France's Hermes group's annual sales increased by 14.4%

French media recently reported that luxury goods companies in France Hermes (HERMES) the announced performance forecast shows that sales in the first half of this year increased by 14.4%, slightly lower than 15.4% in the same period last year, of which the growth rate in the first, second quarter was 12.8% and 16% respectively.

Reported that Hermes company has maintained rapid growth for many years, the first half of this year, the global luxury market growth has slowed down, but the company has achieved rapid growth. At the same time, the company is also cautious, the announcement said, because of the uncertainty of the current economic environment, it is difficult to determine the performance of this year's forecast.

Peru's cotton T-shirt exports fell 45% in May.

Peru's exports have been declining for 5 consecutive months, despite the continuing weakness of the global market. Meanwhile, the Ministry of foreign trade and tourism has not yet implemented Peru's export forecast for 2013.

Peru's export volume fell 13% from 1~5 in the same month last year to 16 billion 395 million US dollars, of which 15% of traditional exports fell, and the main export industries were mining. In terms of non-traditional products, industries with declining exports Spin Industry is the main industry and export volume is reduced by 16.5%, of which the export products include cotton t-shirts (-45%), cotton blouses (-13%), cotton men's shirts (-2.9%), cotton trousers and cotton skirts.

　 British retail giant Martha shoes Clothing sales continue to fall

British retail giant Martha has announced that sales in the UK have increased by 0.3% this quarter. Strong food sales are offset. clothing Sales decline. Sales of its food business in the UK market increased by 1.8% over the same period last year. But general merchandise (including clothing Footwear, household goods) fell 1.6%, down eighth consecutive quarters. As a result, about 800 shareholders of Martha's Department questioned the management at the annual meeting of Wembley Stadium.

The company's chief executive recently reorganized the clothing department and the retail team, and drew up a very clear plan to try to boost the sluggish clothing business. In May, its team introduced a new clothing series and sales strategy mode.

Some analysts say the success of these strategies will depend on the upcoming autumn and winter clothing series later this year. These series of clothing have been well received in fashion media. Clothing is the cornerstone of Martha's business, especially women's clothing.

Although sales of clothing and other "conventional products" are not satisfactory, the sales of Martha's food products are pleasing. In the past 13 weeks as of June 29th, total sales of Martha's food increased by 3.3%. This growth has been helped by an increase of 30% in online sales and an increase of 8.7% in international sales.

The euro zone's economic crisis has affected sales in some areas, but Martha said business in the region has begun to stabilize. Martha's Department hopes to create revolutionary changes in department stores again through continuous innovation.

IgG women's clothing group has better performance in the first half of the year.

Etam, France Apparel Retailing Group Etam in France, the second quarter turnover of 263 million 200 thousand euros, an increase of 0.7%, which is mainly due to the European market sales, the group's decline in China has also been able to make up for it.

Its brand mainly includes Etam and 1.2.3. In the first half of this year, sales reached 596 million 800 thousand euros, an increase of 0.7%. According to the same store and the same exchange rate, the group's turnover increased by 1.4% in the quarter and 1.6% in the first half.

The group said that although its economic environment was difficult and its climate conditions were unfavourable, its second quarter performance in the European market was still satisfactory.

In the second quarter, the turnover in the European region was 189 million 800 thousand euros, an increase of 1.8%, while the growth rate in the first half of the year increased by 2.6% to 384 million 800 thousand euros. The increase in performance was mainly due to the improvement in the French market, which has increased by 3.2% in the first half of this year, making up for the decline of the group in other countries in the region (down 1.8%).

According to the brand, the overall growth of the European market is still dominated by 1.2.3 brands. The growth in the current and the first half of this year is 2.5% and 4.4% respectively. Etam brands were 1.6% and 2.1% respectively.

The good performance of the European market has made up for the decline of the group in the Chinese market. Although the exchange rate is favorable, the group gained 2.2% in China in the current quarter, up 2.6% in the first half.

Faced with problems such as brand positioning and sales channels, the group has started to reduce inventories and rational production in China in recent months. Since early 2013, the group has also cut 117 stores in department stores.