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Fossil Bows 300 Models of Smartwatches

Fossil made good on CEO Kosta Kartsotis’ vow to add more brands in its wearables push, launching 300 connected devices for 14 brands at a jewelry fair in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday. Introductions included wearables debuts by the DKNY, Marc Jacobs,…

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Michele, Relic and Tory Burch brands. Diesel, Emporio Armani, Fossil, Michael Kors and Misfit will branch out to new connected watch designs when they launch in fall. Touch-screen watches are powered by Android Wear 2.0 and a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor; 2.0 includes shortcuts to play music, call a ride-hailing service and download third-party apps.