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Jewellery Maker Pandora Cuts Sales Growth Forecast 

The charm bracelet maker said comparable sales grew 4% in October, a stronger start to the crucial holiday shopping season. (Getty Images for Pandora Jewellery)
The charm bracelet maker said comparable sales grew 4% in October, a stronger start to the crucial holiday shopping season. (Getty Images for Pandora Jewellery)
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Jewellery Maker Pandora Cuts Sales Growth Forecast 

The charm bracelet maker said comparable sales grew 4% in October, a stronger start to the crucial holiday shopping season. (Getty Images for Pandora Jewellery)
The charm bracelet maker said comparable sales grew 4% in October, a stronger start to the crucial holiday shopping season. (Getty Images for Pandora Jewellery)

Danish jewellery brand Pandora on Wednesday cut its comparable sales growth forecast for the full year and reported weaker than expected sales growth for the third quarter as they declined in Europe.

Operating profit was 880 million Danish crowns ($137.4 million), down from 980 million in the same quarter a year ago. Analysts had on average forecast an operating profit of 873 million, according to a poll provided by Pandora.

Comparable sales growth of 2% was slower than the expected 3%. In Europe, comparable sales fell 1% as they slowed in Germany, Britain, France and Italy.

Pandora shares are down 38% since the start of this year as US tariffs on imports and the surging price of silver, a key material in its jewellery, add to its costs, while shoppers have grown more cautious about spending on non-essentials.

Pandora cut its comparable sales growth guidance for this year to 3-4%, from 4-5% previously, but stuck to an organic growth forecast of 7-8%.

The charm bracelet maker said comparable sales grew 4% in October, a stronger start to the crucial holiday shopping season.

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Swatch Workers in Türkiye Set to Strike in Pay Row

People walk past a store of Swiss watchmaker Swatch, in Beijing, China August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
People walk past a store of Swiss watchmaker Swatch, in Beijing, China August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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Swatch Workers in Türkiye Set to Strike in Pay Row

People walk past a store of Swiss watchmaker Swatch, in Beijing, China August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
People walk past a store of Swiss watchmaker Swatch, in Beijing, China August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

Workers at 16 of Swatch Group's directly operated stores in Türkiye are set to strike on Monday in a dispute over pay and workers' rights.

About 150 workers from the company's Swatch brand stores in Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya, as well as two Omega stores in Istanbul, will take part in the first industrial action against the Swiss watchmaker in Türkiye, their union said, Reuters reported.

The strike, which will also affect the country office in Istanbul, has been called after talks between local union Koop-Is and Swatch management broke down.

The Turkish workers had sought a better pay deal in light of high inflation in Türkiye, where prices rose by 33% in the year to October.

SWATCH SAYS DEMANDS ARE 'UNREALISTICALLY HIGH'

Workers were disappointed with pay rises of 25% offered to shop workers, and 5-15% for office staff, the union said, and had sought more.

Swatch Group said: "The union's demands are unfortunately unrealistically high and totally exaggerated."

Swatch does not break down its sales by country, but Türkiye was the 18th biggest export market for Swiss watches overall this year, larger than Canada and India, according to industry figures.

UNI Global Union, a federation of global service sector unions based in the Swiss town of Nyon and which has Koop-Is as a member, has written to Swatch CEO Nick Hayek and Chair Nayla Hayek to resolve the dispute.

The union also wants the establishment of disciplinary boards to prevent the summary dismissal of staff, as well as equal access to bonuses and social benefits.

"Our union has made every effort to achieve a fair agreement that protects the rights and welfare of all Swatch Group Türkiye employees," said Eyup Alemdar, president of Koop-Is.

"But the company's proposals were unfair, discriminatory and far below workers’ expectations. We are left with no choice but to strike."

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Ralph Lauren Raises Annual Revenue Forecast on Resilient Demand

Models present creations from the Ralph Lauren Spring 2026 collection during New York Fashion Week in New York City, US, September 10, 2025. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis
Models present creations from the Ralph Lauren Spring 2026 collection during New York Fashion Week in New York City, US, September 10, 2025. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis
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Ralph Lauren Raises Annual Revenue Forecast on Resilient Demand

Models present creations from the Ralph Lauren Spring 2026 collection during New York Fashion Week in New York City, US, September 10, 2025. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis
Models present creations from the Ralph Lauren Spring 2026 collection during New York Fashion Week in New York City, US, September 10, 2025. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis

Ralph Lauren raised its annual revenue forecast after beating quarterly estimates on Thursday due to resilient demand for its high-priced Polo shirts and cotton cable knit sweaters amid rising economic uncertainty.

The owner of several high-end apparel and accessory brands is seeing strong sales across its portfolio despite raising prices of select products, as it benefits from loyalty of its affluent customer base.

Ralph Lauren's investments, innovation and marketing efforts have also helped it win over younger shoppers, who are often hunting for fresh and trendy styles, Reuters reported.

The company now expects full-year revenue to increase 5% to 7% on a constant currency basis, compared with its prior forecast of a low- to mid-single-digit percentage growth.

The company posted quarterly revenue of $2.01 billion, compared with analysts' estimates of $1.89 billion, as per data compiled by LSEG.

Shares of the company were up about 1% in premarket trading.

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French Foreign Minister: EU Commission Must Sanction Shein

Costumers shops on the opening day of Asian e-commerce giant Shein's first physical store at the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville (BHV) department store in Paris on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
Costumers shops on the opening day of Asian e-commerce giant Shein's first physical store at the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville (BHV) department store in Paris on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
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French Foreign Minister: EU Commission Must Sanction Shein

Costumers shops on the opening day of Asian e-commerce giant Shein's first physical store at the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville (BHV) department store in Paris on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
Costumers shops on the opening day of Asian e-commerce giant Shein's first physical store at the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville (BHV) department store in Paris on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Thursday urged the European Commission to sanction online fast-fashion retailer Shein, which he said was in breach of the bloc's rules.

"I believe that the platform is clearly in breach of the European rules that we adopted in 2022 at France's instigation. I believe that the European Commission must take action. It cannot wait any longer," Barrot said in an interview with Franceinfo radio station.

China's Shein on Wednesday opened its first-ever permanent shop in the BHV department store in central Paris, but French Finance Minister Roland Lescure threatened a countrywide ban of the brand after a consumer watchdog spotted child-like sex dolls sold on its marketplace, Reuters reported.

Shein said it sanctioned the sellers of the dolls, implemented a worldwide ban on sex dolls on its site, and independently decided to temporarily suspend its marketplace in France to "review and strengthen" how third-party sellers operate on the site.