The Indian fashion conglomerate reported sales growth of 20 percent to 3589 crore rupees ($435 million) for the quarter ended December 30, largely driven by a 33 percent improvement in e-commerce, but a 94 percent decline in profits.

Analysts had expected the firm’s sales growth forecast to come in at 1 percent on average.

The former Asos executive is the latest hire to join the leadership team under chief executive Nick Beighton, and will oversee all creative output at the luxury retailer, the company said in a statement Tuesday.

China’s luxury market contracted 10 percent in 2022 on the year, snapping a five-year streak of high growth, as Beijing’s zero-Covid policy and a slowing economy hit spending, Bain & Company said in a report on Tuesday.

The online fashion retailer reported 187 million Australian dollars (US$123 million) in revenue during the six months that ended December 31, up 65 percent year on year.

The European Union on Tuesday started to consider a proposal to ban widely used substances known as PFAS or “forever chemicals” in what could become the bloc’s most extensive piece of regulation of the chemical industry.

Nearly 60 lawsuits claiming hair relaxer products sold by L’Oréal USA Inc and other companies cause cancer and other health problems will be consolidated in Chicago federal court, according to a Monday order from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

The New Zealand-born British journalist died on Feb. 5, her 77th birthday, said the Graduate Fashion Foundation, which Alexander became honorary president of in 2019.