LVMH wants to sell smartwatches to well-off fashionistas, introducing a techy timepiece…
Tag: Jean-Claude Biver
Apple sues Swatch over its ‘Tick Different’ marketing campaign
Apple has filed a complaint over Swatch’s use of the slogan ‘Tick Different’ in a marketing campaign…
Swatch looks to take on Apple with homegrown watch operating system
Swatch Group AG said it’s developing an alternative to the iOS and Android operating systems…
Swatch issues dire profit warning, stock plummets to lowest point in over 6 years
Swatch warned first-half profit will fall by more than 50 percent. The stock tumbled to the lowest in more than six years…
Thanks to Apple Watch, smartwatches are now more popular than Swiss watches
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments reached 8.1 million units in Q4 2015…
As Apple Watch sales ramp, Swiss watch makers suffer biggest slump in six years
Swiss watch exports had their biggest decline in six years in October…
Swiss watch makers in deep shit, as Apple Watch designer Jony Ive predicted
The numbers are in and it’s not great news for the Swiss watch industry…
Swiss watch exports post biggest quarterly export drop since 2009
Swiss watch exports posted the biggest quarterly export drop since 2009 as plummeting sales…
TAG Heuer CEO Biver: Luxury Apple Watches will become obsolete
Switzerland’s luxury watch industry is making a leap from its traditional production and models…
LVMH’s Jean-Claude Biver sees tougher 2016 for Swiss watch industry
The introduction of Apple Inc.’s smartwatch, combined with a surge in the Swiss franc and China’s slowing economy…
Jean-Claude Biver: LVMH’s Apple Watch rival to cost $1,526
French luxury goods maker LVMH will launch a rival product to Apple Watch…
Swiss watch exports hit worst slump in five years as Apple Watch debuts
Swiss timepiece exports had their biggest monthly drop in more than five years…
Apple Watch is making the luxury watchmakers uncomfortable
For luxury watchmakers, the Apple Watch spells trouble…
Changing tactics, Apple promotes Watch as a luxury item
Apple has scrapped its usual routine for releasing products with its new device…
Apple Watch Edition is poised to disrupt the classic Swiss watch
What do the boys in Geneva and Paris think?
Swiss watchmakers’ response to revolutionary Apple Watch may be too little, too late
With the Apple Watch due to go on sale on April 24, Intel and Google have…
To sell luxury Android Wear watches, Google must make them iPhone-compatible
Google, Intel, and Tag Heuer are uniting in an effort to push Android Wear dramatically upmarket…
TAG Heuer, Google and Intel team up for Swiss Android Wear ‘smartwatch’
During a press conference held on Thursday 19th March at the TAG Heuer booth featuring Jean-Claude Biver…
Jean-Claude Biver changes his tune, calls Apple Watch ‘a fantastic product, an incredible achievement’
TAG Heuer is set to enter uncharted territory this year with plans for a smartwatch…
TAG Heuer plans smartwatch as honcho Jean-Claude Biver changes mind as Apple Watch looms
TAG Heuer is pushing ahead with plans for a smartwatch…
Gruber posts initial thoughts and observations regarding Apple Watch
Apple Watch is not a product from a tech company…
Can Apple disrupt the luxury watch industry with a $10,000 Apple Watch?
The Apple Watch Edition, made with 18-karat gold, could command a starting price of $5,000 with options reaching $10,000…
Jean-Claude Biver: Apple Watch ‘too feminine; looks like it was designed by a student in their first trimester’
Jean-Claude Biver says has made ‘some fundamental mistakes’ designing the Apple Watch…
Jean-Claude Biver: ‘The Apple Watch cannot compete at all with European watches’
With the Apple Watch looming on the horizon for apparent release, Jean-Claude Biver…
Guess Watches CEO: Welcome Apple. Seriously.
The woman behind Guess watches sent Tim Cook a letter welcoming him…
TAG Heuer plans smartwatch; must not be an Apple copycat, says Jean-Claude Biver
Watch brand TAG Heuer has plans to launch its own smartwatch…
Old school watch makers don’t get Apple Watch
What does Switzerland’s fabled watch industry make of the Apple Watch?
Apple hires TAG Heuer sales director
Apple has hired the sales director of the TAG Heuer luxury watch…