Esprit Executive Director and Group CEO Ronald Van Der Vis attends a news conference on the company's annual results in Hong Kong September 2, 2010. Esprit Holdings Ltd, the world's No.8 apparel retailer by market value, on Thursday posted a worse-than-expected 19 percent fall in second-half profit amid slower sales growth and euro weakness, and said the wholesale market will remain challenging to the end of calendar 2010. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT)