Monday 8 February 2010

Hermes Expects Sales To Keep Rising – 8/2/10


After outperforming forecasts during the festive season, Hermes expects sales to rise 5 percent at constant currencies (after climbing 4.1 percent in 2009) and aims to maintain its operating margin.

"Christmas was better than expected, we had not foreseen such growth," Hermes’ Finance Director, Mireille Maury, told Reuters. "We are optimistic (about 2010)."

In the fourth quarter, Hermes' leather goods sales rose 16.8 percent at constant currencies to 278.7 million euros, silk and textiles were up 17.7 percent and ready-to-wear and fashion accessories were up 12.2 percent.

For more Hermes news, see our January report on Hermes creating a subsidiary, Shang Xia.

We also heard a student-built communications satellite named Hermes will be launched into outer space by NASA shortly. This seems ironic to us, considering its luxury namesake appears to be a rising star…
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