PARIS (REUTERS) - At an Hermes store on one of Paris's swankiest streets, shop assistants greeted customers through face masks on Monday (May 11) with sanitiser gels and a polite refrain: 'May I refresh your hands?'. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - At an Hermes store on one of Paris's swankiest streets, shop assistants greeted customers through face masks on Monday with sanitiser gels and a polite refrain:"May I refresh your hands?"
"It's a friend's birthday and we're buying her a wallet,"said Paris resident Hajar."It'll be the first time we've seen each other in two months." At the Hermes shop on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, there was even a semblance of business as usual. "They always make things difficult at Hermes," said Blessing Williams, a 23-year-old model from Nigeria who lives in Paris. She still came away with a pair of sandals.
HANDBAGS IN QUARANTINE In Germany, where small stores have been open for three weeks, well-heeled shoppers looking for luxury are still few and far between, suit maker Hugo Boss said last week. Despite signs of recovery in China, the industry's biggest market, global sales of luxury goods are expected to slump by up to 50% this year, the consultancy Bain forecast last week.
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