LVMH’s six-month profit falls 22 percent, revenue falls 4 percent
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world’s largest luxury goods company, reported a year-on-year decline in after-tax profit and revenue in the first six months of this year.
The company’s website says after-tax profit fell 22 percent to 5.7 billion euros from 7.27 billion euros a year earlier. Profit from continuing operations fell 15 percent to 9 billion euros.
Revenue fell 4 percent to 39.81 billion euros from 41.68 billion euros. The organic decline in revenue, adjusted for currency fluctuations and corporate acquisitions, was 3 percent.
Revenue in LVMH’s fashion and leather goods segment fell 8 percent to 19.12 billion euros. Fashion and leather goods account for almost half of LVMH’s revenue.
Retail chain stores (Sephora, DFS and Le Bon Marché) had virtually no revenue, at €8.62 billion.
Revenue from perfumes and cosmetics fell 1 percent to €4.08 billion.
Alcoholic beverage sales fell 8 percent to €2.59 billion, while watches and jewelry sales fell 1 percent to €5.09 billion.
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