in january, luxottica agreed to the deal for $5.2 billion and stop.is your bloomberg business flash. anna: thank you. juliette saly, joining us with the update. outdoord's biggest company expects revenue to fall during the first quarter following global uncertainty on the global economy and political risks. we can♪ speak to the ceo from paris. great to have you on the program. thank you for joining us. looking at your statement this morning, you talk about uncertainty, uncertain global economies, as well as the uncertainty in the political outlook. you seem quite cautious. and yet, we have a global stock rally that is suggesting there is a lot o investor enthusiasm at the moment. why do you see the world differently? >> good morning. yearyear we had a record in terms of revenue at 3.4 billion euros. we have a very strong sales tax with more than 6% organic growth. the second half was affected by the slowdown in the asian pacific. and we continue to see some weakness in china. which is about 20% of our total revenue. offset by some very strong momentum

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