Today in luxury marketing:
PPR first-quarter sales up 15.4 percent
French retail-to-luxury group PPR said revenues rose 15.4 percent in the first quarter, fueled by rapid growth in emerging economies, which now account for more than a third of sales in its core luxury and sport & lifestyle divisions, according to WWD.
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