Buying jewellery has been part of our culture since all of us can remember, and so has been exchanging jewellery. If you have ever wondered why people exchange jewellery, well here's an explanation. In olden times, people considered jewellery to be an asset and kept it as an investment, exchanging it only at the time of need, as life progressed, people started trading jewellery not only for money but also to buy new pieces of jewellery, and therefore this wide model of exchanging never went away. Coming to the present context, the exchange model still exists, but has undergone many changes and is only benefitting the consumer. We spoke to some of the biggest names in the Indian jewellery industry about how beneficial exchanging jewellery is and here's what they had to say.

Buying jewellery has been part of our culture since all of us can remember, and so has been exchanging jewellery. If you have ever wondered why people exchange jewellery, well here's an explanation. In olden times, people considered jewellery to be an asset and kept it as an investment, exchanging it only at the time of need, as life progressed, people started trading jewellery not only for money but also to buy new pieces of jewellery, and therefore this wide model of exchanging never went away. Coming to the present context, the exchange model still exists, but has undergone many changes and is only benefitting the consumer. We spoke to some of the biggest names in the Indian jewellery industry about how beneficial exchanging jewellery is and here's what they had to say.