LVMH Group is a French domiciled company known for Dior, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, and many other fashion brands. LVMH's operating segment revenues, operating income, and depreciation and amortization expenses for a recent year are as follows (in millions of euros):

A. Prepare a vertical analysis of the segment sales to total sales. (Round to nearest whole percent.)
B. Interpret the vertical analysis in (A).
C. Compute (1) EBITDA and (2) EBITDA as a percent of sales (EBITDA margin) for each segment. (Round to nearest whole percent.)
D. Prepare a column bar chart of the EBITDA as a percent of sales for the segments in descending order.
E. Interpret the chart in (D).

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Wine and Spirits 3,973 1,147 Fashion and Leather Goods E10,828 Perfumes and Cosmetics Watches and Selective Sales Operating income Depreclation and Jewelry 2,782 283 Retailing E312 (162) 3,916 3,189 415 amortization expense 119 149