Rolex Fined $100m for Online Sales Ban
Rolex has been fined $100m by France's Competition Authority for prohibiting the sale of its watches online.
The Swiss company has long claimed that restrictions on its authorized retailers are necessary to prevent counterfeiting and...
IWC To Release A Rodeo Drive Exclusive Big Pilot’s Watch For 2019
IWC is planning to release the Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Edition “Rodeo Drive” that will be sold exclusively in the Swiss watch brand’s boutique on the famed shopping district in Beverly Hills. It...
MB&F Launches its First Women’s Watch – And It Costs $300,000
World-famous Swiss watch brand Maximilian Busser and Friends (MB&F) is going where it’s never gone before, finally launching the first MB&F timepiece for women. It’s fully set with diamonds and according to Forbes, comes...
TIME MATTERS: WATCHES
Introduction
Indians have been wearing jewellery as accessories in the form of bajuband, kamarband etc. since times immemorial, as is evident from ancient statue sculpture. Gradually, however, the traditional Indian accessories gave way to the...
Swiss watch exports down 81% in April
Exports of Swiss watches took a serious blow in April, falling 81.3 per cent year on year due to supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic, data from the Federation of the Swiss Watch...
LVMH reports jewellery sales surge for first half of 2018
Watches and Jewellery sales rose by 8% to almost €2 billion (£1.7bn) in the first half of 2018 at LVMH. The category contributed to a group-wide rise in revenue of 10% for the luxury...
Independent brand The Camden Watch Company teams up with The Chap magazine to create...
The Camden Watch Company, an independent British brand based in the heart of Camden founded by wife and husband team Anneke Short and Jerome Robert, has teamed up with The Chap’s editor, Gustav Temple,...
Swiss Court Rules on Customized Rolex Watches
Swiss Supreme Court Sounds off on Customized Watches in Rolex Case
Switzerland's highest court has made a landmark ruling on the legality of a third party selling customized Rolex watches.
It distinguishes between watch personalization for...
Same day delivery and unique products drive 30% sales surge for ASOS
Online fashion retail ASOS has reported a 30% increase in sales for the last trading period following the launch of new business initiatives.
The retailer’s sales saw a £790m boost in the final four months...
VMH ends record-breaking 2017 with sales rising to €42.6 billion
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton ended 2017 with a 13% surge in sales to €42.6 billion, according to accounts published today.
The group’s Watch and Jewelry Division notched a 12% increase in sales, after adjustment...
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