Archive for December, 2007

Top celebs new face of Baume and Mercier

Friday, December 28th, 2007

New York—Teri Hatcher and Ashton Kutcher are the newest celebrities to represent luxury watchmaker Baume and Mercier.
As with the brand’s two previous campaigns, all royalties due to the ambassadors and their photographers—Robert Erdmann for Terri Hatcher and Jim Wright for Ashton Kutcher—will be donated to charities jointly chosen [...]

Titanium Moon Phase A5000-1 by PERRELET

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

For those of you who don’t know, Abraham-Louis Perrelet invented the ‘perpetual’ or automatic movement. He came up with the perpetual movement back in 1777, making Perrelet one of the oldest watch companies in existence. The thing about Perrelet though is that they make great watches, but few of them are very sporty. Until more [...]

Orange TW 52/53 Chrono by TW STEEL

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

TW Steel is a new watch company that makes affordable oversized wristwatches. The TW 52/53 pictured above is available in 45mm and 48mm versions. I would definitely opt for the bigger version. Not sure if you can find this model online yet, but most of the collection is available online at very affordable prices.

TAG Heuer launches interactive online ads

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

Springfield, N.J.—TAG Heuer introduced an extensive online advertising campaign today, making the luxury watch brand the largest Internet advertiser for the watch and jewelry industry, and the only luxury watch brand with an interactive online campaign.
The campaign also represents LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton’s greatest single-brand online presence [...]

Sharapova pretty in pink with new TAG

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Miami, Fla.—TAG Heuer and brand ambassador Maria Sharapova unveiled several new ladies’ timepieces in the Professional, Carrera and Formula 1 series at the Four Seasons in Miami on Saturday.
Sharapova introduced the new timepieces, saying she likes the watches because they are universal, allowing her to go from the [...]

November Chain-Store Sales Up 3.5%

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

November sales grew by 3.
5 percent on a year-over-year comparison for the same four weeks of 2006 on a same-store basis for U.
S. chain stores, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc.
Although the overall sales gain for November was the strongest monthly develop since March 2007 (+5.9%), ICSC Research estimates that between ¾ [...]

Swatch

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

There are situations when some, even a very good product, occurcomes unpopular with buyers and this may found a manufactory crisis. SMH convention, one of the leading Swiss watch manufacturer, familiar something alike in the late 1970s. So the company needed to practise their products popular with the young. Because this mejust asure would not [...]

Retail Holiday E-Commerce Spending Up 18%

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

More than $18 billion has been dead beat online during the prime 37 days of the leave juncture (Nov. 1 – Dec. 7), an 18 percent gain year-over-year, according to comScore. On Dec. 6, consumers spent $803 million online, a 28 percent dilate year-over-year and the heaviest online spending day in history.
For the week ending [...]

Timex Group names Hoejsgaard President

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

The Timex Group B.
V.
, one of the world’s leading eyeballmakers, entitled Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard what because its new president and chef executive officer on Dec. 5. He was previously the president and CEO of Georg Jensen, a voluptuousness bliss goods group, for several years. He’ll officially takes over guidance of Timex Group on Feb. 11, 2008.
Hoejsgaard [...]

Dubai 3Q Rough Diamond Trade Up 31%

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

The Dubai Diamond Exchange, a subsidiary of Dubai Multi Commodities Centre said Wednesday that the total trade in broken diamonds in Dubai reached $1.08 billion in the third point of 2007, a 31 percent build up year-over-year.
During the period, rough diamond imports into Dubai reached $447.6 million, up 32 percent year-over-year. Exports reached $640.2 million, [...]