Despite annual gross sales decreasing by 6.3 percent this past year, the Swatch Group announced Wednesday that 2009 was the third best year in the company’s history. A significant rebound in sales in the second half of 2009 and a “phenomenal” December were among the reasons the Swatch Group emerged from the financial crisis in “excellent shape,” the company stated.
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