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LVMH, led by Bernard Arnault, lost its title as the world's most valuable luxury company to Hermes after its market capitalization slipped due to a sales miss.

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Diageo PLC (LSE:DGE) and Burberry Group PLC (LSE:BRBY) face headwinds ahead, analysts said as they read across from a trading update from luxury giant Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (EPA:MC). As well as making Johnnie Walker and Crown Royal whiskey, Smirnoff and Ciroc vodka, Diageo also has a 34% stake in LVMH's Wine & Spirits division.

More than $9 billion was wiped from French billionaire Bernard Arnault's fortune Tuesday morning after shares of his luxury goods conglomerate LVMH slumped by more than 7% following an unexpected drop in first quarter sales.

Hermès surpassed LVMH's valuation on Tuesday after Bernard Arnault's company reported disappointing sales. The 3% decline in first-quarter sales compared with a 2% rise forecast by analysts.

LVMH briefly lost the top spot as the world's most valuable luxury group to Hermes International, before recovering it as the stock's losses eased.

Shares of LVMH plunged 8% on Tuesday morning after the world's largest luxury group posted an unexpected decline in first-quarter sales. Sales were "overall below the most conservative buyside expectations," Citi analysts said, with wines and spirits suffering the sharpest decline.

LVMH Moet Hennessy's first-quarter sales miss spooked the whole sector as the French luxury-goods giant struggled in China ahead of looming tariffs in the U.S.

A shocker of a first-quarter update from Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (EPA:MC) saw its shares tank and other luxury names dragged lower too.  The world'a largest luxury company, maker of Moët & Chandon champagen, Hennessy cognac and owner of Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior fashion houses, reported a 2% fall in revenue on a reported basis and 3% on an organic basis.

LVMH sales fell more than expected in the first quarter, weighed down by weak demand for luxury goods in China and the US and the threat of a trade war. Bloomberg's Angelina Rascouet reports.