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    Swiss Watch Industry

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    The World W atch industry was at a crucial stage in the 1970’s when there was a possible phase of transition from one way of watch making technology to another i.e. from mechanical to electronic watches. The mechanical watches had been ruling the watch market for quite some time while the electronic watches were deemed to be the next big thing. Amidst this clash of technologies‚ the three most important watch producing nations i.e. Swiss‚ Japan and United States competed with each other to maintain

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    The Birth of Swatch

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    The Birth of Swatch The continuous decline in demand for the prestigious watches made in Switzerland in the 1970s and early 1980s made the time period devastating for the Swiss watch industry. Before the decline‚ it was master of the watch market‚ shining with its high-end image. However‚ with the evolution of technology in watch making‚ the market began changing rapidly where low-end watches were becoming more accessible and evasive. Nicholas Hayek became the CEO of Societe Suisse de

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    Swatch Group

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    Introduction The swatch group was formed in Switzerland in the year 1983 under the leadership of Nicolas G. Hayek. Originally the company was founded by a merger of two Swiss watch manufacturing division’s which are ASUAG and SSIH which was named SMH (Swiss Corporation for Microelectronics and Watchmaking Industries Ltd). The group was renamed as Swatch group in the year 1998. Nicolas G. Hayek (CEO)‚ strongly constructed new opportunities and rooted a new culture. In the coming decade‚ SMG Group

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    The Swatch Group

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    GSB576 L. Grant Swatch and the Global Watch Industry Case Analysis July 13‚ 2005 THE SWATCH GROUP: COMPETING IN AN INCREASINGLY GLOBAL MARKET FOR WATCHES Nicholas Hayek and Ernst Thomke formed the Swatch Group (the Group) in 1983 by merging two bankrupt watch-making groups. The merger gave the Group ownership of many of the Switzerland’s dominant watch brands. Swatch‚ their first product initiative‚ was so successful that it helped pull the squandering Swiss watch industry out of a slump

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    Swot for Watch Industry

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    assess their current state using an examination of Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats (S.W.O.T.). Such projects will spur additional research by those capable of bringing the best findings to direct selling companies and the overall industry. I have chosen to eliminate the words “Weaknesses” and “Threats” in the S.W.O.T. methodology and replace them with “What’s important” and “The future.” SWOT |Strengths:

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    Swatch Case

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    ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION INSTRUCTOR: Jose Lejarraga Case Report: Birth of the Swatch Prepared By: Sachin Agarwala 1. Why was Swatch successful? In what ways was Swatch different from any other watch the industry had ever seen? A number of factors attributed to Swatch’s success and differentiated it from any other watch the industry had seen. There were factors on the manufacturing‚ branding and marketing‚ and designing side. Manufacturing: Hayek wanted complete

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    Swatch Case

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    Problems and Issues In the 1980 ’s‚ Swiss watchmakers began to realize they needed to change their business model to fit into a new global market place. They needed to not only change their views of the market but the infrastructure of watch manufacturing. In order to compete on a global level they needed to improve their technology‚ design products that would appeal to new markets and be able to compete with other companies on quality and cost. During this time‚ a merger of two companies helped

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    Swatch Group

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    Distribution Swatch Group products are distributed mainly via a global distribution networkthat has been carefully selected by Group subsidiaries. The network is developed through shops in its own name or under the Tourbillion brand. However‚ in order to maintain a direct link with end consumers‚ the Swatch Group has created a retail section that develops global retail strategies and new approaches to consumer markets‚ including monobrand stores and a network of multibrand prestige watch and jewelry

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    Swatch Report

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    Swatch case study "This watch is the product which will reintroduce Switzerland to the low and middle price market. It is the first step of our campaign to regain dominance of the world watch industry‚" said Dr. Ernst Thomke‚ President of ETA SA‚ a subsidiary of ASUAG and Switzerland ’s largest watch company. Ernst Thomke had made this confident declaration about SWATCH to Franz Sprecher‚ Project Marketing Consultant‚ in late spring 1981. Sprecher had accepted a consulting assignment to help

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    The Birth of Swatch

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    “The Birth of Swatch” 1) Why was the Swatch so successful? In what way was this watch different from others in the industry? Before Swatch started‚ Nicolas Hayek said “ Why cant we design a striking low cost‚ high quality watch and build it in Switzerland” just by reading this statement we can come to the conclusion that this was a new innovative idea‚ so what separates swatch from the rest of the other watch producers? * High quality * Build in Switzerland * Very low cost Why

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