Hermès sales rise 7% as Birkin demand and tourism recovery drive growth

Hermès has recorded a 6.7 per cent increase in second-quarter sales as continued demand for its handbags, stronger trading in the Americas and Japan, and a recovery in European tourism helped it outperform much of the wider market.
Sales reached £3.51bn during the three months to the end of June, broadly in line with market expectations and accelerating from growth of 5.6 per cent in the first quarter.
At reported exchange rates, second-quarter revenue increased 4.8 per cent, highli