하루 한 개 영어기사 공부하자! : Hermes plans price rises, says no signs of slowdown (ft. "명품", 영어로 뭐라고 하지?)

The taste for luxury showed no signs of slowing down for wealthy consumers on Thursday.

 

* 명품 : luxury goods, designer goods

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Hermes said it saw a sharp rise in sales over the third quarter.

 

* I saw nothing in the room = There was nothing in the room 방안에 아무 것도 없었다. 

* saw a sharp rise 대폭 증가가 있었다(보였다)

* sales  매출

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It pushed back on concerns the industry's post-health crisis boom could be cooling due to a looming recession.

 

* push back on:  밀쳐내다

* loom: 수면위로 떠오르다 =>  looming 곧 다가올

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The brand found U.S. shoppers took advantage of the dollar's strength in Europe, and China rebounded sharply

 

* take advantage of : 활용하다

* the dollar's strength = the strong dollar

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It comes after LVMH kicked off the earnings season last week with forecast-beating sales and no signs of a let-up in demand.

 

* kick off : 시작하다.

* earning season :  실적 발표기간 

* forecast-beating sales = beat a forecast 예상을 뛰어넘다

*  let up  줄어들다

if something bad or unpleasant lets up, it slows down or stops

The icy wind never let up for a moment.

Things haven’t let up at work, I’m still working over 60 hours a week.

a pause or reduction in something, especially something unpleasant

There was hardly a let-up in the rain all day.

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Hermes did say it planned to raise prices by 5 to 10% next year on rising costs and currency movement.

 

* on the back of~ = ~에 힘입어

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It lifted prices by around 4% this year. That’s compared to competitor Chanel, which saw doubledigit price hikes.

 

* this year, compared to (with) ~  반면에

* saw double-digit price hikes 보였다. 발생하다(happen)

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Sales in the three months to September came to just over $3 billion, double analyst expectations

 

* came to  =  add up to ~  다 합쳐서 ~ 얼마다

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Shares were up 3% in early trade but fell back later in the da

 

* 장초반에 :  in early trade