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Title:
DO CONSUMERS PREFER SUSTAINABLE DIAMONDS OVER NONSUSTAINABLE DIAMONDS, AND ARE THEY WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR THE SAME?

Authors:
Suhani Jain

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Suhani Jain
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MLA 8
Jain, Suhani. "DO CONSUMERS PREFER SUSTAINABLE DIAMONDS OVER NONSUSTAINABLE DIAMONDS, AND ARE THEY WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR THE SAME?" Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 8, no. 12, Dec. 2023, pp. 3868-3877, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i12.011. Accessed Dec. 2023.
APA 6
Jain, S. (2023, December). DO CONSUMERS PREFER SUSTAINABLE DIAMONDS OVER NONSUSTAINABLE DIAMONDS, AND ARE THEY WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR THE SAME? Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 8(12), 3868-3877. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i12.011
Chicago
Jain, Suhani. "DO CONSUMERS PREFER SUSTAINABLE DIAMONDS OVER NONSUSTAINABLE DIAMONDS, AND ARE THEY WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR THE SAME?" Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 8, no. 12 (December 2023), 3868-3877. Accessed December, 2023. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i12.011.

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ABSTRACT:
The study looks at the demand and supply factors of consumers purchasing diamonds, and whether sustainability factors into it or not. Through consumer and retailer surveys, both sides of the market are assessed, with 128 consumer responses and 11 retailer responses. Various other literature was looked at, which reveals using dual market side approach has not been used before, which adds value to this research paper and is a methodological contribution. The results reveal that sustainability to be a rapidly growing trend amongst millennials in India, however, the trend is still latent. The research shows promising results of awareness increasing amongst Gen Z and reaching millennials as well, of being more environmentally conscious, and basing one's decisions on that. The results can be extended to the entire Indian market, taking into account the geographical limitations of the consumer profiles of the respondents of the surveys.

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