Compagnie Financière Tradition S.A. (0QL7) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Richemont for Year 24 interim results presentation. I am Alice, your call operator. The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcast. At this time, it is my pleasure to hand over to Sophie Cagnard, Group Corporate Communications and IR Director. Please go ahead. Thank you, Alice, and good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us for Richemont's half-year results presentation for the period ended 30 September 2023. Today, Johan Ruppert, Chairman, Jérôme Lambert, Group Chief Executive Officer, Burkhard Grund, Group Chief Finance Officer, Cyril Vigneron, Quartier Chief Executive Officer, and James Fraser, Investor Relations Executive. We would like to remind you that the company announcement and results presentation can be downloaded from richemont.com. and that the replay of his audio webcast will be available on our website today at 3 p.m. Geneva time. Before we begin, please take note of our disclaimer regarding forward-looking statements in our ad hoc announcement and on slide two of our presentation. Turning now to the presentation, the workout will begin by discussing key highlights and group sales. I will then provide further detail on the performance of our maisons. Finally, Burkhardt will take you through the financials and offer some concluding remarks. This presentation will then be followed by a Q&A session. Burkhardt, over to you. Thank you, Sophie. Good morning to everyone listening and thank you for joining us today. During the first half of the year, we faced growing headwinds, including an uncertain macroeconomic and political environment, unfavorable foreign currency movements and demanding comparatives. nonetheless achieved double-digit sales growth for the six-month period ended September 2023 f...