LV Sales Slide: Luxury in Decline? ($LVMUY)
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. LVMH Sales Slows. Sales growth for $LVMH-Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton(LVMUY)$ (owner of Louis Vuitton, Tiffany, etc.) slowed to 3% in Q1 2024, on an organic basis to 20.69 billion Euros (US$22 billion), matching analyst expectations. This came in lower than last year, 2023 when sales boomed due to China’s reopening after a super stringent Covid lockdown. Rising prices and a global slowdown are causing some luxury shoppers to hold back on expensive purchases. LVMH, Europe's 2nd-largest listed company (with nearly 400 billion Euros net worth) is the first luxury brand to report earnings, setting the overall tone for the luxury industry. LVMH Q1 2024 Earnings. Sales in Asia (excluding Japan) were down -6%, while Europe and US saw a slight increa