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A world watch tour
Almost every country in the world boasts a horological scene full of surprises, even if small in size. These Europa Star articles venture off the beaten track.
SIAR: building on the Mexican retailers’ networks
THE FAIR TRADE
March 2020
When publisher Carlos Alonso started the annual SIAR watch fair in Mexico City, he quickly realised that the way to reach out to the best clients was to (...)
Dubai Watch Week: the show inspiring other shows
THE FAIR TRADE
February 2020
For the first time, Rolex has taken part in a trade show other than Baselworld, showing a retrospective of the Submariner at Dubai Watch Week. Organised (...)
Meeting India’s largest luxury watch retailer
MARKETS
February 2020
India will likely become the most populous country in the world by 2027. This stunning growth is not yet reflected in the watch industry, due to historical (...)
The emerging watch market of Canada
REPORT
September 2019
Why is Canada not in the top 20 global markets for Swiss watchmakers, despite its high level of development? The potential of the Canadian watch market, in (...)
Mexico: an unconventional watch market
LATIN AMERICA
May 2019
The country is undoubtedly Latin America’s giant in terms of luxury watches consumption, clearly ahead of Brazil or Argentina. It is an important market for (...)
In Pakistan, watchmaking follows geopolitics
MEGACITIES & HUBS
February 2019
It is hard to put an accurate figure on the population of the biggest cities in the world. What we do know is that most of them are in developing (...)
What are the main markets for Swiss watches?
WORLD RANKING
August 2018
The Swiss watch industry posted growth in 2017, between January and November accordingly to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Exports totaled (...)
Panama, a future watch hub?
TRAVEL NOTES 🇵🇦 PANAMA
August 2018
The country is already a commercial, logistical and financial hub for Central America and the Caribbean region. With its modern infrastructure, political (...)
Top 10 watch markets
EVOLUTION SINCE 1885
August 2018
According to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, the value of Swiss watch exports fell just short of the 20 billion francs mark last year. But what (...)
African retailers and the exodus of capital
TRAVEL NOTES 🇳🇬 NIGERIA
August 2018
Deremi Ajidahun is often congratulated by Swiss CEOs on the appetite for watches of Nigerians vacationing in Paris, London or New York. The African (...)
Israel: in search of a new direction
TRAVEL NOTES 🇮🇱 ISRAEL
August 2018
In their narrow local market, Israeli retailers are counting on the rise of tourism to boost watch sales. Geopolitical tensions however jeopardise this (...)
A new M.A.D. Gallery at the Dubai Mall
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
July 2018
Max Büsser has found new Friends in the world’s largest shopping mall, located in the United Arab Emirates. The watchmaker who continues to follow his (...)
India’s luxury watch market, a complex case
ANALYSIS
July 2018
While 2017 was a year focused on absorbing the shock of “demonetisation” in India – as the government suddenly withdrew more than two-thirds of the country’s (...)
Luxury market expectations in Australia
WORLD MARKETS
May 2018
Record continuous growth and buoyant conditions are strong indicators for the luxury makers but they face contradictory generational (...)
Russia, a challenging year
2017
March 2018
2017 has been a challenging year for the Russian watch market. For the first nine months of the year, the value of imported watches increased by 5%, but (...)
United Arab Emirates, oversupply?
2017: -4.1%
March 2018
The hub for luxury watches in the Middle East has been met with challenging times these last three years. Basically, there is too much supply, with the (...)
Senegal: at the sickbed of the watch market
WORLD MARKETS
March 2018
On the beaches of Dakar, lapped by the Atlantic, time is on the move. It slips between the Western tourists languishing on the sand of Yoff or the pebbles (...)
Italy, a stable market and a deep watch culture
2017: -0.6%
February 2018
Contrary to Hong Kong, China or the UK, which have experienced dramatic increases or decreases these last years, the Italian market seems much more stable. (...)
An interview with Seddiqi
WORLD MARKETS
February 2018
The third edition of Dubai Watch Week was an incontestable success, despite the fact that the world of watch trade fairs is currently in turmoil. The event (...)
India: the slow-moving giant
February 2018
One of the fastest growing economies with a large, young population and a sizeable middle class, the south Asian power has not held all its promises for (...)
New brands from the North
February 2018
Where brands from the North are concerned, there is not only Daniel Wellington from Sweden, Suunto from Finland and Skagen from Denmark (and quite a few (...)
Dealing with protectionism
MARKETS
June 2017
The increased taxes on watch purchases by Chinese tourists in Switzerland rank high on the list of the industry’s current woes. In Brazil and India, highly (...)
The true size of the Swiss watch market
DATA
June 2017
Everything you always wanted to know about the Swiss watch trade but were afraid to ask: a recent survey, published by The Mercury Project, created by (...)
The unpublished export figures for Swiss luxury watches
EXCLUSIVE
June 2015
The export figures for watches valued at over CHF 3,000 have always been something of a mystery. Now, for the first time, this crucial sector of Swiss (...)