Profiles have documented his large homes, his fleet of cars, his shopping sprees at watch stores, his solicitous entourage and flexible schedule.
The company has just outlined one of the ways it will be pinching pennies: it's closing its Watch movie stores in Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden by May 31st, with some Italians reporting a shutdown on the 15th.
ENGADGET: HTC shutting down Watch movies in six countries by May 31st
Frightened residents were invited into the stores to watch the news streaming on computers, e-mail their families, recharge their mobile phones and so forth.
Japanese company Sohgo Security Services has developed the "Guardrobo D1, " a meter-tall robot that can patrol offices, homes or stores, watch for trouble using digital cameras and sensors, and alert human guards via radio if it detects a problem.
Brands will have to watch for online retail pop-up stores like Amazon and physical kiosks for brands like Groupon, and start thinking in terms of broader access.
At current exchange rates the increase was 13.3 percent for the company that also produces watch components and electronics, has its own distribution network, its own retail stores and owns and manages museums for some of its better-known watch brands.
FORBES: Record Sales at Swatch Group Despite Rising Swiss Franc
Bahrain Watch also accused police of taking part in looting stores believed to be sympathetic to protesters.
Watch out for limited-edition timepieces exclusive to individual stores.
The television industry succeeded in shutting down technological end-runs on this basis in the past including a service that allowed multiple hotel guests to watch programs delivered from a single bank of VHS players and video stores that provided viewing booths.
FORBES: Diller's Aereo Survives First Battle, Threatening All-Out Legal War Over TV
High-end stores such as Tiffany, a world-renowned jeweller, and luxury watch retailer Tourneau are catering to Chinese tourists with Mandarin-speaking sales staff, Chinese size charts and visits by sales reps to China to update tour operators on their US retail offerings.
Stores would close nearly every Saturday in the summer and thousands would gather along the beachfront to watch the colorful events.
WSJ: In Australia, Traditionalists Strive to Keep Beach Marching Alive
应用推荐