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“Since the pool of customers is not expanding, everybody wants to get into direct selling”

“Since the pool of customers is not expanding, everybody wants to get into direct selling”

THOMAS BAILLOD

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“Digital natives and crowdfunding are opening up promising paths”

“Digital natives and crowdfunding are opening up promising paths”

THIERRY HURON

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

Pre-owned: it's been a long time coming, but now it's here

Pre-owned: it’s been a long time coming, but now it’s here

WHAT’S NEXT?

Nothing will ever be the same again. Long confined to the shadier corners of the digital grey market, fed by oversupply, short-term greed and brand (...)

“Swiss people should be our best ambassadors, but so many know nothing about watches!”

“Swiss people should be our best ambassadors, but so many know nothing about watches!”

YVAN ARPA

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“The smart watch is becoming a health monitoring device”

“The smart watch is becoming a health monitoring device”

RENÉ WEBER

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“You create a community of believers, not just buyers”

“You create a community of believers, not just buyers”

OLIVIER R. MÜLLER

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“After-sales service is completely ignored in current thinking”

“After-sales service is completely ignored in current thinking”

CHRISTOPHE MUSY

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“Every week, I see high-end watch owners switching to Apple watches”

“Every week, I see high-end watch owners switching to Apple watches”

MAX BÜSSER

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“Brands are starting to understand the mechanics of e-commerce”

“Brands are starting to understand the mechanics of e-commerce”

STÉPHANE WASER

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“The obsession with China is harming the rest of the watch market”

“The obsession with China is harming the rest of the watch market”

ANDREW BLOCK

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“We are only at the beginning of business in China”

“We are only at the beginning of business in China”

JULIEN TORNARE

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“The Swiss watch industry is becoming an oligopoly – whether we like it or not”

“The Swiss watch industry is becoming an oligopoly – whether we like it or not”

FRANK MÜLLER

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“Swiss brands left too much space for generic websites”

“Swiss brands left too much space for generic websites”

MARIO PESERICO

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“The high-end segment cannot exist without the rest of the industry”

“The high-end segment cannot exist without the rest of the industry”

ANDREAS LEIBUNDGUT

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“We have to reinvent the Swatch of the 21st century”

“We have to reinvent the Swatch of the 21st century”

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BABIN

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

“Complexity is the new normal”

“Complexity is the new normal”

VIJESH RAJAN

In our latest report about the transformation of the watch world, we selected six major issues which are having a profound impact on the industry’s present (...)

What's next? Watchmaking's new challenges

What’s next? Watchmaking’s new challenges

STAKEHOLDERS OPINION

Challenges are stacking up on every side. The watch industry finds itself facing not a single threat, however big that might be, but a whole series of (...)

It's five minutes to midnight

It’s five minutes to midnight

A LAST WORD TO START

The clocks are going crazy, their hands turning wildly in all directions. It seems like our days are numbered.... we’ve arrived at the final (...)

Watchmaking in the age of digital complexity

Watchmaking in the age of digital complexity

EDITORIAL

Watchmaking has now fully entered the age of digital complexity. Unlike the well-oiled networks of the past, the jungle we’re dealing with today is more or (...)

“Logistics is the ‘killer app' of the Chinese e-commerce giants”

“Logistics is the ‘killer app’ of the Chinese e-commerce giants”

INTERVIEW WITH DIGITAL LUXURY GROUP

WeChat or Weibo, Tmall or JD: which platform is most likely to align with the strategies of Swiss watch brands? Geneva-based Digital Luxury Group (DLG) was (...)