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Jewellery Maker Pandora’s Q3 Profit Falls Less Than Expected, Raises Sales Outlook 

People walk past a Pandora jewelry store in a Hollywood shopping center on October 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images/AFP)
People walk past a Pandora jewelry store in a Hollywood shopping center on October 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images/AFP)
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Jewellery Maker Pandora’s Q3 Profit Falls Less Than Expected, Raises Sales Outlook 

People walk past a Pandora jewelry store in a Hollywood shopping center on October 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images/AFP)
People walk past a Pandora jewelry store in a Hollywood shopping center on October 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images/AFP)

Danish jewellery maker Pandora on Wednesday reported a third-quarter operating profit above expectations and raised its full-year sales outlook.

Operating profit fell to 920 million crowns ($132 million)from a year-earlier 978 million, against a mean forecast in an analyst poll published by Pandora of 875 million, on organic sales growth of 11%.

Pandora said it now expected full-year organic sales growth of 5%-6%. Its previous forecast was for 2-5% growth. It maintained a full-year operating profit margin forecast of around 25%.

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Hermes 2Q Sales Rise 13% on Continued Appetite for High-End Luxury

People stand with Hermes shopping bags as they wait at a traffic light in Tsim Sha Tsui, a bustling shopping hotspot, in Hong Kong, China December 5, 2023. (Reuters)
People stand with Hermes shopping bags as they wait at a traffic light in Tsim Sha Tsui, a bustling shopping hotspot, in Hong Kong, China December 5, 2023. (Reuters)
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Hermes 2Q Sales Rise 13% on Continued Appetite for High-End Luxury

People stand with Hermes shopping bags as they wait at a traffic light in Tsim Sha Tsui, a bustling shopping hotspot, in Hong Kong, China December 5, 2023. (Reuters)
People stand with Hermes shopping bags as they wait at a traffic light in Tsim Sha Tsui, a bustling shopping hotspot, in Hong Kong, China December 5, 2023. (Reuters)

Birkin-bag maker Hermes reported a 13% rise in second-quarter sales on Thursday, demonstrating the continued appetite from wealthy shoppers for its luxury handbags, even as less affluent consumers pull back.

Sales at the French luxury group grew to 3.7 billion euros ($4.02 billion), a 13% organic sales rise that strips out currency fluctuations. The figure was in line with analyst expectations, according to a Visible Alpha consensus.

Operating profit for the first half was 3.1 billion euros, compared to a forecast from consensus provider Visible Alpha for 3.2 billion.

One of the most steady performers in the luxury goods sector -- even as economic conditions worsen -- the French group's results stand out after a string of disappointing earnings updates from peers which have raised investor concern about uncertain prospects for the sector in the coming months.

Hermes' famously classic designs and tight management of production and stock have helped reinforce the label's aura of exclusivity, and CEO Axel Dumas told reporters the company had seen "no big interruption in trends".

However, he said Hermes was seeing slightly less traffic with aspirational clients, which was impacting higher volume products like fashion accessories.