Financial Results – Page 13
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Boot Barn continues with openings as new stores drive 6% Q3 sales growth
Boot Barn expects to open 10 more stores in the fourth quarter ended April 1, 2023, bringing new openings in the full financial year to 43, as it sets its sights on expanding its future store count to about 900, nearly triple its current level. New stores were responsible for ...
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Ferragamo posts weak Q4 sales due to China
Salvatore Ferragamo’s total full-year revenues reached €1.252 billion, up by 10.2 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and by 5.7 percent at constant currency rates. Total revenues were dented by a €25.7 million hedging loss and missed market expectations by about €20 million due to a weak final quarter. The ...
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H&M posts a Q4 loss on higher costs
In the fiscal full year ended Nov. 30, H&M’s net profit fell to SEK 3.566 billion (€318m) from SEK 11.010 billion a year earlier, after posting a loss of SEK 864 million (€77m) in the fourth quarter compared with a profit of SEK 4.621 billion a year earlier. Financial analysts ...
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Tod’s breaks through €1 bn sales threshold, sees ‘excellent’ start to 2023
Diego Della Valle, the chairman and CEO of Tod’s, said he is “very confident” about future results of the Italian footwear company due to an “excellent” start to 2023 in stores and the solidity of its order portfolio for next season. Della Valle’s optimism came as Tod’s announced preliminary results ...
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Zegna’s Q4 revenues dip 0.5% but shoes post ‘exceptional performance’
The Italian fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna generated revenues of €407 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, down by a reported 0.5 percent on the year earlier and 2.9 percent lower at constant exchange rates, as sales were hit by new Covid-19 restrictions affecting the Greater China region. The owner ...
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Primark posts a rise in Christmas sales
Primark reported a rise in Christmas sales as consumers continued returning to city shopping centers and retail parks after the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Revenues in the 16 weeks to Jan. 7 stood at £3.145 billion (€3.562 bn), up by 18 percent on a reported basis and by 15 percent ...
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Boohoo lowers its guidance on declining sales
Boohoo has lowered its full-year revenue guidance after sales fell sharply in the last four months of 2022 due to longer delivery times and shoppers returning to physical stores. But more worrisome, the British online fashion retailer is losing market share in the U.S. and Continental Europe. Company’s sales fell ...
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Dr. Martens stumbles again due to supply bottlenecks in the U.S.
Dr. Martens issued its second profit warning in three months after the iconic British brand was hit by a bottleneck at its new Los Angeles distribution center and weak trading in the U.S. direct-to-consumer (DTC) segment. The company estimates lost wholesale revenues and incurred costs will cut full-year Ebitda by ...
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Wolverine Worldwide’s profitability will be impacted by inventory reductions
Wolverine Worldwide reduced its fourth quarter inventory total from the prior quarter by 8.5 percent to $805 million, but the effort is forecast to weigh negatively on the company’s full year and fourth quarter adjusted diluted earnings. Wolverine warned that final earning results, when reported next month, will be at ...
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Asos insists turnaround plans on track despite sales fall
Asos insisted its turnaround remained on track, despite a slide in sales over the Christmas trading period and plans to cut more than £300 million (€338.5m) in costs this year to boost profitability. The British fast-fashion online retailer said that group revenues fell by 6 percent year-on-year in the four ...
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Genesco lowers FY earnings guidance
Genesco trimmed its full-year earnings forecast in the wake of its sale performance in the first eight weeks of its fiscal fourth quarter. In the eight weeks ended Dec. 24, Genesco’s comparable sales, including both stores and direct sales, increased by 3 percent year-over-year. Same store sales decreased by 2 ...
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Shoe Zone’s results rise as stores reopen in 2022
Shoe Zone reported a jump in annual sales and profits as its entire estate of stores reopened after the Covid-19 pandemic and trade surged in the second half during its key back-to-school period. Revenues in the 52 weeks to Oct. 1 came in at £156.2 million (€176m), up from £119.1 ...
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Next lifts guidance as Christmas sales are more resilient than expected
Next lifted its full-year profit guidance as it reported better-than-expected sales over the Christmas period, but struck a cautious note on the outlook for the year ahead. Full-price sales rose by 4.8 percent year-over-year in the nine weeks to Dec. 30, £66 million (€74.5m) ahead of the company’s previous guidance ...
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VF's CEO steps down
VF Corp. announced that Benno Dorer, lead independent director of the VF board of directors, has been appointed interim president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Richard Carucci, who has served on the board since 2009, will serve as interim chairman of the board. Dorer’s appointment follows Steve Rendle’s decision ...
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Genesco cuts earnings guidance after ‘sluggish’ start to November sales
Genesco cut its guidance for earnings and tightened expectations for revenues in the full year ending in February 2023, as it took a more conservative approach after beginning the fourth quarter in November with a “sluggish” sales performance and stepping up promotional activity to attract bargain-conscious consumers. Genesco now forecasts ...
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Designer Brands focuses on own brands, clearance
Designer Brands, which has dialed back its full-year earnings per share guidance, is eyeing its own footwear brands and clearance business as key growth vehicles going forward. The parent of the DSW Warehouse banner told financial analysts that shoe consumers today have become more focused on value and that it ...
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Caleres maintains sales outlook as Brand Portfolio outperforms
Caleres maintained its outlook for full-year sales growth of four to six percent while tightening earnings per share expectations to the top end of its guidance range, as management confirmed the company is on track for another record year for earnings despite a challenging economic backdrop. Caleres now sees adjusted ...
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CCC targets cost savings, cuts revenue forecast in a difficult market
CCC Group, the Polish footwear and fashion group, cut its full-year outlook for revenues and capital expenditures and announced it would put into place cost savings measures totaling 300 million zloty (€64.0 million) as it continues to navigate through what it described as an “extremely challenging” year for retailers. Due ...
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Dr. Martens warns on profits as DTC sales soften
Dr. Martens has issued a warning on full-year profits, citing weakening demand, higher investment in its direct-to-consumer (DTC) push and a stronger U.S. dollar. The British company, famed for its lace up boots now popular with celebrities, said pre-tax profit fell by 5 percent to £57.9million (€67.5m) as DTC sales ...
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Coats’ apparel and footwear business slows down
The Apparel & Footwear (A&F) division of Coats enjoyed a 14 percent year-over-year increase in organic revenues in the first ten months of 2022 but growth slowed down to 3 percent in the four months July 1 to Oct. 31. Meanwhile, total revenues of the British company, which produces industrial ...