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Apple Watch Finally Coming to Retail Stores
Apple Watch Finally Coming to Retail Stores After a long wait, Apple fans will finally be able to purchase the brand’s hot new smartwatch at a nearby retail store. After being constrained by limited supplies and huge demand, the device will be coming to Apple Store locations later this month. According to a private video message leaked by 9to5Mac, Apple employees have been given their marchi...
Swatch Smartwatch Coming This Summer
Swatch Smartwatch Coming This Summer The Apple Watch will have one more competitor in a few weeks, at least in two major markets. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Swatch CEO Nick Hayek made the big announcement at the company’s recent shareholders meeting. The Swatch smartwatch will not get a worldwide launch but will be available sometime this summer in Switzerland and “one b...
Sales Dropping for Michael Kors Watches
Sales Dropping for Michael Kors Watches Several months ago analysts began to predict that the Apple Watch would pose a serious threat to traditional watches selling in the $300 to $500 price range. Now that prediction has come true as Michael Kors has reported a 5.8% decline in sale store sales as well as a 6.7% drop in North America. Analysts at Barclays stated last fall that they were “inc...
Will Apple Kill the Fashion Watch?
Will Apple Kill the Fashion Watch? What effect will the launch of the Apple Watch have on the word of traditional timepieces? A pair of retail consultants think that the smartwatch will make barely a dent on the ultra expensive luxury end of the watch business but the fashion sector will take a big hit. In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” former Saks Chairman and CEO Steve ...
Apple Watch is Nearly Impossible to Repair
Apple Watch is Nearly Impossible to Repair If you buy an expensive Swiss watch you expect to have if for years with periodic cleaning and occasional repairs. However, if you spring for the new Apple Watch don’t plan on keeping it for a long time, no matter how much you pay for it. Apple’s first smartwatch may look like a timepiece on the outside but on the inside are the same sort of p...
Will the Apple Watch Edition Deplete the World’s Gold?
Will the Apple Watch Edition Deplete the World’s Gold? It’s difficult to estimate how many units of the Apple Watch will be shipped this year since Apple has not yet been able to meet the early demand for the device but more optimistic observers have predicted that the luxury Edition model alone could soon be selling one million watches a month worldwide. This would represent a $120 bi...
Where to Get a Gold Plated Apple Watch for $1,000
Where to Get a Gold Plated Apple Watch for $1,000 Craving a gold Apple Watch but don’t have $10,000 to spare? For just $1,000 you can have the look of an Apple Watch Edition without the price, thanks to Vietnamese luxury vendor Karalux. The company is selling gold plated Apple Watches starting at $1,000. That sum will buy you a 38mm stainless steel Apple Watch coated in 18K gold with a black...
JCPenney Chain One of First to Launch Apple Watch App
JCPenney Chain One of First to Launch Apple Watch App Given Apple’s efforts to position the Apple Watch as a luxury fashion item, it would be natural if only upscale chains like Bloomingdale’s and Neiman Marcus offered apps for the device in the early days of its launch. Instead one of the first department stores to develop an app for the smartwatch is JCPenney. JCPenney? The venerable...
Jony Ive Says Apple Watch No Threat to Luxury Watch Brands
Jony Ive Says Apple Watch No Threat to Luxury Watch Brands Should Swiss watchmakers be worried about the launch of the new Apple Watch? The man who designed it doesn’t think so. Although Jony Ive stated last year that those makers of luxury watches could be in trouble, a more recent interview has him changing his tune. At the recent Conde Nast International Luxury Conference Ive was a...
The Apple Watch is Here!
The Apple Watch is Here! This is the big day that Apple fanboyz and luxury loving status seekers have been waiting for—the Apple Watch officially hits stores today. OK, it actually hits about five ultra exclusive boutiques worldwide but some of those who placed their orders early on April 10 are getting their smartwatches today. This is a very different sort of launch for Apple since there a...
Bremont Unveils Pair of Jaguar Watches
Bremont Unveils Pair of Jaguar Watches Fanciers of fine automobiles have called the E-Type Jaguar “the most beautiful car ever made,” an opinion shared by the generation that recalls looking on with longing every time one of these long, sleek babies drove by. The E-Type Jaguar celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011 and this week the iconic automaker has something new to celebrate: two...
Beyonce Latest Celeb to Sport Apple Watch
Beyonce Latest Celeb to Sport Apple Watch The game of one-ups-manship is on as celebrities flaunt their exclusive Apple Watches that are not available to mere mortals—even the mortals who can afford to drop $10,000 or more at the Maxfield boutique on Friday when the heavily-hyped devices officially go on sale. Pop superstar Beyonce was spotted at the recent Coachella music festival flashing ...