Swatch Group CEO says group sees catch-up effect on sales in Asia, U.S.

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“People want to compensate after the crisis is over, they want to spend … they want to have sure values. We see it in mainland China, Macau, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand. The restriction that is blocking us to develop the full power of sales we had before 2020 is of course tourism,” Hayek said.

Swatch Group in January posted a net loss of 53 million Swiss francs ($57.34 million) for 2020, its first in decades, as the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered shops and smartwatches made inroads into the market, hitting demand for Swatch plastic watches.

($1 = 0.9243 Swiss francs)

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