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Forevermark Diamond Jewellery Celebrates the Grand Opening of De Beers Group’s Largest Flagship Store in Mumbai
Nearly 5,000 sq. ft. Mumbai flagship debuts with a stunning launch event, unveiling the ICON Collection
Forevermark Diamond Jewellery marked a defining milestone in its India journey with the grand opening of the world’s largest flagship store by De Beers Group in Mumbai. Located at Crest Link, Khar West, at the heart of Linking Road, the nearly 5,000 sq. ft. store reflects the brand’s long-term commitment to Indian consumers seeking meaningful, design-led luxury.
The marquee launch was celebrated with an exclusive evening that brought together
Mumbai’s most influential tastemakers, jewellery connoisseurs, creative voices, socialites,
celebrities, and leading creators. Hosted within the flagship itself, the event offered guests a
first glimpse into the brand’s stunning universe, featuring a fashion showcase and immersive
experiences that seamlessly blended craftsmanship with contemporary style.
The evening unfolded with enthralling performances including live music and a spectacular
fashion showcase, complemented by interactive installations and AI integrations around the
Mine to Finger journey, branded photo moments, innovative tarot readings and displays of the new collection, creating an atmosphere of modern luxury and timeless elegance. Guests
explored the store’s full portfolio, from refined everyday diamond jewellery to statement and
high jewellery pieces, all designed to celebrate life’s most meaningful moments.
Every Forevermark Diamond Jewellery piece is crafted from some of the world’s most
beautiful, rare, and responsibly sourced diamonds, each bearing a unique inscription, a
promise of authenticity, integrity, and exceptional quality. This philosophy comes to life with
the launch of the all-new Forevermark Icon Collection, inspired by the North Star as a symbol of clarity, direction, and confidence. It features versatile everyday diamond jewellery styles,striking statement pieces, and iconic designs across rings, earrings, necklaces, and bracelets.
This collection launch is also accompanied by the brand’s new campaign titled ‘My Guiding
Light’ that celebrates four iconic women who represent modern Indian excellence across
diverse fields. Manu Bhaker, professional shooter and double Olympic medallist; Diana
Penty, actor; Masaba Gupta, designer, actor, and entrepreneur; and Princess Gauravi
Kumari of Jaipur, social entrepreneur, each embody individuality, strength, and purpose,
sharing their personal stories and perspectives through mini digital videos on Instagram.
Together, they reflect the belief that confidence and direction come from within, perfectly
aligning with the spirit of the Icon Collection.
All four of them were also in attendance at the event, bringing glamour and gravitas to the
evening and reinforcing the store’s position as a landmark destination in Mumbai’s luxury
retail landscape. The evening was further elevated by the presence of Mumbai Indian
Cricketers Amelia Kerr, Milly Illingworth and Sajeevan Sajana, whose stories of resilience,
precision and perseverance echo the enduring strength of natural diamonds.
Commenting on the launch, Sandrine Conseiller, CEO, Brands & Diamond Desirability, De Beers Group, said: “India is central to the future of the natural diamond category. The opening of our largest Forevermark store in Mumbai reflects both the strength of consumer response we are seeing and our long-term confidence in the market. As luxury consumption
in India becomes more considered and value-driven, Forevermark is well positioned to build relevance through trust, craftsmanship, and enduring desirability.”
Shweta Harit, Senior Vice President, De Beers Group and CEO, Forevermark, added: “Mumbai marks an important next chapter in Forevermark’s India story. Following the encouraging response to our New Delhi store, this flagship reflects the scale of opportunity ahead. As our largest store globally, it brings together our brand vision, retail ambition, and commitment to the Indian consumer. This opening is also a key step toward our longer-term plan of building a network of 100 Forevermark stores in India by 2030.”
The new Mumbai flagship blends Forevermark’s contemporary international design with
local sensibilities. The spacious store offers an immersive experience, showcasing everyday
diamond jewellery, statement and high jewellery pieces, and iconic designs in a setting that
reflects the brand’s commitment to thoughtful, experience-led luxury.
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De Beers Group Sets Out Portfolio and Organisational Actions to Support Long-Term Value Creation
Company outlines strategic cost optimisation, portfolio streamlining and operational changes to strengthen resilience while positioning for long-term growth in the natural diamond industry.
De Beers Group is advancing delivery of its business streamlining by setting out a number of planned portfolio and organisational changes to ensure an efficient cost base that strengthens resilience in the near-term while enhancing future competitiveness and retaining optionality as industry conditions improve.
Since 2024, De Beers has been streamlining its business in line with its Origins strategy to reduce costs, divest non-core assets and prioritise investment in activities that create the most value. Significant progress has been made, with more than $100 million of annual overhead costs removed from the business, the sale or closure of a number of non-core assets and significant capital and cost reconfigurations to asset expansion projects.
Simultaneously, De Beers has reinvested in natural diamond category marketing to support the industry’s efforts to grow natural diamond demand, launching new large-scale campaigns and collaborating with key stakeholders across the value chain to foster industry-wide investment. Global consumer demand for natural diamond jewellery returned to growth in 2025, while natural diamond sales increased across US independent jewellers in 2025 and into Q1 2026, led by higher value diamonds and those promoted by De Beers’ Desert Diamonds marketing campaign.
On the supply side, global rough diamond production is now decreasing, with several producers closing mines during 2026. Whilst the increasing rarity of diamonds and the emerging signs of improvement in consumer demand are likely to support longer-term value creation, rough diamond trading conditions are expected to remain challenging in the near-term due to cyclical and industry-specific factors.
Consistent with recent actions to improve business resilience, De Beers intends to pause production at the Venetia mine in South Africa for two years to reduce costs while also rephasing capital expenditure on its underground project. This will involve critical infrastructure investment to enhance the capacity and efficiency of the mine, with the intention to support future production growth as business and industry conditions improve.
De Beers is engaging with stakeholders in accordance with relevant requirements and the company’s values as it moves through this process, and will both support impacted employees and continue to invest in its community and Social and Labour Plan commitments.
This proposed action at Venetia Mine follows the decision earlier this year to pause the Tuzo Phase 3 expansion project at the Gahcho Kué Mine in Canada.
In parallel, De Beers plans to reconfigure its global operating model to refocus and prioritise resources on the core operational businesses and reduce its central corporate cost base.
Al Cook, CEO of De Beers Group, said:
“In line with our commitment to focus and streamline our business, we are making a number of changes to De Beers to ensure greater business resilience in the near-term, while supporting long-term value creation. We recognise the protracted challenging conditions as the diamond industry evolves, though we are encouraged by signs of consumer demand growth in the US and beyond, particularly in higher quality diamonds.
Global rough diamond supply is falling, bringing more support to the market. The changes we are making to our business are focused on underpinning our efficiency now and into the future, favourably positioning De Beers in its leadership role.”
De Beers Group will maintain current production levels through its other operations, and previous production guidance remains unchanged.
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