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The UAE’s gold jewellery retailers are shedding their obsession with the 22 karat. They are working to create a new generation of shoppers — the younger ones, preferably — and the way they are doing this is through the 18k route. Their strategy is quite straightforward — 18k allows jewellers to …

Even a late December surge in buying was not enough to add sparkle to the UAE’s gold jewellery sales during 2017. In fact, overall jewellery volumes dropped for a fourth straight year, totalling 42.8 tonnes as against the 43.4 tonnes gold retailers managed to sell in 2016. This is the …