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Time for change: Swatch Group reshuffles leadership team

Swatch Group is reshuffling its management team, with new appointments announced at Longines, Rado, Union, Tissot, Certina, and its Hamilton watch brands The group also announced changes to its Executive Group Management Board and its Extended Group Management. Raynald Aeschlimann, President and CEO of Omega and member of the Extended Group...

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Swiss watchmakers see exports plunge amid pandemic

Swiss watch exports plunged by more than a fifth in March, the Swiss watch industry federation, FH, said Tuesday, warning it expected the situation to deteriorate further in April. Overall, Swiss watch exports fell 21.9 percent in March compared to a year earlier, to 1.4 billion Swiss francs (1.4 billion dollars, 1.3 billion euros) -- with a...

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Omega hops on e-commerce bandwagon

While most Swiss watchmakers have been reluctant to go into e-commerce, Omega may have just started the domino effect. The company has officially started selling their watches online, thereby disrupting the way expensive watches are bought. Watch aficionados have been buying and selling online for quite some time, but it was through the grey...