Richemont Results for Year Ending March 31, 2009
Swiss luxury goods group Richemont has announced its audited results for the year ending March 31, 2009. Overall group sales increased 2 percent, however good growth in the first six months was largely offset by lower sales in the second half of the year. For the group as a whole, operating profit declined 12%. Richemont’s specialist watchmakers saw sales increase 4% over the prior year, from �1,378,000,000 to �1,437,000,000. Sales of IWC, Vacheron Constantin and Jaeger-LeCoultre were particularly strong. All of Richemont’s long-held Maisons were profitable. However, the group incurred charges relating to the purchase of Roger Dubuis and the cost of a second SIHH in the same fiscal year. Operating results for the specialist watchmakers were �287 million versus �374 million for the prior year, reflecting a decline of 23%. The new joint venture with Polo Ralph Lauren had no impact on sales.Richemont’s specialist watchmakers include IWC, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCou

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The world is awash with Kickstarter projects. This is good news for fans of watch design, as the emergence of crowd-funding as a viable start-up method has given new hope to small companies with a big dream. The impending release of the Klokers-01 and Klokers-02 watches prove that striking the right balance between innovative design and affordable manufacturing can reap rewards. But with a raft of other options available, do these new products offer value for money when stacked-up against their competitors?Klokers have focused on one of the best selling points of modern indie watch brands: customizability. With a twist and a slide, the whole watch head can be removed from the leather band with ease. There's a neat video on Klokers' Kickstarter page that shows two wearers exchanging their watch heads in a matter of seconds. Not only does the Klokers watch head attach to a traditional strap, but also to a range of other carriers including chains and fobs. Klokers wants to assert the abil

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