Nick Hayek, CEO of Swatch Group, at the Swatch ETA factory in Grenchen, Switzerland, in 2023.
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Swatch Group reported a 14.3% decrease in net sales at current exchange rates during the first half of 2024, the company said on Monday.
The maker of Tissot, Longines and Omega watches, as well as the eponymous plastic Swatch watches, said sales dropped to 3.445 billion Swiss francs ($3.85 billion) in the six months to the end of June.
A worker walks past molten steel at a steel factory in Huai’an, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on July 22, 2025. – | Afp | Getty Images China’s factory activity edged higher in November but remained stuck in contraction for the eighth consecutive month, while services weakened as the boost from earlier holidays faded, according […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump looks on aboard Air Force One during travel to Palm Beach, Florida, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., November 25, 2025. Anna Rose Layden | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety. Trump, in a Truth […]
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