Jeweller immortalised by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s loses its sparkle


By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 21:09 GMT, 27 August 2012 | UPDATED: 21:09 GMT, 27 August 2012

Jewellers Tiffany & Co blamed a tough economy for slashing its profit forecasts.

 

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Diamond girl: The firm was immortalised in the 1961 Audrey Hepburn film Breakfast at Tiffany's

Immortalised in the 1961 Audrey Hepburn film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the firm reported a profit of £58m in the three months to the end of July, compared with £56.9m a year earlier.

But the company reduced its global sales growth forecast for the year by 1 percentage point to between 6 per cent and 7 per cent – a far cry from the 30 per cent growth it enjoyed last year.

 


 From: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-2194351/Jewellers-Tiffany--C...