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Today is a happy day for Apple fans, as the Cupertino-based company is rolling out new software updates for three of its popular products: iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. If you’re rocking one of the first two, you should be able to download iOS 14.2 today. On…
Despite the pandemic, Swiss watchmakers believe in-store shopping will prevail over digital platforms. The majority of Swiss watchmakers believe that bricks and mortar stores will remain the preferred sales channels for their products and will prevail over…
Back in 2017, Google Maps no longer worked with the Apple Watch. The reason why Google pulled it from the Apple Watch reportedly had something to do with the app’s limited capabilities on the watch compared to the iPhone app. At the time that Google made this…
Swatch Group has cut about 2400 jobs, its biggest cull in at least three decades, and will trim its store network as the Swiss watchmaker recorded its first-ever loss. The maker of Omega and Longines timepieces said Tuesday it accelerated plans to shut stores…
Listed Hong Kong timepiece retailer Oriental Watch Holdings has weathered the multiple crises of the last financial year to record a decrease in turnover of just 3.5 percent and a profit of US$12.9 million. While turnover was down to $303.6 million, gross…
Slow-moving stock and falling sales due to the Covid-19 pandemic have prompted listed Hong Kong timepiece retailer Oriental Watch to issue a profit warning. The company has advised the stock exchange that net profit for the year to March 31 will fall by about…
Hong Kong’s first Chinese Prestige Time Experience store has launched in Yue Hwa. Opened by Sun International Concepts, the outlet serves as a platform to showcase multiple Chinese watch brands, aiming to promote Chinese watch culture against the backdrop of…
The Philippines’ official Tommy Hilfiger distributor Take Wizer Industries has launched the world’s first Tommy Hilfiger watch store in Quezon City. The store opened on January 23 at the Upper Ground Floor (UGF), City Center, SM North Edsa, featuring an…
Swiss luxury watchmaker Breitling has opened a new boutique at Hong Kong International Airport. The new outlet features the brand’s industrial loft concept, inspired by mid-20th-Century interior design. The boutique is located at the departure level of…
Oriental Watch has shrugged off the impact of ongoing Hong Kong protests, with sales down a mere 1.1 percent and improved gross profit in the half-year to September. Sales totaled HK$1.168 billion (US$149 million), gross profit rose 10.4 percent to $318.2…
Swiss Watch Gallery launched its signature timepiece event, Art of Time 2019 at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. Art of Time is presented by Swiss Watch Gallery in partnership with Tumi, GH Mumm, and media outlets The Edge and The Star. In its sixth rendition, Art of…
Hublot India is launching a flagship boutique at the Palladium Mall in Mumbai, its first standalone store in the market. The Swiss watchmaker’s 45sqm boutique is designed to represent Hublot’s “the art of fusion” concept, with pop art paintings forming a…
Swiss luxury watchmaker Breitling has unveiled a new concept boutique at K11 Musea, featuring a “modern retro loft style”. Occupying a 620sqft space in the new shopping centre, the Breitling boutique features an industrial loft-style concept which the brand…
Timepiece brand Blancpain has opened its largest store yet in China in Beijing. The 380sqm two-level street front showroom, located at China World Mall near Beijing’s CBD, features an interior that reflects the brand’s heritage, inspired by the Blancpain’s…
Sincere Fine Watches has opened a multi-brand boutique at Jewel Changi Airport. The only luxury multi-brand watch store at the newly opened airport shopping center spans 183sqm and was inspired by Jewel’s dome-shaped facade and modern architecture. Glass and…
Microsoft is making major changes to its Android launcher, many of which have been tested for about a month in the beta channel. Most of the new features and improvements are cosmetic, but there are some important under the hood enhancements included as well.…
