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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedA Web Tale of Two Countries.(Japan and United States, online services, watch industry)
Jewelers Circular Keystone, May, 2001 by SHUSTER, WILLIAM GEORGE
The third and final part of our series on Japanese watchmakers examines how the "big three" are using the Internet to reach consumers.
The Internet is becoming an important tool for the major Japanese watch brands, both in Japan and in the United States. But the big three--Seiko, Citizen, and Casio--are driving in very different lanes on the information highway.
The major watchmakers are using the Internet to sell watches--albeit in a limited way, for now--and to collect market data. For the past five years, Citizen Watch has had a Web site (in Japanese only) called "My Creation." Japanese consumers can custom-design watches online and order them directly from Citizen. More than 50,000 people have used the program since it began. (Though Citizen...
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