The luxury jeweller says its Hong Kong business had to close for six days due to the protests, leading to poor results.
Image:Across the board, quarterly same-store sales, excluding the effect of currency differences, fell by 3%, more than twice as much as forecast.
Net earnings fell to $136.3m for the second quarter ending 31 July, and net sales were down slightly to $1.05bn . Expenses fell 5% but marketing spend is expected to increase in the second half of the year, along with the cost of renovating the flagship store in New York.
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