MILAN – If a sale is in the cards for Golden Goose , its current owner Permira can tout sustained momentum for the brand.

In the first nine months of the year, revenues at the Italian brand amounted to 517.1 million euros, rising 13 percent at constant exchange rates, compared with 466 million euros in the same period last year. The performance reflected another quarter of uninterrupted, profitable growth.

Direct-to-consumer revenues climbed 21 percent, accelerating in the third quarter, and representing 79 percent of the total, driven by new retail openings and double-digit like-for-like performance.

In the nine months ended Sept. 30, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization were up 7 percent to 173.6 million euros, compared with 163 million euros, and

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