Richemont Announces its Unaudited Consolidated Results for its Last Six Month Period

Richemont Announces its Unaudited Consolidated Results for its Last Six Month Period

November 2012
Richemont is reporting a solid set of results for the first half of this year. The Group’s Maisons benefitted from favourable exchange rates effects, (…)

Corum welcomes its Peruvian clients during an exclusive cocktail at Aldo & Co

Corum welcomes its Peruvian clients during an exclusive cocktail at Aldo & Co

October 2012
Montres Corum SARL reaffirms its desire to reinforce the distribution network in Latin America by organizing an exclusive event at Aldo & Co, the (…)

Watch Industry: Europe, a (still rich) museum

Watch Industry: Europe, a (still rich) museum

October 2012
Upon my return from a trip to São Paulo, an incredible metropolis of nearly 20 million people (or, about three times the size of Switzerland), I couldn’t (…)

Price ladder: Diamond watches

Price ladder: Diamond watches

October 2012
Despite an uncertain global economy, diamond watches are still going incredibly strong. There was a time when diamond watches were a sub-category in the (…)

LAKIN@LARGE - A bridge too far?

LAKIN@LARGE - A bridge too far?

October 2012
This year, I left Menton’s 38º Celsius sauna at the beginning of August to enjoy a cooler clime and get far away from the madding crowd. Cooler was (…)

Hong Kong under the WorldWatchReport™ magnifying glass

Hong Kong under the WorldWatchReport™ magnifying glass

October 2012
The report from the HKTDC Watch & Clock Fair in this issue is the perfect occasion for Digital Luxury Group, which has been monitoring the international (…)

The Prince of Hong Kong

The Prince of Hong Kong

October 2012
To succeed in selling watches in Hong Kong, where the competition is more ferocious than anywhere else in the world, you must do more than just represent (…)

Hong Kong: Getting quieter on the eastern front

Hong Kong: Getting quieter on the eastern front

October 2012
It is easy to underestimate Hong Kong’s importance in the global watch trade. Not only is the former British colony the biggest exporter of watch components (…)

Focus on Latin America – Introduction

Focus on Latin America – Introduction

October 2012
Over the last twenty years Latin America as a whole has experienced an unprecedented phase of sustained economic growth, driven by the increase in commodity (…)

LVMH: 22% Increase in Revenue for the First Nine Months of 2012

LVMH: 22% Increase in Revenue for the First Nine Months of 2012

October 2012
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading high quality products group, recorded revenue of €19.9 billion for the first nine months of 2012, an (…)

IWC Schaffhausen opens its own boutique on Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse

IWC Schaffhausen opens its own boutique on Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse

September 2012
After only recently opening a store at Zurich airport in collaboration with the retailer Turler, IWC now opens a new store at Banhhofstrasse 61 in Zurich’s (…)

Market Focus USA: No rainbows, but a glimpse of the sun

Market Focus USA: No rainbows, but a glimpse of the sun

September 2012
Ever since the global recession, the United States has been, in varying degrees, written off by the watch industry. For most watch brands, China has become (…)