Etro’s Sales Rise

PARIS — Sales at Italian fashion house Etro grew 10 percent in 2007 to 295 million euros, or $404.4 million at average exchange, following a raft of store openings, mainly in emerging markets.

Etro SpA said Tuesday it opened 37 stores worldwide last year, from Lithuania to India, and added that it would continue that trend, with a program of openings in 2008 in the Middle East, the Far East and Eastern Europe, in a bid to grow sales by 10 to 15 percent this year.