(Reuters) – Italian luxury goods group Salvatore Ferragamo said on Tuesday retail sales had grown in the first nine weeks of 2021, after posting its first full-year operating loss since listing in Milan 10 years ago because of the pandemic.
Earnings before interests and taxes (EBIT) recorded a 62 million euro loss compared with a 150 million euro profit in 2019 amid plummeting revenues and impairment charges Ferragamo booked on assets such as property and machineries.
Analysts on average had expected a 64 million euros EBIT loss for 2020, according to a Refinitiv consensus forecast.
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(Reporting by Claudia Cristoferi; editing by Valentina Za)
