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BRAND CHAMPIONS

by James ButteryJuly 5, 2016July 5, 2016

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Terry Andrews, brand director, Boss Watches

Terry Andrews has always trusted his intuition, especially when it comes to business, and it seems that his faith is well placed – Hugo Boss moved up two places to become the 13th biggest brand in the UK in 2015, ...

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BRAND CHAMPIONS

by James ButteryJuly 5, 2016July 5, 2016

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Mark Willingham, business development sales manager, Grand Seiko

Mark Willingham is relaxed in the knowledge that Seiko is going from strength to strength. “The brand’s growth in the UK is organic – we’re not in a hurry. We’re experiencing fantastic results and growth will continue, both internationally and ...

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BRAND CHAMPIONS

by James ButteryJuly 5, 2016July 5, 2016

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Gioia Placuzzi, marketing and communications director, Sicis UK

A self-confessed extrovert, Gioia Placuzzi loves nothing better than forging business relationships and participating in group activities. “For me, social interactions are a source of positive emotions; pure energy,” she says. A supremely loyal person, she is also a determined ...

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BRAND CHAMPIONS

by James ButteryJuly 5, 2016July 5, 2016

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Paul Harry, global sales and marketing director, Peers Hardy

Peers Hardy’s triumphant new vintage brand Henry London signed up 24 new doors at the Company of Master Jewellers’ trade event in August last year, before it even officially launched to the market in October 2015. Since then the homegrown ...

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BRAND CHAMPIONS

by James ButteryJuly 5, 2016July 12, 2016

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: John Seggie, Matt Aldridge, Stephen Todd & Eddie Harber, Bering

In November Steve Todd became the first Bering employee in Europe to launch a dedicated Bering kiosk with one of the businesses’ top customers. The success went on to proof that Bering works as a stand-alone brand and more kiosks ...

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BRAND CHAMPIONS

by James ButteryJuly 5, 2016July 6, 2016

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Rob Nudds, sales consultant, Nomos

Having previously worked in retail, as a watchmaker and as an industry analyst, Rob Nudd knows his stuff when it comes to timepieces. And this knowledge is already serving him well in his new role as Sales Consultant at Nomos ...

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BRAND CHAMPIONS

by James ButteryJuly 5, 2016July 5, 2016

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Mike France, co-founder, Christopher Ward

When asked which personality traits have best served him in his career, Mike France of online luxury watch brand Christopher Ward responds: “Drive, energy, competitiveness and curiosity.” Indeed, these qualities are evident in pretty much everything he undertakes. In the ...

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BRAND CHAMPIONS

by James ButteryJuly 5, 2016July 6, 2016

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Tracey Osborne & Simon Bates, Citizen Watches UK

Tracey Osborne and Simon Bates have been on a brand expansion drive this year, turning Citizen’s awareness strategy up a notch. This has resulted in improved multi-channel brand awareness campaigns and a new omni-channel presence, both of which have significantly ...

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BRAND CHAMPIONS

by James ButteryJuly 5, 2016July 5, 2016

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Jim Clawley, Country Manager, Dartmouth Brands

Coming from a sporting background, with a passion for tennis, running and cycling (but a dislike of being photographed in Lycra), Jim Clawley is a determined competitor in the watch market. “You always encounter failure in business to some extent; ...

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HOT 100

by James ButteryFebruary 29, 2016May 31, 2016

The search is on for the WatchPro Hot 100 of 2016

The search has begun to find the 100 most influential watch industry figures in the UK and Ireland with today’s launch of WatchPro’s HOT 100 2016. This is the fourth year that WatchPro has launched the HOT 100 process that is decided by nominations ...

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HOT 100 2015

by James ButteryDecember 9, 2015

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Teresa Timberlake, managing director, TLKE

Teresa Timberlake’s business strategy is simple: take the best-loved brands from the US and establish them in the UK market, and her Stateside finds are winning her distribution company TLKE some serious kudos on the British high street. The star ...

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HOT 100

by James ButteryDecember 8, 2015

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Romain Milaret, regional account manager EMEA, FF Group

The brand name Links of London has become synonymous with silver jewellery, but soon the connection could be just as casually be made to watches if Romain Milaret has his way. “We have increased the share of the watch segment ...

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HOT 100

by James ButteryDecember 7, 2015

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Monica Porracin, director, The Blue Company

Looking around the chosen location for Monica Porracin’s Hot 100 shoot, her vision for where she wants to take her company comes very sharply into focus. We find ourselves at The Shop at Bluebird in London’s Chelsea, a store ...

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HOT 100 2015

by James ButteryDecember 4, 2015

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Steve Brydon, commercial director, MGS Distribution

When it comes to defining business success, words are wonderful but numbers rarely lie, and Steve Brydon has some pretty impressive figures to tell us about. “We have driven a 46% like-for-like growth across the nine brands that make up ...

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HOT 100

by James ButteryDecember 1, 2015

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Mike France, Peter Ellis and Chris Ward, co-founders Christopher Ward

Christopher Ward was founded on a boat on the River Thames, so it seems only natural that its three founders Christopher Ward, Peter Ellis and Mike France would return to the water as they prepare to set sail for uncharted ...

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HOT 100 2015

by James ButteryNovember 26, 2015November 26, 2015

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Martina Etti, head of international sales, Nomos

Martina Etti, head of international sales, Nomos While Nomos Glashütte may still be a relatively niche brand, the critical acclaim the watchmaker has long been receiving has been translating into sales, with turnover doubling in the past three years – something ...

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Others

by James ButteryNovember 25, 2015

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Time Products team

Narendra Adatia, Trevor Kirkpatrick, Trevor James, Gus Webbe and David Merriman, Time Products. In today’s cynical world, the idea of a company being akin to a happy family is almost incomprehensible. Most modern businesses have their own factions, cliques and ...

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Others

by James ButteryNovember 19, 2015

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Ian Latham, Bering

Nobody can fault Ian Latham’s dedication to the job, although his wife does have a thing or two to say about it. “Gilly has banned me from using my mobile phone and tablet when I arrive home from work,” he ...

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Others

by Staff WriterNovember 17, 2015

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Isabelle Philippe, Sequel

Glass of Sancerre in hand, relaxing in the Chelsea Harbour Hotel with a colleague, as they often do on a Friday lunchtime when the sun is shining, it is hard to believe that Isabelle Philippe gave birth to a baby ...

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Others

by Staff WriterNovember 16, 2015

HOT 100 BRAND CHAMPIONS: Andrew Murfitt, Citizen

It wasn’t just the impending festive period, and a chance to spoil his six-year-old twin boys, that put a spring in Andrew Murfitt’s step as he strolled down the high street this Christmas, it was also professional pride. Murfitt and ...

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