RETAILER PROFILE - DAKOTA WATCHES - Making a success in shopping malls

RETAILER PROFILE - DAKOTA WATCHES - Making a success in shopping malls

February 2014
Dakota Watch Company started business in 1945, when Al Cooper leased counter space in department stores after World War II for servicing watches and other (…)

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - THE WORLDWATCHREPORT™ 2014 HAUTE HORLOGERIE PREVIEW

WORLDWATCHWEB™ - THE WORLDWATCHREPORT™ 2014 HAUTE HORLOGERIE PREVIEW

February 2014
The preview of the Haute Horlogerie section of the WorldWatchReportTM 2014, which was presented by Europa Star’s Digital Partner, Digital Luxury Group, at (…)

Swiss watch exports in 2013

Swiss watch exports in 2013

February 2014
Overall, 2013 was a good year for the Swiss watch industry. Exports attained a record level equivalent to 21.8 billion francs. This total exceeds by 400 (…)

Swatch Group - Key Figures for 2013

Swatch Group - Key Figures for 2013

February 2014
With its 20 brands, the worldwide leader in the watch sector grew by a further 8.3%, generating record sales of CHF 8 817 million in 2013, despite the (…)

LVMH annual results - excellent performance in 2013

LVMH annual results - excellent performance in 2013

January 2014
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton recorded a revenue of €29.1 billion in 2013, an increase of 4% over the previous year. Organic revenue growth was 8%. The (…)

Richemont Trading Statement for the Third Quarter

Richemont Trading Statement for the Third Quarter

Ended 31 December 2013

January 2014
The period’s performance reflected continuing demand for jewellery and watches, particularly through the Group’s retail channel. Compared to retail, slower (…)

JeanRichard arrives in Xi'an, China

JeanRichard arrives in Xi’an, China

January 2014
JeanRichard celebrated the new year with a new presence at the Harmony World Watch Centre in Xi’an, China that was announced together with famous actor Xia (…)

Watch Industry in 2014: THE AIR is getting thinner

Watch Industry in 2014: THE AIR is getting thinner

January 2014
Is it a strong signal, a simple symptom, an “industrial accident” or collateral damage? Whatever the verdict may be, the fact that the GTE (Geneva Time (…)

LAKIN@LARGE - MUSEUMS, CLOCKS, PLANES and a shirt

LAKIN@LARGE - MUSEUMS, CLOCKS, PLANES and a shirt

January 2014
One of the problems of semi-retirement is that you have so much time to do things that there is a tendency to forget organisation with the result that, (…)

EUROPA STAR, the seismograph of the world's watch market

EUROPA STAR, the seismograph of the world’s watch market

January 2014
Europa Star occupies a unique position in the galaxy of watchmaking media: that of the indispensable business magazine of reference. We speak to the entire (…)

SIHH 2014 - Form and function from CARTIER

SIHH 2014 - Form and function from CARTIER

January 2014
It is perhaps because she was born into a family of watchmakers that Carole Forestier, head of fine watchmaking at Cartier, makes her team’s innovative (…)

SIHH 2014 - GREUBEL FORSEY, feet in tradition, head in invention

SIHH 2014 - GREUBEL FORSEY, feet in tradition, head in invention

January 2014
In 2014, the Greubel Forsey manufacture officially celebrates 10 years of existence but Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have been working together for (…)