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Roberto Coin opens store in Miami
The Italian jewelry company’s new 400-square-foot boutique is located in Miami’s Design District, which also is home to Tiffany, Cartier, Harry Winston and Hublot, among others.

Miami--Roberto Coin has a new store, a 400-square-foot boutique located in Miami’s Design District, which is also home to Tiffany, Cartier, Harry Winston and Hublot, among others.
The boutique is the Italian brand’s ninth in North America.
Its exterior was designed in the style of the popular Pois Moi line. The store will carry that collection along with Haute Couture, Black Jade, Cento and one-of-a-kind pieces.
The company said there are no future U.S. store opening planned at this time and Roberto Coin himself told National Jeweler during an interview at the Baselworld show that he would be opening a few more “important” points of sale in the United States but would do so in a way of that is mindful of other retailers that carry the brand.
“We can’t just open next door to our own clients,” he said.
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Roberto Coin’s boutique joins a growing number of watch and jewelry brands in Miami’s Design District, which has been revitalized in recent years with low-rise warehouses and gallery spaces being converted into retail stores, art galleries, cafes and restaurants.
Richemont-owned Jaeger-LeCoultre opened a store there recently. Bulgari, Cartier, Harry Winston and Tiffany have boutiques there too along with watch brands A. Lange & Söhne, IWC Schaffhausen, Hublot, Omega, TAG Heuer and Vacheron Constantin.
Peter Webster, Roberto Coin Inc.’s president and co-owner, called the Design District “an exciting place to be right now.”
“We have a strong customer base in South Florida and intend on becoming a significant part of this thriving new community,” he said.
Roberto Coin’s new Miami store joins stores in Asheville, N.C.; Charleston, S.C.; Mashpee, Ma.; Deer Valley, Utah; and Palm Desert, Newport and Carlsbad, Calf. The brand also has a store in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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