PARIS: Protests in Hong Kong, an economic slowdown and anti-corruption drive in China and a coup in Thailand: Asia is no longer a market of constant growth for luxury goods firms.
LVMH, world No. 1 in the sector and owner of brands like Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and Dior, saw its sales drop by 3% in Asia, excluding Japan, in the third-quarter of 2014, a far cry from the halcyon days of 2010-2012.
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