Date:22/08/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/08/22/stories/2006082201181703.htm

Business - Briefly

Trendy watches for the youth from Timex

COIMBATORE: Timex is looking at expansion of its retail base with 100 exclusive showrooms to be opened across the country by the end of 2007. Yash Chandra, Regional Head - South and Goa, said here on Monday. Speaking to The Hindu, after opening Time Factory, an exclusive Timex showroom in Coimbatore, he said that out of the 100 new showrooms, 50 per cent would be in the South. The Time Factory would have watches priced between Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 22,000, mainly aimed at style conscious youth, especially those in the BPO sector.