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Watch brand Casio G-Shock Thailand has opened a store in CentralWorld Bangkok. The opening marks the brand’s 35th anniversary and features innovative technology and interactive zones filled with exclusive rare collaborative pieces. The interactive areas…
Watches that appear to be analogue models but integrate smartwatch features will make up more than half of the smartwatch market by 2022, according to Juniper Research. This means that nearly 80 million hybrid smartwatches, such as Fossil Q and Nokia Steel,…
Thai mobile handset distributor Jay Mart plans to spend THB50 million (US$1.4 million) opening up to 10 Jaycamera shops by the end of this year. The outlets are forecast to initially draw in revenue of THB800 million, and within three years the company hopes…
Police in Bangkok have arrested two drivers who delivered nearly 7000 counterfeit items to Lumpini Park. Police chief Sanit Mahathavorn says the two drivers were taken into custody after a routine search of the parked bus. Hat Thongbu from Chainat and Niran…
Singapore-listed fashion and lifestyle group FJ Benjamin has had a celebration to mark it gaining the Casio Indonesia rights to retail the full range of the Japanese watch brand’s watches. The brands include Baby-G, Edifice and G-Shock. While Casio…
Taiwanese streetwear label Phantaci has launched its first overseas boutique, at Orchard Gateway in Singapore. Covering 1200 sqft (111 sqm) on the mall’s second floor, the outlet features pink shelving and black-and-white tables echoing a piano keyboard. As…
Casio Computer Co. Ltd., maker of G-Shock watches, is targeting the middle-class market with high-end electronic watches priced at over HK$10,000 each. The company has long been in the mass market selling plastic watches for US$100 to US$150 each. But Hiroshi…
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