May 4 (Reuters) - Giordano International Ltd 0709.HK :
* Compared with the same quarter last year, gross margin increased by 2.5 percentage points to 57.7% for quarter
* Says group sales for the quarter recorded a decrease of 10%, year on year, to hk$1.31 billion
* Qtrly comparable store gross profit was up by 1%, despite a decrease of 2% in comparable store sales
* Management expects that the group's overall gross margin to maintain or slightly increase in the rest of the year
* Says management's outlook on mainland China is optimistic
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