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Canada Goose Holdings trimmed its annual profit forecast and missed market estimates for third-quarter revenue on Thursday due to choppy sales in China, a key market for luxury goods, sending its shares down 4% in morning trading. Weak consumer spending in China, which is grappling with youth unemployment and a property crisis, has been a major concern for the luxury goods industry and has slowed demand recovery in the region, significantly impacting brands such as Canada Goose. U.S. luxury retailer Estee Lauder, which bet on China, expanded a restructuring plan on Tuesday that involves up to 7,000 job cuts as the cosmetics giant grapples with persistent demand weakness, especially in Asia.

Wall Street is drifting Thursday as gains for fashion brands and cigarette makers help offset drops for Ford Motor and Qualcomm following their latest profit reports. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% in early trading following healthy gains for stock markets across most of Europe and Asia. Tapestry, the company behind the Coach and Kate Spade brands, helped lead the market and jumped 18.6%.

LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices edged up on Thursday after Saudi Arabia's state oil company raised its March crude prices sharply, but the gains barely dented the previous day's slide in benchmark Brent crude. Brent crude futures rose 44 cents, or 0.6%, to $75.05 a barrel by 1355 GMT. Oil prices had plunged by more than 2% on Wednesday as a large build in U.S. crude and gasoline stockpiles signalled weaker demand while investors also weighed up the implications of a new round of U.S.-China trade tariffs, including duties on energy products.

Global electronics components and solutions distributor Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) reported Q4 CY2024 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, but sales fell by 7.2% year on year to $7.28 billion. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $6.28 billion was less impressive, coming in 3.3% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.97 per share was 11% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Fashion brand Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 10.8% year on year to $2.14 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $4.82 per share was 6.5% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

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Sport boat manufacturer MasterCraft (NASDAQ:MCFT) reported revenue ahead of Wall Street’s expectations in Q4 CY2024, but sales fell by 36.3% year on year to $63.37 million. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $75 million was less impressive, coming in 7.2% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.10 per share was significantly above analysts’ consensus estimates.