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Hermes bags record sales in 2016

Luxury goods maker Hermes said Wednesday it booked record sales in 2016, thanks to strong demand in all regions, and Japan in particular. Hermes' revenues rose by 7.5 percent to 5.2 billion euros (6.0 billion dollars) last year, the first time the group has passed the five-billion-euro mark. "Once again, we outperformed the sector, we broke...

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John Lewis sees record sales of £121m

John Lewis announced record sales of £121m last week (to Sat Dec 11th) the most it has ever taken in a week and the first time it has surpassed £120m.This is 8% up on the retailer's biggest week in 2009 (£112m), which until last week had been its all-time record. The figure is also 10% up on the same week last year and 16.7% up on last week’s...