Steven Cohen is new president of Ebel Americas
Mar 24, 2005
Steven Cohen, formerly president the Movado Group’s Canadian division, has been named president of Ebel Americas. He replaces Randi Shinske who resigned from the position in late February. The announcement was made March 24 by the Movado Group Inc., which owns Ebel. Cohen will oversee sales of the watch brand in North America and the Caribbean, and report....

WJA Presents Second Annual Business Conference
Feb 01, 2005
The Second Annual WJA "Women In the Know" business conference will be held March 4 at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Noted author and speaker Andrea Nierenberg, whom The Wall Street Journal called "a networking success story," is the keynote speaker. As head of the Nierenberg Group, New York City, she brings 23....

Thomas van der Kallen named president of Ebel
Nov 26, 2004
Movado Group Inc. appointed Thomas van der Kallen as president of Ebel, responsible for worldwide sales and marketing of this global luxury watch brand. He will join the Company in mid-January and will report directly to Efraim Grinberg, president and CEO of Movado Group, Inc. Van der Kallen, 41, joins Movado Group with more than ten years of brand....

Movado Group Posts Strong Half-Year Gains
Nov 01, 2004
The Movado Group, headquartered in Paramus, N.J., on Sept. 8 announced strong half-year and second-quarter results. The results include the impact of the Ebel luxury watch business, acquired March 1, 2004. In the first half, net sales rose 25.8% to $172 million, up from $136.7 million the prior year. Comparable store sales rose 18.4% at the company's Movado....

New 'faces' for Ebel, Maurice Lacroix Watches
Sep 03, 2004
Two top Swiss watch brands have signed two world-famous faces to represent them to the global public. World-famous supermodel Claudia Schiffer has been chosen by Swiss luxury watch brand Ebel to be the face of its new global ad campaign, launching this fall. The ads feature evocative black-and-white photography of the German beauty wearing Ebel’s women’s....

Ebel Restructures Watchmaking Operation
May 01, 2004
Swiss luxury watchmaker Ebel SA announced in March that it is restructuring its watchmaking operation at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, "to create a sustainable business structure that projects profitability for the future." The restructuring follows losses for the company over the past three years of 40 million Swiss francs (about US$31.2 million) and its....

Movado Group completes Ebel acquisition
Mar 01, 2004
Movado Group Inc. announced March 1 that it had successfully completed its purchase of Ebel, one of the world's leading luxury watch brands, from French luxury goods group LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton). The $47.3 million deal was first announced Dec. 22. The 93-year-old Ebel firm—renowned for its distinctive, innovative lines including Beluga, Classic....

Ebel's 'Renaissance' Revamps Watch Lines, Marketing
Jun 01, 2003
Ebel, one of the best-known Swiss luxury watch brands, unveiled colorful fresh looks for its watches at the 2003 international watch and jewelry show in Basel, Switzerland. The Ebel "renaissance" included a new watch line called Tarawa, new looks for the Beluga and 1911 lines, a new advertising campaign, and new in-store displays and packaging. The design....

Obituaries
Sep 01, 2001
Leo Lipp, a co-founder of Tishman & Lipp and partner in T&L Corletto Inc. passed away on June 18 in Sarasota, Fla. He is survived by his wife Stella, his daughter Karen Janowski, and his son Bruce. Lipp served in the army during World Warr II as a cartographer in Europe and India. Beginning in 1946, he apprenticed at Gratz and Company in....

'This is the Year of Ebel's Rebirth'
Apr 01, 2001
Ebel, one of the best known Swiss luxury watches, is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year by reinventing itself. The company is aiming to recapture lost prestige, create a sharply focused global brand image, and build more sales among young, affluent adults, especially men. "2001 is the year of rebirth and renewal for Ebel," declares Guillaume....