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Luxury handbags boost first half revenues at Burberry

13/10/2006

Total revenue in the first half increased 10% on an underlying basis (adjusted for the Taiwan acquisition, the portion of Burberry’s business in Spain affected by the retail conversion and exchange rate differences).

Retail sales accounted for approximately 43% of total revenue in the period, increasing 23% underlying, 36% reported. The Taiwan acquisition and Spain retail conversion contributed approximately 13 percentage points to the reported gain.

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