Designer Louise Kennedy's sales boosted by Middle East taste for design label

Affluent Middle-East clients helped drive sales growth at the business of Ireland’s best known designers, Louise Kennedy, where accumulated profits last year climbed to €1.3m.

New accounts for Signum Ltd, the main firm of Ms Kennedy, who counts pop stars Kylie and Beyonce and actress Meryl Streep as customers, show accumulated profits increased last year by €153,173 from €1.156m to €1.3m.

However the profits growth was less than in previous years because it invested heavily in revamping the flagship retail store in London and the design studio at Merrion Square in Dublin.