L'Occitane International S.A. announced unaudited consolidated sales results for the six months ended September 30, 2015. For the six months, the company announced total sales of EUR 546.699 million compared to EUR 485,874 million for the same period a year ago. At constant exchange rates, the group delivered sales growth of 5.8%. The uncertainties of the economic environment continued to impact the sales performance of the group, while net favorable foreign currency effects contributed 6.7% of the growth. The same store sales growth was 1.6%.

The company provided consolidated earnings guidance for the six months ended September 30, 2015. The board of directors of the company announced that based on its preliminary review of the draft unaudited consolidated financial statements of the group for the six months ended 30 September 2015, the group is expected to record a decrease in net profit by 40% to 50% as compared to the same period last year. The board considered that the expected decrease in the group's net profit was primarily attributable to softer sales growth at constant rates under challenging global market conditions, which resulted in deleveraging of the fixed costs. In addition, the increased marketing expenses, mostly in digital marketing areas, also affected the group's margins during the six months ended 30 September 2015. The favorable foreign exchange rates on average during the six months ended 30 September 2015 saw the group's gross profit improved while operating profit maintained. This was however offset by mostly unrealized foreign exchange losses which were due to the rise of the euro against all major currencies in September 2015 resulting in the depreciation of intercompany balances.