Paul Smith fashions a designer （株主への）配当

By Daily Mail Reporter
Updated: 09:28 BST, 28 December 2010

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Fashion chain Paul Smith paid out a bumper £3.4m （株主への）配当 as upmarket shoppers shrugged off the 下降 to snap up its designer 着せる／賦与するs.

Designer Sir Paul Smith, who started the 商売／仕事 in the 1960s produci ng 関係 from his mother's 前線 room, took home £2m with the 残りの人，物 going to Itochu, the Japanese 会社／堅い that makes and sells his 範囲s in Asia, によれば accounts recently とじ込み／提出するd at Companies House.

Smith, who has built an empire selling perfumes and home furnishings 同様に as 着せる／賦与するs, said the 会社／堅い had enjoyed a bumper year in which 利益（をあげる）s rose to £25m from £22m for the 12 months to June 30.

The group saw total sales rise to £174m from £168m, ブイ，浮標d by new shop 開始s, にもかかわらず a 削減 in 卸売 orders and 'difficult' 貿易（する）ing in its 決定的な Japanese market. The highest paid director, thought to be Smith, enjoyed a £3.3m salary.