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Hugo Boss the latest luxury brand to feel the sting of China’s spending slowdown

Hugo Boss is the latest luxury brand to feel the effects of the slowdown in China.

The company announced that net profit fell 7 percent to EUR75.6 million (USD86.1m), well below analysts’ forecast of EUR82 million, reports the London Evening Standard.

In China, first-quarter sales fell 3 percent. Last year, menswear sales in China, its most important category, fell 10 percent, according to Reuters.

(Source: red luxury)