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This luxury Armageddon leaves investors spoilt for choice

Hermès』s revenue growth in high-margin leather goods shows why the group leads the luxury sector on valuation
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"}],[{"start":85.83,"text":"Hermès’s strong performance underscores the fact that, in damped circumstances, super high-end customers feel the pinch less than so-called aspirational shoppers. "},{"start":94.759,"text":"That is borne out by the performance of Brunello Cucinelli, master of Italian understated luxury and of the $1,000 knit T-shirt, which posted an 18 per cent increase in quarterly sales. "}],[{"start":105.83,"text":"The resilience of the megarich is not the only reason for the luxury sector’s strength. "},{"start":110.39699999999999,"text":"Prada and Moncler, which both managed sales growth in the high teens, suggest that consumers are still flocking to trendy brands which are having a moment in the sun. "},{"start":118.80199999999999,"text":"And even behemoth LVMH managed to eke out a modicum of growth. "}],[{"start":123.6,"text":"None of this is meant to suggest that luxury can stretch out its post-pandemic boom — a period when many companies posted well beyond 20 per cent annual sales growth. "},{"start":132.72899999999998,"text":"But, in aggregate, the sector seems on track to return to long-term average growth rates of perhaps 6 to 8 per cent this year. "},{"start":139.709,"text":"Given how large luxury has become, that is a remarkable result in and of itself. "}],[{"start":144.38,"text":""}]],"url":"https://creatives.ftacademy.cn/album/152137-1714138776.mp3"}

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