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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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