Market Focus UK: Distribution

Market Focus UK: Distribution

December 2004
Wholly owned distributorsand Independent distributors

Market Focus UK: Retail Trade

Market Focus UK: Retail Trade

December 2004
Signet Group plc shares on the London Stock Exchange have recently been recommended as a ‘buy’, following its September announcement of the half-year (…)

Market Focus UK: The market place

Market Focus UK: The market place

November 2004
“The total UK market for watches is estimated at 18.4 million units in 2003, with an estimated retail value of £710 million. With value growth at (…)

Market focus UK: A bullish market, but challenges remain!

Market focus UK: A bullish market, but challenges remain!

November 2004
First, an historical snapshot. In the year 1879, the value of exports from the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland of watches, clocks and parts (…)

Zenith's Mechanical Stars

Zenith’s Mechanical Stars

November 2004
Zenith is looking back into its history and is targeting women - all women - with its mechanical timepieces.

The Cultural Strategy of Richemont in China

The Cultural Strategy of Richemont in China

November 2004
The Richemont Group has organized a prestigious cultural and historical exhibition in Beijing, a strategic prelude to the distribution of its brands in (…)

Two speeds – Incredible growth in China

Two speeds – Incredible growth in China

November 2004
After leaving Beijing, one cannot help, unless deaf and blind, but be totally amazed by the incredible growth in China. Only a few years ago the (…)

LAKIN@LARGE - Deciphering Hong Kong

LAKIN@LARGE - Deciphering Hong Kong

November 2004
There are many things that one can do and see in Hong Kong and each and every trip there brings an abundance of fresh discoveries.

Monsieur Arpels and the new triumvirate

Monsieur Arpels and the new triumvirate

November 2004
Van Cleef & Arpels revisits its PA 49, but the brand’s three innovative Monsieur Arpels mechanical timepieces steal the headlines and also look (…)

An elegant tribute to the mechanical watch

An elegant tribute to the mechanical watch

October 2004
A modern brand, Jean-Mairet & Gillman offers a collection of timepieces that combine nostalgia with modernity.

It don't mean a thing … if you ain't got that swing

It don’t mean a thing … if you ain’t got that swing

October 2004
deLaCour, one of the new kids on the complications block, introduces the latest of its watches featuring a miniature automaton - ‘La Green’. It (…)

Bulgari and the Ergon family

Bulgari and the Ergon family

October 2004
Ergonimically-shaped (from the Greek ergon = work + economics) ergo the name Ergon!