AmorePacific’s Q4 Net Plunges 76% Due to Drop in Tourists
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – AmorePacific Corp., South Korea’s top cosmetics maker, said Wednesday its fourth-quarter net profit dropped 76.2 percent from the previous year, due largely to a sharp decline in the number of Chinese tourists. Net income came to 17.3 billion won (US$16.17 million) in the October-December period, compared with 73 billion won the previous year, the company said in a regulatory filing. Operating profit fell 24.7 percent on-year to 76.9 billion won [...]