Yue Yuen’s profit, sales slip in 2023
Yue Yuen, the globe’s largest manufacturer of footwear, suffered a down year in 2023 due to inventory de-stocking by retailers worldwide and conservative ordering by its portfolio of brand clients that include Nike, Adidas, Asics and New Balance, among others.
Zalando aims to resume growth and cover 15% of the European fashion market
Zalando posted lower sales in 2023 but expects to at least stabilize revenues this year and resume growth from 2025. The German online fashion group also outlined its long-term plans to cover 15 percent of the European fashion market.
Inditex posts record full-year sales and earnings
Inditex posted record sales and earnings in the full year ended Jan. 31 and announced an extraordinary plan to invest €1.8 billion over the next two years to increase its logistics capacities.
Allbirds names a new CEO as losses continue to grow
Allbirds appointed its chief operating officer, Joe Vernachio, as its new CEO and member of the board of directors, effective March 15. He succeeds Joey Zwillinger, the co-founder and CEO, who will continue to serve as a member of the board and as a special advisor to the company. With ...
Genesco sees sales decline continuing as Journeys turnaround takes times
Genesco expects another decline in sales this year, after revenues in the year ended Feb. 3 fell by 2.5 percent to $2.3 billion, landing in the middle of its latest guidance of a 2-3 percent drop. The company expects total sales in the current financial year to fall by 2 ...
Prada posts strong fourth-quarter results
Prada Group finished 2023 on a strong note with its top line growing by 18.1 percent year-over-year at constant currency rates and retail sales up by 17.4 percent in the fourth quarter. “In addition to Prada’s solid momentum, Miu Miu ended an amazing year with remarkable growth,” pointed out the ...
Coats sees recovery in footwear as customer destocking winds down
Coats expects modest revenue growth in 2024 as its markets started to recover in the second half of last year, helping it to deliver higher 2023 profits.
Informa hikes its 2024 guidance
Informa is enjoying “strong” trading in the first quarter of 2024 and forward visibility, prompting it to increase its guidance for 2024. It noted that more than £500 million (€587m) of revenues were already delivered in 2024, with a further £1 billion (€1.2bn) in subscriptions and other forward booked revenues ...
Ferragamo’s full-year profits shrink on weaker sales, higher investments
Salvatore Ferragamo’s full-year net profit plummeted by 59 percent to €26 million as total revenues fell by a reported 7.6 percent, and 8.1 percent in local currencies, to €1,157 million, with all categories, channels and regions, except the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) area, lower.
Grendene’s Q4 bottom line underpinned by lower raw material costs
Grendene realized 13 percent year-over-year Ebitda growth to 168.2 million Brazilian reais (€31.3m) in the fourth quarter of 2023, while the net profit grew by 20 percent higher to R$243.0 million (€45.2m) as lower raw material costs offset weak sales. Fourth-quarter net revenues slipped by 0.4 percent to R$760.8 million ...