After a slight rise of 1.7% in the first quarter (Autumn/Winter), following a slowdown in business at the end of the year, Damartex sales for the Spring/Summer season increased by 11.6% (+15.8% with the same consolidation scope).
For the year as a whole the turnover increased by 6% and by 9.2% with the same consolidation scope and excluding currency variations.
Summer sales in France went up by 21.8%, bringing the overall annual increase to 10%.
Turnover in England for the Summer season rose by 4% in local currency but its contribution to the consolidated turnover was adversely impacted by the rate of the euro. For the year as a whole, its turnover in euros fell by 3.1%.
In Japan, the Summer season was up by 6% in yen. In euros, its turnover was down due to the decrease in the value of the yen and its contribution to the Group's annual turnover fell by 7.4%.
The Summer figures for Belgium and Switzerland rose by 21% and 13%, respectively .

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