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Swatch Group: Key Figures 2013
Biel / Bienne (Switzerland), February 5, 2014 Gross sales increase to CHF 8 817 million, a plus of 8.3% despite negative exchange rates. Net sales rise 8.5% to CHF 8 456 million. Operating profit increases 17.0% to CHF 2 314 million. Operating margin of 27.4% (previous year 25.4%), of which the effect of the legal case success against Tiffany…
Half-Year Report 2013
Further growth in both sales and profit The Group’s gross sales were up 8.7% to CHF 4 181 million, versus the very strong figures recorded in the first half of 2012. Benchmarked to the 1.5% export growth for wrist watches of the Swiss watch industry in the first half of 2013, the segment Watches & Jewelry (now including Production) growth…
Half-Year Report 2012
Swatch Group – Double-digit Growth once again in both Sales and Profit Sales in the Watches & Jewelry segment grew once again by a strong +16.7% to CHF 3 400 million. The Group’s gross sales were up +14.4% to CHF 3 847 million, surpassing the record 2011 half-year figure. Operating profit increased by +19.4% to CHF 903…
Half-Year Report 2011
Swatch Group: Again with record sales and profit Sales in the Watches & Jewelry segment, despite capacity bottlenecks, grew a strong +27.4% at constant rates or +13.3% at current rates, to CHF 2 913 million. Gross sales for the Group of CHF 3 362 million exceed the record half year 2010 by +24.2% at constant rates and +11.4% at current rates1…
Swatch Group Half-Year Report 2010
Record half-year results in terms of both sales and profit Sales in the Watches & Jewelry segment rose in local currency by a strong 32.9% (30.6% in CHF) compared with the first half 2009 and by 10.1% (9.3% in CHF) compared with the previous record half-year 2008. Performance substantially better than the export figures for the first six…
Swatch Group Half-Year Report 2009
Biel / Bienne (Switzerland): Half-Year Report 2009 – Swatch Group a strong outperformer in the current challenging economic environment • Strong outperformance compared to Swiss Watch Federation export sales, with gross sales reaching CHF 2’480 million in the first six months of 2009 (–15.3% compared to an absolute record first half-year 2008,…