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March 23, 2012
By Staff reports

Today in luxury marketing:
Hermès hikes dividend as 2011 profit jumps
France's Hermes affirmed its confidence in the global luxury goods market by hiking its dividend after tourist spending in Europe and buoyant demand in Asia and the Americas helped it post a forecast-beating jump in full-year profit, according to Reuters.
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