Comparable store sales increased 15% in Europe and Asia during the holidays, and with currency exchanges, the company still reported a 10% increase in net sales and an 8% increase in same-store sales, prompting the company to raise its guidance to include the unexpected consumer jump back into the luxury market.

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Organisers said it would be the highest jump to date in the island's skies and would raise money for research into a rare brain disease.

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With no downside risk, most people would jump at the chance for additional compensation, but the reality is the raise was there all along.

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