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  • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
    UK Christmas strikes hit sales at Watches of Switzerland

    Luxury watch retailer says market sentiment hit a low point over the festive period

  • Friday, 16 December, 2022
    Lex PopuliPersonal Finance
    No watch needed to mark time for luxury stocks

    The coldly rational investor should invest in luxury goods companies

  • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
    Watches of Switzerland defies downturn with high demand for luxury brands

    Rolex and Patek Philippe retailer predicts sales will rise by a fifth this year

  • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
    Personal & Household Goods
    Watches of Switzerland warns travel hit to sales will endure

    High-end watchmaker expects group revenues to pass £1bn despite fall in tourism-related business

  • Sunday, 14 January, 2018
    FT SeriesThe royal wedding
    Meghan Markle’s choice of earrings boosts jeweller Birks

    Jean-Christophe Bédos, chief executive of the Canadian brand, is seizing the moment

  • Saturday, 2 September, 2017
    Retail sector
    Olivia Burton fashion watch brand sold for £60m

    News in brief: Urwerk for Iron Man; the first MEMS-powered watch movement; Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève

  • Friday, 11 November, 2016
    Personal & Household Goods
    London becomes world’s centre for watch sales

    Brexit will not slow down stores’ ambitious expansion plans

  • Saturday, 3 September, 2016
    Personal & Household Goods
    Brands turn to steel for entry-level watches

    The poor state of watch sales is compelling manufacturers to create cheaper products

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2016
    Personal & Household Goods
    Brexit runs risk of unsettling the UK watch industry

    Brands will compensate for a weak pound by lifting prices

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2016
    Personal & Household Goods
    UK interest in luxury timepieces is growing

    Buyers are increasingly prepared to spend larger sums of money

  • Saturday, 14 November, 2015
    Personal & Household Goods
    High-end watch brands finally embrace the digital market

    Crunch time for luxury sales as ecommerce comes of age

  • Sunday, 8 February, 2015
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Sofa.com attracts private equity investor

    CBPE pays £40m-£50m for control as rival furniture makers prepare offerings

  • Monday, 8 September, 2014
    Personal & Household Goods
    The enduring appeal of mechanical watches

    Smartwatches have not stopped a trend from digital back to old-fashioned clockworkseems almost unaccountable. difficult to account for. The retrogressive trend may even be affecting

  • Thursday, 5 June, 2014
    European companies
    Sir Ken rails against Morrison successors
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