Financial Results – Page 37
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ArticleClarks was loss-making before the pandemic
The British footwear company Clarks was loss-making before the pandemic broke out last year, according to documents filed with the British registrar of companies, Companies House. In the full year ended Feb. 1, 2020, Clarks posted an 8 percent decline in sales to £725.3 million (€827.9m-$1.0bn) as it sold fewer ...
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ArticleObuv Rossii’s revenue shrank in 2020
The Russian footwear retailer Obuv Rossii reported that its revenues for 2020 decreased by 20.9 percent to10.845 billion rubles (€121m-$147m) from 13.702 billion rubles (€153m-$186m) in the previous year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Anton Titov, chairman of the Obuv Rossii Group, stated that 2020 was one ...
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ArticleRecord sales for Deckers Brands
Deckers Brands’ sales surged in the third financial quarter ended Dec. 31, 2020, boosted by demand for Ugg and the continued global expansion of Hoka One One. Despite headwinds from Covid-19, the group’s sales progressed by 14.8 percent from the same period last year to a record $1,078 million, with ...
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ArticleStuart Weitzman cuts expenses as sales fall
In the fiscal second quarter ended on Dec. 26, Stuart Weitzman managed to lift its operating profit despite a decline in revenues thanks to aggressive cost savings. The brand, which is owned by the American group Tapestry, posted net sales of $85 million, down by 27 percent from $116 ...
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ArticleSkechers’ Q4 underpinned by e-commerce
Skechers’ sales in the fourth quarter decreased by 0.5 percent year-on-year to $1,324 million. Results were underpinned by a 143 percent surge in U.S. digital sales, after the group rolled out a ”Buy online pickup in store” (BOPIS) service in time for the holiday season. Net income fell by 10 ...
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ArticleANWR Group posts growth in 2020 but footwear business hit
Despite the challenging market conditions, ANWR Group expanded its business volume to €17.8 billion last year, up by 22 percent from the previous year. However, the coronavirus-related drop in orders hit the footwear and leathergoods businesses of the German cooperative. The group’s shoe business suffered a 20 percent fall in ...
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ArticleFootway’s new online platform has teething problems
Last April’s acquisition of Sportamore and its growing internationalization enabled Footway to expand the number of visitors and customers on its numerous websites across Europe, but reduced its profitability last year. With the inclusion of Sportamore for the last two months of 2020, the Swedish online shoe retailer reported a ...
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ArticleJimmy Choo’s Q3 sales decline by 26.7%
Jimmy Choo posted a 26.7 percent year-on-year decline in sales to $121 million in the third quarter ended on Dec. 26 as the luxury shoe brand continues to feel the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. On a constant currency basis, revenues decreased by 27.3 percent. The shoe maker posted an ...
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ArticleGeox to close 110 stores over 3 years
Geox plans to close about 110 small and less profitable stores over the next three years following net closures of 107 during 2020. The shops will be closed as leases expire in order to avoid paying penalties. The pruning is expected to reduce the company’s annual sales by €65-70 million ...
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ArticleGabor sees return to growth in 2022
The German shoe manufacturer Gabor took a hit from the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdowns as canceled reorders, payment defaults and short-time work at factories sent sales plummeting in 2020. It expects this year to be challenging and to return to growth in 2022. The Rosenheim-based company reported sales ...
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ArticleFerragamo’s Q4 sales slowdown reignites concern
In the fourth quarter, Salvatore Ferragamo’s sales slowed down compared to the third quarter despite a 61.1 percent year-over-year surge in online sales and double-digit growth rates in the retail business in China and Taiwan. The weakness of the top line reignited concern about the brand’s capacity to compete against ...
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Lloyd’s sales plummet in 2020, company launches sustainable product line
The German shoe maker Lloyd Shoes posted a 35 to 38 percent drop in revenues last year as growth in online sales failed to compensate for the losses in brick-and-mortar stores, which suffered from coronavirus-related lockdowns. As the current lockdown in Germany is set to continue at least until Feb. ...
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ArticleEurope helps drive VF’s momentum
After posting a loss for the first quarter of its financial year, VF Corp. bounced back in the second quarter, and the third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31 confirmed this recovery, driven by Europe and China. The good progress, which was attributed to in part to investments made in previous ...
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ArticleTod’s to restructure its debt with €500m ESG-linked financing
Tod’s will repay all existing medium-term loans and cancel a revolving credit facility (RCF) after having signed a €500 million credit agreement with a pool of banks led by Intesa Sanpaolo. The new five-year sustainability-linked loan is composed of a €250 million term facility and a new €250 million RCF. ...
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Stella’s revenues down by 19% in Q4
Stella International continued to struggle in the fourth quarter, ending a difficult year for the Chinese footwear company. Shipment volumes for the last three months of 2020 were down by 21.7 percent from the year-ago quarter to 10.8 million pairs, while total revenues plunged by 18.9 percent to $280.1 million, ...
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ArticlePrimark loses £540m in sales in 4 months due to Covid
The Irish clothing retailer Primark suffered a loss of sales of £540 million (€608m-$739m) in the 16 weeks to Jan. 2 due to store closures deriving from lockdowns in various European countries to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Primark posted sales of £2,031 million (€2,288m-$2,778m) in the period, ...
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ArticleBoohoo lifts revenue guidance as Christmas sales soar
The fast fashion online retailer Boohoo has raised revenue forecasts after a better-than-expected 40 percent surge in pre-Christmas sales. The owner of Nasty Gal, Karen Millen, Oasis and Warehouse now expects revenue to increase by 36-38 percent in the year to Feb. 28, up from an earlier guidance of 28-32 ...
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ArticlePrada’s December retail sales return to 2019 levels
Prada Group’s retail sales returned to last year’s levels in December and the Italian luxury goods firm is generating operating profits again. The company noted that despite ongoing store closures caused by Covid-19 related lockdowns, which averaged 9 percent of its network during the second half of 2020, it has ...
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ArticleNext sees full price sales returning to 2019/2020 levels this year
Next, the British retailer of clothing, footwear and home products, anticipates a strong rebound in profits in the financial year ending in January 2022, as full price sales return to the levels posted in the financial year that finished in January 2020. The company reported that full price sales in ...
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Vivarte’s full-year sales down by 26%
Vivarte, the French retailer that sold its former flagship La Halle in July to Groupe Beaumanoir, recorded sales for the fiscal year ended in August of €256.6 million, a 26 percent drop from the previous year on a comparable basis. Since the arrival of Patrick Puy at the head of ...
