Extract from The Economic Times profile of Carat-Lane Online jewellery retail portal Carat-Lane aims to bypass the hiccups that have laid low a number of e-commerce players, by adopting a two-pronged strategy – building its own delivery network even as it increases the geographical footprint. ... Sacheti, who co-founded the company with Srinivas Gopalan in 2008, expects to service more than 100 cities in India by the end of the current financial year. The company expects to post revenue of . 100 crore for financial year 2011-12, a 50% rise from the previous fiscal's top-line numbers.CaratLane, which specialises in the sale of solitaires and diamonds, is now considering entering different product categories such as watches, to diversify its range, but only in a phased manner. "We have sold more than 3,000 solitaires in 2010, which has led us to believe that sustainability of jewellery is much better than product categories of lower value," Sacheti said. The margins are be...