巴黎，10月12日：法国LVMH集团周一公布的第三季度有机销售额增长情况逊于预期，主要原因在于市场对旗下时尚及皮具产品的需求疲软。
PARIS, Oct 12 : France's LVMH on Monday reported worse-than-expected third-quarter organic sales growth as weak demand for its fashion and leather goods weighed.
剔除汇率波动因素后，该集团有机销售额同比增长1%，达到182.8亿欧元（约合204亿美元），而据Visible Alpha机构统计，分析师此前预期的增长率为1.3%。作为集团营收的核心支柱，包含路易威登、迪奥等旗舰品牌的时尚与皮具业务板块，其有机销售额同比下滑了5%，而市场预期该板块的降幅仅为1.8%。
Organic sales, which strip out currency swings, rose 1 per cent year-on-year to €18.28 billion ($20.40 billion), compared with the 1.3 per cent increase expected by analysts in Visible Alpha consensus. The fashion and leather goods division, which includes flagship brands Louis Vuitton and Dior and generates nearly half of group revenue, posted a 5 per cent fall in organic sales, against an expected 1.8 per cent decline.
作为全球规模最大的奢侈品集团，也是首家公布第三季度业绩的大型奢侈品企业，LVMH此次业绩表现恐怕会进一步引发投资者担忧——当前价值3500亿美元的全球奢侈品行业已连续三年增长乏力，市场普遍担心该行业难以重拾往日的高速增长势头。
The trading update from LVMH - the world's largest luxury group and the first major firm to report third-quarter results - looked likely to further unsettle investors amid fears that the $350 billion luxury sector, mired in a three-year slowdown, will struggle to regain its former momentum.