LONDON — In the past several months, Chanel has lost its longtime creative director with the death of Karl Lagerfeld, and has been the subject of continuing takeover speculation involving industry rivals like LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.

But the storied fashion house, owned by the secretive billionaire brothers Alain and Gerard Wertheimer , reported rising profits and revenue on Monday, the second time in two years that the privately held company had issued an annual earnings report in its 109-year history.

Chanel has traditionally shied away from talking publicly about the state of its finances. But the company — best known for distinctive products like its No. 5 perfume, black bouclé jackets, two-tone ballet pumps and array of quilted handbags — says it has entered a new era of transparency and communications. The figures released Monday showed broad and robust growth across product sectors and regions, and a significant increase in investment.

Total sales for the 2018 calendar year were $11.1 billion, up 10.5 percent from the previous year on a constant-currency basis. Growth was driven primarily by customers in the Asia Pacific region, where sales reached $4.73 billion, an increase of 20 percent over the same period a year earlier.