315 crore it had reported a year ago.

The government has developed policies to create five crore jobs in the micro, small, and medium enterprise sector over the coming five years and expects MSME exports to comprise 60% of total Indian exports.

The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council will hold the 37th edition of its business-to-business trade show “India International Jewellery Show- Premiere” from August 6 to 10, 2020, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre.

Luxury womenswear designer Neeta Lulla has launched a new look for her flagship store in New Delhi’s DLF Emporio. The store features a new interior and houses the designer’s latest bridal collection.

The Confederation of All India Traders has requested the Union Government’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to create a “minimum operating price” for products to fight against predatory pricing.

Nykaa Fashion launched a new private label brand for silver jewellery named “Likha” on November 17. The online fashion business also fixed a reported security bug and said no data was leaked.

​Titan Ltd-owned watch brand Sonata has entered the smartwatches segment in the Indian market with the launch of Stride.

Leave it to Miuccia Prada to dream up a novel new strategy for her new Resort 2020 campaign – which debarked not on the pages of any magazine or on laptops, but on paper broadsheets wrapped around bouquets of flowers.

Designer Purvi Doshi will open a second flagship store in Ahmedabad on November 22, which will house a number of sustainable fashion trunk shows along with brand's cruelty-free designs.

Womenswear designer Ridhima Bhasin held a runway show titled “Weddings: A Royal Affair” at The Club in Mumbai in association with the jewellery brand Malabar Gold and Diamonds to present her latest bridal collection.

The Ensemble Winter Festive Exhibition in Lahore, Pakistan, brought a host of Indian and Pakistani luxury womenswear brands to the city on Thursday including Sabyasachi.

Marriage Mantra will launch new exhibition “The Saturday Flea Market” on February 8, 2020, at Khan Gymkhana in Khar West, Mumbai and will also hold new editions of its existing events Parineeti and Pink Almari next year.