# Luxury fashion houses bag a return to sales growth

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Podcast: [World Business Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-business-report-466447)
Published: 2026-07-29T15:16:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p1hctw
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Jewellery and a strong North American market helped luxury goods giants LVMH and Kering grow sales even as promblems in the Middle East and China hampered the sector overall. We get insight from the former head of LVMH's head of North America. Elsewhere, it's "the same again" for tech investors in Asia, as trading on the Kospi index is holted to stave off a rout after Korean chipmakers SK Hynix and Samsung saw further sharp falls in their share prices. World Business Express - Finance, economy and business news from BBC journalists around the world. The stories that matter: World Business Express brings you the essentials on the fast-changing global economy.

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