BHUBANESWAR: Khimji Jewellers, one of the largest jewellery chains of Odisha, is all set to open a grand showroom at Sano Bazaar in the Silk City of Berhampur on Friday. This will be the sixth showroom of Khimji in the State.
Spread across 7,500 square feet, the showroom will have a wide range of diamond and silver jewellery besides BIS certified gold ornaments, corporate gift items and exclusive watches of international brands like Rado, Tissot, Seiko, Citizen and Emprio Armani.Informing about the expansion plan, Director of Khimji Jewellers Mitesh Khimji said this is their maiden entry into South Odisha jewellery market and plans are on the anvil to open showrooms in Sambalpur, Balasore, Angul and Jajpur Road.
“The Berhampur showroom would be the largest showroom of exquisite jewellery products in the city. We are planning two more showrooms by 2019,” he said.As a step forward towards transparency, Mitesh said, the making charges at Khimji Jewellers are not linked to gold price and not calculated as a percentage of gold price, a practice which in prevalent with many jewellers. “We follow the system of fixed making charge per gram which is not linked to the gold price. So, when gold price rises our making charge remains stable,” he said.
Another Director Sumeet Khimji said every piece of gold jewellery sold from the outlet would be 100 per cent BIS Hallmarked and all diamond jewellery items would be 100 per cent IGI certified. “As an inaugural offer, we are offering a flat 30 per cent discount on making charges of gold jewellery, 20 per cent off on diamonds and up to 20 per cent off on watches,” he added.