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Pamela McCoy Debuts Fall Apparel Collection on ShopNBC Today

July 30th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Accessories (Fashion), Apparel, Fashion - Womens, Gemstones/Gemstone jewelry, Jewelry (fine), Product Categories, Watches

Pamela McCoy is debuting her new fall apparel collection today on ShopNBC during a “Meet the Designers” event at 1 pm, and 5 pm ET.  (She has already made three TV appearances — at 12 a.m., 4 a.m., 8 a.m. ET — and a webcast appearance at 1 a.m. ET.)  In an announcedment, the network explained that the event “focuses on the designers behind the collections, and will feature the return of Omar Torres jewelry, plus new arrivals from Anuschka Handbags, Christian Audigier Watches and Gems en Vogue II.”  Details on new items from  The Pamela McCoy Collection appear after the jump.  More »

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Stores Selling Eco-Friendly Watches Made of Biodegradable Materials

April 21st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Watches

Here is a “Jump-on-the-green-bandwagon” product that the shopping networks seem to be passing over — wristwaches constructed from at least 86 percent sustainable materials, such as corn resin cases and casebacks, certified organic cotton straps, natural bamboo dials and mineral crystals.  Sprout Watches are manufactured by the E. Gluck Corporation and — according to their website — are currently available at Kmart, Kohl’s, Sears and Amazon.com.  The watches are priced at about $30.00.  Triplepundit.com Apr. 21, 2010

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Tim Temple Packs Up Watches and Heads to GemsTV

July 7th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Talent, Watches

Temple has been selling on the DRTV networks for some 25 years, making a specialty of timepieces since 1992.  National Jeweler July 6, 2009

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Cartier Sues QVC and Suppliers Over Watch Designs

February 25th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in DRTV Retailer, Watches

French jeweler Cartier has filed suit against QVC Inc. and two of its watch suppliers, JMAM LLC (dba. Joan Rivers Worldwide Enterprises) and TWI Watches LLC, alleging that some of the watches the defendents have sold infringe on several Cartier designs.  JCK Online Feb. 25, 2009

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Surprise! Swiss Watch Sales Rose 6.7% Last Year

February 5th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in International, Suppliers, Watches

Swiss watch exports turned in another banner year in 2008, despite ending on a downcast note that is carrying over into this year, of course.  “Watch exports increased 6.7 percent in value (export price) to 17 billion Swiss francs (almost $14.6 billion), the fifth year they’ve topped prior year results.  In terms of units, however, total exports barely finished ahead of 2007, increasing just 0.8 percent to 26.2 million watches (a gain of only 210,000 units).”  JCK Online Feb. 5, 2009

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Orient Watches Premiere on ShopNBC

November 24th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in DRTV Retailer, Watches

Orient Watches, Japan’s largest maker of mechanical watches, made its U.S. TV shopping premiere, November 17th on ShopNBC.  Orient entered the U.S. market earlier this year.  JCK Online Nov. 24, 2008

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Luxury Retailers See Leaner Times Ahead

October 10th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Apparel, Jewelry (fine), Research, Trends, Forecasts, Watches

For many of the world’s best-known luxury brands — jewelry makers, watch makers and high-end fashion houses — these have been very good times.  Any softness in sales in the U.S., Europe and Japan has been more than made up for by emerging markets like China and Russia.  But they think that’s going to change and they’re starting to retrench. The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2008  Paid subscription may be required.

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Luxury Watches and Jewelry Drive 4.5% YTD Revenue Growth for LVMH

October 9th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Jewelry (fine), Suppliers, Watches

Watches and jewelry sales grew 11 percent to 656 million euros ($894.4 million) for the first nine months of 2008, year-over-year, the strongest category for luxury goods conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.  TAG Heuer and Hublot turned in particularly strong performances.  JCK Online Oct. 9, 2008

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Timex Appoints New Head of Corporate Communications

September 18th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Talent, Watches

Timex Group B.V. has named Kathleen Walas senior vice president of corporate communications and corporate social responsibility. Among her responsibilities will be worldwide corporate branding, public relations and employee communications. She will report to Timex Group B.V. President and Chief Executive Officer Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard.  Natonal Jeweler Network Sept. 18, 2008

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