JAPAN. The Swatch Group is to bring its first Hour Passion boutique to Japan with an opening set for 1 October at Kansai Airport.
Hour Passion is a specialist multi-brand concept housing Swiss watch brands from The Swatch Group: Longines, Rado, Tissot, Mido, Hamilton, Calvin Klein watches, Swatch and Flik-Flak.
At Kansai Airport Terminal 1 the watch boutique will occupy a 71sq m space in the third-floor international Departures area.
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Hour Passion will make its Japanese debut at Kansai Airport on Thursday |
The boutique has been designed to offer customers a relaxing environment in which to discover the world of watches, with high-quality service.
The identity and DNA of each brand is reflected through dedicated retail areas, using the brand colours, materials and imagery.
With Hour Passion, Kansai Airport authority New Kansai International Airport Corporation (NKIAC) completes a series of boutique openings in the KIX Airside Avenue retail area.
On 4 June it opened a new Miyabi confectionery outlet, following by a Samantha Thavasa brand boutique on 10 July and an MCM in-store boutique in the Lotte Duty Free by KAA store on 30 July.
NKIAC also added a Family Mart convenience store in its north wing on 26 August.
The airport concluded a major renovation programme in the KIX Airside Avenue at the end of March 2015.
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Miyabi opened its new Japanese confectionery store at Kansai in June |
About Hour Passion:
Created in 2004, Hour Passion offers customers an expert multi-brand watch and jewellery concept, gathering together The Swatch Group brands of mid and high range in downtown locations and malls, with a more extensive brand portfolio in airport boutiques.
The retail network now consists of 54 boutiques present in Switzerland, UK, France, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Turkey, Russia, USA, Malaysia, China, South Korea and, from October, Japan.
