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It’s a glorious day. The air is crisp, the Pont du Mont-Blanc is lined with the white flags of the SIHH, and the powers that be at Geneva’s City Hall have (…)

Confessions of a newcomer, discovering the Geneva watch fair for the first time, venturing into its salons and making forays further afield. On the menu: (…)

The SIHH, which this year celebrated its twentieth anniversary, is a victim of its own success, attracting an increasing fleet of hangers-on around the (…)

The last decade has seen the emergence of a number of new independent firms, all passionate about their products, most of them concentrating on the high end (…)

In 2002, a little over twelve years ago, Michael Vogt, a marketing executive who had previously worked alongside Christian Viros at TAG Heuer, launched his (…)

Created in 1850 in Saint-Imier by the Didisheim brothers, Marvin has had its share of the limelight, particularly in the 1950s, when it employed up to 350 (…)

On 23 October 2014, a rare example of the Celsius LeDIX portable phone went up for auction by Maître Dufrèche in Besançon (France). “After a frenzied (…)

Leadership. It is perhaps one of the most-important yet least-discussed aspects of luxury brand management. Corporate culture has long been cited as a (…)

Europa Star recently spent some time with Julie Laulusa, an astute and knowledgeable executive from the Mazars consulting group. She shed some light on the (…)

The Bartorellis, retailers in Italy since the 19th century, have adopted an original but successful strategy: they have opted out of the urban centres to (…)

The issue of after-sales service is more relevant than ever. Each year, almost 30 million Swiss watches – including around 6 million mechanical watches – (…)