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		</div><p>British designer shoe brand Jimmy Choo shrugged off the woes in the luxury goods sector to post higher annual sales and earnings.</p>
<p>The group said strong growth in Asia and Japan helped retail like-for-like sales rise 1.1% in 2015, while underlying earnings lifted 1.5% to £51m.</p>
<p>The results defy the gloom in the wider luxury sector that has hit rivals such as Burberry, which has suffered as China&#8217;s economy has slowed.</p>
<p>Peter Harf, chairman of Jimmy Choo, said: &#8220;Jimmy Choo continues to outpace the sector despite the challenging competitive environment.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said the company had &#8220;successfully reversed the first-half decline in wholesale revenues and remains on track with growth forecasts in Asia and Japan where brand awareness continues to grow strongly&#8221;.</p>
<p>But in a note of caution, chief executive Pierre Denis added: &#8220;We approach 2016 sensitive to the many challenges facing the sector.&#8221;</p>
<p>Overall revenues rose 6.1%, or 7.2% with currency movements stripped out.</p>
<p>Sales surged by 29% in Japan and by 20.1% across the rest of Asia, while growth was more muted at 4.9% across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)<br />
Sales fell by 0.7% in the Americas region.</p>
<p>Whereas Burberry has been hit by falling spending by Chinese tourists in some of its markets, Jimmy Choo said it saw strong growth in international customers, including from China.</p>
<p>But it said there had been a fall in spending by Russian customers across the EMEA region.</p>
<p>The group&#8217;s retail operations still make up the bulk of its revenues &#8211; at 65.3% &#8211; but fragrance and eyewear account for 3.3% of turnover.</p>
<p>It launched its first men&#8217;s fragrance &#8211; Jimmy Choo Man &#8211; in 2014 and its third women&#8217;s fragrance, Illicit, last August.</p>
<p>The business, which also sells bags and accessories, was founded by former Vogue accessories editor Tamara Mellon and Malaysian designer Jimmy Choo who opened their first store in 1996.</p>
<p>The company&#8217;s shoes were made famous by the character Carrie Bradshaw in the hit US TV show Sex and the City.</p>
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