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The Future of Watches

6 June 2019 • By Luca Solca

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The Future of Watches

The luxury watch market is facing challenges that are unlikely to be resolved any time soon, says Luca Solca.

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Swiss Watch Exports Dropped in April

28 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

28 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

Swatch shares fell 44 percent in the past year, while Richemont declined 20 percent.

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Swiss Watch Exports Dropped in April

Swatch shares fell 44 percent in the past year, while Richemont declined 20 percent.

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Richemont Profit Misses Estimates on Online Investment Costs

17 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

17 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

The luxury group's operating margin slipped to 13.9 percent, the lowest in more than a decade.

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Richemont Profit Misses Estimates on Online Investment Costs

The luxury group's operating margin slipped to 13.9 percent, the lowest in more than a decade.

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Luxury's New World Order

2 May 2019 • By Luca Solca

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Luxury's New World Order

The global luxury market is being reshaped by the maturation of Chinese consumers and digital disruption, increasing the polarisation between successful fast-growing brands and everyone else, argues Luca Solca.

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How Modern Entrepreneurs Are Made

25 April 2019 • By Robb Young

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How Modern Entrepreneurs Are Made

Founders are no doubt a rare breed driven by instinct, ambition, appetite for risk and a nose for opportunity. But the enduring notion that entrepreneurs are born, and not made, is as full of myth as trite phrases like ‘lightbulb moments’ and ‘ripping up the rulebook.’

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Can Baselworld Catch Up With the Times?

29 March 2019 • By Tanya Dukes

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Can Baselworld Catch Up With the Times?

The watch industry's biggest trade fair is promising an overhaul as attendance plummets. But as brands rely more on direct sales, some question the need for an annual gathering at all.

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Swiss Watchmakers Caught in the Middle of US-China Trade War

22 March 2019 • By Bloomberg

22 March 2019 • By Bloomberg

Claims of the trade war's effects on the industry are not due to tariffs from either country, but because the dispute saps growth prospects in the two largest markets for watches.

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Swiss Watchmakers Caught in the Middle of US-China Trade War

Claims of the trade war's effects on the industry are not due to tariffs from either country, but because the dispute saps growth prospects in the two largest markets for watches.

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Swiss Watchmakers Say Slowing Growth in China Won't Hurt Sales

21 March 2019 • By Reuters

21 March 2019 • By Reuters

Swiss watchmakers are confident they can grow sales this year even in the face of a cooling Chinese economy thanks to strengthening demand elsewhere, executives told Reuters at an industry fair on Thursday.

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Swiss Watchmakers Say Slowing Growth in China Won't Hurt Sales

Swiss watchmakers are confident they can grow sales this year even in the face of a cooling Chinese economy thanks to strengthening demand elsewhere, executives told Reuters at an industry fair on Thursday.

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Patek Philippe Chairman Says Company Is Not for Sale

20 March 2019 • By Bloomberg

20 March 2019 • By Bloomberg

The Stern family, which has owned the Swiss Watchmaker for four generations, has no plans of changing ownership.

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Patek Philippe Chairman Says Company Is Not for Sale

The Stern family, which has owned the Swiss Watchmaker for four generations, has no plans of changing ownership.

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Swatch Confirms Permanent Withdrawal from Baselworld Watch Fair

14 March 2019 • By Bloomberg

14 March 2019 • By Bloomberg

As watchmakers increasingly rely on their own distribution networks, the industry's largest annual conference runs the risk of becoming obsolete.

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Swatch Confirms Permanent Withdrawal from Baselworld Watch Fair

As watchmakers increasingly rely on their own distribution networks, the industry's largest annual conference runs the risk of becoming obsolete.