Tanishq

Tanishq is a jewellery brand of India. It is a division of Titan Company, a company promoted by the Tata Group in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO). Tanishq is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

History
By the end of the 1980s, the Titan company launched Tanishq in an attempt to earn its own foreign currency, focused largely on exports. In the early 1990s, India's exchange issue was fixed, and the Titan Company chose to focus the brand on the Indian market. The first production plant launched in August 1992, and Tanishq's first store opened in 1996. Tanishq was the first jewellery retail brand in India.

The first years of Tanishq recorded consistent losses. In 2000, Managing Director Xerxes Desai chose Bhaskar Bhat to succeed him. Starting in 2000, its net worth started to grow, and by 2003, Tanishq was among the top 5 retailers in India, and made up 40% of the Titan group's revenue.

In the early 2000s, Tanishq opened stores internationally, in the Middle East and in the United States (Chicago and New Jersey), but closed them before the end of the decade.



Tanishq made the beauty pageant crowns for the Femina Miss India 2007. By 2008, Tanishq had 105 stores in 71 cities in India. In 2011, the Tanishq group launched the sub-brand called Mia for working women. In November 2012, Tanishq reached a landmark when it opened its 150th showroom in India

In April 2014, the brand started to export to the United Arab Emirates. In July 2014, Tanishq announced it ceased its gold deposit schemes to comply with the Companies Act 2013, schemes that enabled its clients to save up to buy gold, but launched it back just a few months later in a format that complied with the new laws.

By June 2014, Tanishq had 167 retail stores nationwide, and announced the opening of 30 more by the end of 2015. In May 2015, Tanishq enrolled Deepika Padukone to be the brand's ambassador.

In 2017, Tanishq launched a sub-brand called Rivaah targeting the wedding segment. In January 2017, the Titan group merged its Gold Plus stores with the larger Tanishq retail brand. In April 2017, Tanishq launched the sub-brand Mirayah to cater to women under their 40s. In December 2017, Tanishq launched the Aveer line, its first line of products for men.

Activities
Tanishq is a brand of jewellery retail stores in India. The brand is the property of Titan Company, which is back by Tata Group and TIDCO.

The name Tanishq was chosen by Titan's first managing director Xerxes Desai. The name was formed by combining the first two letters from Tata and निष्क "NIṢKA" (meaning gold coin or necklace in Sanskrit), although the क k has been modified into a क़ q. According to another sources, the name is formed with the two words Tan (body) and Nishk (gold ornament) in the Sanskrit language, a name synonymous to superior craftsmen or absolute design. In October 2020, Tanishq was at the centre of a controversial commercial that sparked backlash on social media over the depiction of Hindu and Muslim community in matrimonial setting. After heavy negative reactions on social media, the company withdrew the ad. NDTV reported that there was mob attack at Tanishq showroom in Kutch district however, it was rejected as false claim by Gujarat police. In a press release the company expressed they had withdraw the ad as it hurt the sentiments of the Hindu community and safety concerns of their employees and stake holders. Another controversy was filed on 9th Nov when the company stopped its ad of celebrating Diwali without crackers.