Chinese athletes have been collecting plenty of gold in London. But their countrymen seem to be losing a taste for it. The latest sign of a Chinese luxury goods slowdown came from Richemont, the high end jeweller, yesterday.
中国的运动员们在伦敦奥运会上已经收获了许多金牌,但他们的同胞对黄金的兴趣似乎却正在消减。瑞士高档珠宝商历峰集团(Richemont)昨日发布的公告,为中国奢侈品市场增长放缓提供了最新证据。
Its terse statement was impressive on the surface – operating profits will rise between 20 and 40 per cent this year. But much of that is due to currency moves, and the range of potential profit growth suggests that Richemont is not confident enough to be more precise. And growth is slowing – sales before currency changes grew 20 per cent in April, but only 13 per cent across the April-June quarter.
该集团的业绩简报粗看之下似乎令人印象深刻——在截至9月30日的六个月中,公司营业利润较上年同期增幅预计在20%至40%之间,但其中大部分将来自汇率波动。另外,公布预估的浮动区间比较大,表明历峰集团没有信心给出更精确的估计。公司的业绩增长也在放缓,4月份未经汇率调整的销售额同比增长20%,而4月至7月销售额同比增幅仅为13%。
Richemont is not alone. All kinds of luxury goods companies have been throwing their arms up in horror at the prospect of a Chinese consumer slowdown. On Friday, Hugo Boss said shoppers in the country were holding back and that Asian revenues in the second quarter were only 4 per cent up on the same period last year. The previous week LVMH said that first-half organic growth in its watches and jewellery business was just 4 per cent. Last month Burberry said that first-quarter sales growth had slowed from 30 per cent to 11 per cent.
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