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Luxury
At Geneva Watch Days, Brands Fret About Fate of Suppliers
An industry temperature check in Geneva showed executives concerned about component suppliers as the polarisation of the Swiss watchmaking sector deepens.
At Geneva Watch Days, Brands Fret About Fate of Suppliers
An industry temperature check in Geneva showed executives concerned about component suppliers as the polarisation of the Swiss watchmaking sector deepens.
Luxury
Luxury Watchmakers Say Gen-Z Buying Trends Call for Bold Changes
The luxury watch industry needs bigger, bolder innovation and ideas to lure new customers as it hits the limits of its well-worn strategy of boosting revenue with ever-pricier offerings.
Luxury Watchmakers Say Gen-Z Buying Trends Call for Bold Changes
The luxury watch industry needs bigger, bolder innovation and ideas to lure new customers as it hits the limits of its well-worn strategy of boosting revenue with ever-pricier offerings.
Luxury
Why Watchmakers Should Pay Attention to Gen Z
The digitally native generation has been pulled in by nostalgia for vintage mechanical watches, especially unusual designs, but can traditional watchmakers leverage the attention?
Why Watchmakers Should Pay Attention to Gen Z
The digitally native generation has been pulled in by nostalgia for vintage mechanical watches, especially unusual designs, but can traditional watchmakers leverage the attention?
Luxury
How Value Became Watchmaking’s Biggest Trend
As the boom in trophy timepieces cools, a new generation of enthusiasts is fuelling demand for accessible watches that deliver strong design, quality and heritage, made by brands ranging from Casio to Tissot.
How Value Became Watchmaking’s Biggest Trend
As the boom in trophy timepieces cools, a new generation of enthusiasts is fuelling demand for accessible watches that deliver strong design, quality and heritage, made by brands ranging from Casio to Tissot.
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Luxury
Is State Aid the Swiss Watchmaking Sector’s Fig Leaf?
Switzerland’s support for watchmaker jobs has been extended another year, but a wider structural problem looms.
Is State Aid the Swiss Watchmaking Sector’s Fig Leaf?
Switzerland’s support for watchmaker jobs has been extended another year, but a wider structural problem looms.
Luxury
Urban Jürgensen: Introducing Elite Watchmaking to New Audiences
Chief executive Alex Rosenfield explains in 'Face to Face With Luxury Clients' how the historic, ultra-high-end watchmaker is engaging lifestyle customers and the next generation of ‘gearheads’ with a Timothée Chalamet tie-up and a fresh approach to community building while bypassing traditional retail.
Urban Jürgensen: Introducing Elite Watchmaking to New Audiences
Chief executive Alex Rosenfield explains in 'Face to Face With Luxury Clients' how the historic, ultra-high-end watchmaker is engaging lifestyle customers and the next generation of ‘gearheads’ with a Timothée Chalamet tie-up and a fresh approach to community building while bypassing traditional retail.
Luxury
Face to Face With Luxury Clients
After a prolonged slowdown, luxury is gradually returning to growth, led by the US and China. Drawing on a survey of more than 2,000 clients and dozens of interviews across both markets, The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company find in the latest edition in our State of Fashion series a base of customers with increasingly distinct local preferences that nonetheless share an overarching desire for emotional connection.
Face to Face With Luxury Clients
After a prolonged slowdown, luxury is gradually returning to growth, led by the US and China. Drawing on a survey of more than 2,000 clients and dozens of interviews across both markets, The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company find in the latest edition in our State of Fashion series a base of customers with increasingly distinct local preferences that nonetheless share an overarching desire for emotional connection.
Luxury
The Debrief | Inside The Swatch x Audemars Piguet Global Frenzy
As Swatch and Audemars Piguet sparked a global retail frenzy over the weekend with a $400 plastic pocket watch, BoF’s Cathaleen Chen and Mimosa Spencer dissect whether high-low collaborations democratise luxury or dilute brand equity in an industry built on exclusivity.
The Debrief | Inside The Swatch x Audemars Piguet Global Frenzy
As Swatch and Audemars Piguet sparked a global retail frenzy over the weekend with a $400 plastic pocket watch, BoF’s Cathaleen Chen and Mimosa Spencer dissect whether high-low collaborations democratise luxury or dilute brand equity in an industry built on exclusivity.
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Did a Chaotic Drop Damage Swatch’s Audemars Piguet Collaboration?
Robin Swithinbank assesses resale prices and brand risk after the Swiss watch group cancelled the launch of the Royal Pop pocket watch.
Did a Chaotic Drop Damage Swatch’s Audemars Piguet Collaboration?
Robin Swithinbank assesses resale prices and brand risk after the Swiss watch group cancelled the launch of the Royal Pop pocket watch.
Luxury
How Swatch and Audemars Piguet Defied Collaboration Fatigue
The right mix of novelty, accessibility and scarcity helped the tie-up break through the noise and go viral, even boosting Swatch’s share price.
How Swatch and Audemars Piguet Defied Collaboration Fatigue
The right mix of novelty, accessibility and scarcity helped the tie-up break through the noise and go viral, even boosting Swatch’s share price.
Luxury
Can a Buzzy Audemars Piguet Tie-Up Boost Swatch?
As fans camp out in front of stores for the 'Royal Pop' collaboration, analysts weigh in on the collaboration’s potential.
Can a Buzzy Audemars Piguet Tie-Up Boost Swatch?
As fans camp out in front of stores for the 'Royal Pop' collaboration, analysts weigh in on the collaboration’s potential.
Luxury
Gen Z Can’t Get Enough of Teensy ‘Grandma Watches’
Driven by the secondary market and a new generation of female collectors, heritage brands are pivoting to sub-34mm designs to capture a market that values personal style over traditional horological bulk.
Gen Z Can’t Get Enough of Teensy ‘Grandma Watches’
Driven by the secondary market and a new generation of female collectors, heritage brands are pivoting to sub-34mm designs to capture a market that values personal style over traditional horological bulk.
The News in Brief
Human Made Discloses $3.6 Million Undercover Purchase Price and Long-Term Financial Targets
The Tokyo-listed company will pay $3.6 million in cash for 100 percent of Undercover, with founder Jun Takahashi relinquishing corporate duties to focus solely on design.
Arizona Accuses L’Oréal of Concealing Cancer Risks Linked to Hair Relaxers
The beauty conglomerate faces over 12,000 similar lawsuits filed by individuals that have been consolidated in a Chicago federal court.
Space NK Names New CEO, Andy Lightfoot Steps Down
Chief marketing officer Emma Simpson-Scott will succeed Lightfoot, who is leaving the UK retailer after seven years at the helm.
EssilorLuxottica Managers Defend CEO After Heir Lashes Out
Twenty top lieutenants to CEO Francesco Milleri came to their boss’s defense in an escalating feud with Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, a son of the founder who abruptly left a senior role at the company.
Zara Owner Looks to US for Next Phase of Growth
Inditex is investing in the US as a key growth market, CEO Oscar Garcia Maceiras told Reuters, with store revamps and new openings planned across its Zara, Massimo Dutti and Bershka brands.
Activist Investor Takes New Stake in Bath & Body Works
The activist investor is recommending the personal-care and fragrance store chain to explore a sale, claiming it has been undervalued and hampered by unstable management.
Arnault Drops Out of World’s Top 10 Richest as US Tech Dominates
The LVMH chairman’s net worth fell to $143 billion on Thursday, pulling him beneath Warren Buffett, Bloomberg reported.