Titan, Gitanjali Gem, PC Jewellers feature in top 100 luxury goods brandsThe report said the world’s 100 largest luxury goods companies generated sales of $222 billion in financial year 2014, 3.6% higher year-on-...
26 May, 2016, 04.17 PM IST
Eastern Germany is becoming the watchmaking capitalGlashuette,the town of 7,000 is home to the greatest concentration of worldclass watchmakers outside of Switzerland — with a business that’...
02 May, 2016, 06.46 AM IST
Swatch's segment strategies and quality obsession are worth emulating: Bhaskar BhatWe entered with the aim of serving a slightly different consumer, who would be younger, upwardly mobile and probably had shifted 2-3 cities.
27 Dec, 2015, 05.07 AM IST
Ice Age is coming for Swiss watch makersSwitzerland produces more than half of the world's watches in value even though it only makes a fraction of the timepieces.
12 Mar, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
What Omega boss thinks of Apple Watch: 'Unimpressed' is the verdictThe luxury watch brand president Stephen Urquhart says it's a piece of technology that 'lacks emotion'.
09 Oct, 2014, 10.11 AM IST
Switzerland watchmaker Swatch ready to source small Indian diamondsSwatch said that it will source melee diamonds from the country & export them to group companies for use in products made in Switzerland.
23 Jul, 2014, 12.00 PM IST
Swatch attracts attention to own timepieces amid Apple's iWatch talkThe Swiss watchmaker will hold a press conference today to showcase the latest revolutionary Swatch innovation and mark its 30th anniversar...
25 Apr, 2013, 04.51 AM IST
TAG Heuer boss Jean-Christophe Babin bets on India as China blocks luxury advertisementsBabin, a Frenchman who left German laundry brand Henkel in 2000 to become TAG Heuer CEO, bets big on women.
21 Feb, 2013, 03.40 PM IST
Sidhartha Mallya may become face for luxury brands like Swatch, Hugo Boss, Ralph LaurenSidhartha Mallya, son of industrialist Vijay Mallya, plans to make his debut in the endorsement space as the face of some high-end fashion ...
13 Apr, 2012, 07.12 AM IST
- AVA eyes Rs 100 crore turnover in 2012-13; to invest Rs 20 crore
In-flight shopping solutions company AVA Merchandising today said it is eyeing a turnover of Rs 100 crore from its retail venture.
27 Mar, 2012, 07.39 PM IST
- Indian Hotels, M&M rank among top 27 global brands: Survey
According to Credit Suisse Research Institute, the global brands figuring in the list would significantly outperform the market over the ne...
02 Mar, 2010, 03.09 PM IST
- Retail gets designer stamp
Brand franchising is a win-win situation for both — retailers get to present a unique product and designers can reach out to pockets not ta...
20 May, 2009, 02.03 AM IST
- World's biggest watch fair to open amid gloom
Switzerland's fabled watch industry is bracing for a grim year as the economic crisis bites at the livelihood of small watchmakers, experts...
25 Mar, 2009, 05.01 PM IST
- Kamla Dials spins off retail venture, to invest Rs 70 cr
Chandigarh-based Kamla Dials and Devices (KDDL) on Wednesday said it has hived off of its watch retailing venture into a separate entity, w...
09 Jul, 2008, 05.06 PM IST
- Rado expects India to be big mkt
Expecting India to be the third biggest global market for its luxury watch brand 'Rado' by 2011, Swatch Group is embarking on an expansion ...
25 Jun, 2008, 06.31 PM IST
- Luxury watchmakers have never had it so good
If time is money, watchmakers certainly know how to make the best of it, and where. Things might be slowing down in the West, but here watc...
14 Jun, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Luxury watchmakers have never had it so good
The emergence of a new class of affluent young professionals, managers and executives is attracting ultra expensive watchmakers. Clothes de...
04 Jun, 2008, 09.30 PM IST