Watches of Switzerland
Watches of Switzerland is one of the UK’s leading luxury watch and jewellery retailers, with a strong presence through its eponymous stores and Goldsmiths brand. Its strategies in store expansion, brand partnerships, and customer experience set benchmarks for the wider trade and influence market dynamics across both luxury and mid-tier segments. Jewellery Focus provides detailed coverage of Watches of Switzerland’s business performance, leadership moves, product launches, and insights into how its operations shape opportunities and challenges for suppliers, competitors, and trade professionals in the UK jewellery industry.
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Nov- 2024 -20 NovemberRetailers
Goldsmiths relocates centre:mk showroom
Goldsmiths has announced the relocation, upsizing and opening of its new showroom in centre:mk, Milton Keynes. The new showroom features dedicated branded areas for watchmakers including TUDOR, Breitling, TAG Heuer, and Longines. Furthermore FOPE and Roberto Coin are two of the jewellery partners that feature prominently in the showroom. Craig…
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Oct- 2024 -28 OctoberDesigners
Marco Bicego partners with Watches of Switzerland Group
Marco Bicego has announced a new retail partnership with Watches of Switzerland Group. As a result, the brand’s jewellery lines will be available in 10 of the group’s multi-brand showrooms Mappin and Webb and Goldsmiths. These will be located in high profile, prominent locations, primarily shopping centres, in cities such…
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Sep- 2024 -3 SeptemberRetailers
Watches of Switzerland on track to deliver FY25 guidance
Watches of Switzerland has stated that trading for the first 18 weeks of the financial year has been in line with its expectations and that the group is on track to deliver its FY25 guidance as it makes progress against its Long Range Plan. Demand for its key luxury brands,…
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Jun- 2024 -10 JuneRetailers
Mappin and Webb opens new Scottish showroom
Mappin and Webb has announced the opening of its new showroom in the heart of the luxury retail quarter on Multrees Walk, in Edinburgh. The double story showroom has become the brand’s largest Scottish showroom and follows the refurbishment of its Glasgow store. On the ground floor, the store will…
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May- 2024 -29 MayRetailers
David Yurman enters UK market with Watches of Switzerland partnership
American luxury jewellery brand David Yurman has expanded in the UK in partnership with The Watches of Switzerland Group. From July 2024, David Yurman will be available at Mappin and Webb, Regent Street and online. The store will feature an exclusive curation of the brand’s men’s and women’s collections, with…
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22 MayRetailers
Goldsmiths unveils new Hublot shop
Goldsmiths has announced the launch of a new Hublot shop-in-shop within its Trafford centre showroom. The new space is in accordance with the Hublot interior design concept “The Art of Fusion”. Customers will be able to browse a number of Hublot collections as well as an exclusive Watches of Switzerland…
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9 MayRetailers
Watches of Switzerland acquires Roberto Coin
Watches of Switzerland Group has signed and completed the acquisition of the entire share capital of Roberto Coin Inc. for a total cash consideration of $130m (£104.2m). Roberto Coin S.p.A., founded in the Italian city of Vicenza, designs and manufactures delicately handcrafted jewellery with a unique ruby signature under the…
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Dec- 2023 -19 DecemberRetailers
Goldsmiths expands Gateshead showroom
Goldsmiths has announced that it has expanded its Metrocentre showroom in Gateshead. Goldsmiths Metrocentre is located in the lower Green Mall and features a wraparound frontage with two entrances. The showroom is home to jewellery from Goldsmiths own diamond collections as well as a large back wall dedicated to branded…
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7 DecemberRetailers
Goldsmiths relocates Trafford Centre showroom
Goldsmiths has announced that it has relocated its showroom in the Trafford Centre to a larger space on the ground floor of the shopping mall. The showroom has undertaken an extensive expansion and refurbishment with a dedicated entrance for the new Rolex room. The showroom boasts the largest Rolex room…
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Nov- 2023 -29 NovemberRetailers
Goldsmiths reopens Birmingham showroom
Goldsmiths has announced the relaunch of its showroom in the Bullring and Grand Central in Birmingham. The showroom now spans two floors with a dual sided-corner showroom and elegant glass wrap around frontage. The showroom has dedicated branded towers all on the ground floor for FOPE, Messika, Roberto Coin, Mappin…
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