Financial Results – Page 42
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Ferragamo sees strong signs of recovery in China, South Korea
Salvatore Ferragamo swung to a net loss in the first quarter of the year, but it has seen strong signs of recovery in sales in China and South Korea since early May.
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Puma posts a 1.5% drop in Q1
Doing better than some competitors, Puma reported sales declines of only 1.5 percent in euros and 1.3 percent in local currencies during the first quarter, leading to a 61.6 percent drop in net earnings to €36.2 million on sales of €1,299.8 million, although the company started the year with an ...
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Tapestry books huge impairment charges for Stuart Weitzman
Tapestry, the parent company of Stuart Weitzman, Coach and Kate Spade, reported strong losses for its third fiscal quarter ended April 30. Net loss reached $677 million, against a net income of $117 million for the year-ago period. This is mainly due to impairment charges of $267 million and $211 ...
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India urges foreign buyers to honor contracts
The Council for Leather Exports (CLE) has called for foreign buyers to fulfil purchase contracts, as falls in demand due to Covid-19 prompted them to cancel orders and delay payments, putting at risk the Indian industry.
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Stella’s Q1 revenues drop by 16%
In a business update for the first quarter, Stella International said it recorded a fall in manufacturing revenues and shipment volumes, due to the delayed resumption of production at its factories in China after the Lunar New Year owing to the coronavirus outbreak.
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ArticleCovid-19 takes a heavy toll on the luxury sector
The personal luxury goods sector is set to pay a heavy price in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the findings of a survey by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Bernstein, Covid-19 could wipe out almost a third of the sector’s market value, estimated to have grown to ...
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Skechers’ Q1 net falls by 55%
Skechers USA reported a drop of 54.9 percent to $49.1 million in its net earnings for the first quarter ended March 31 on 2.7 percent lower revenues of $1,242 million. In terms of local currencies, sales were down by 1.2 percent, with a small increase of 2.9 percent in the ...
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Crocs’ Q1 sales decline, despite strong growth in America
Coronavirus hampered Crocs’ results early in the first three months of the year, especially in Asia, but this was partly offset by high store comparable sales in America, where the virus disrupted retail late in the quarter. Revenues for the first quarter declined by 5.0 percent from the year-ago quarter ...
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Yue Yuen’s manufacturing revenues fall by 10%
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings is warning investors that its results for the first quarter of 2020 will show a net loss of $50 million to $70 million, compared with a gain of $75 million in the year-ago period, because of the disruption of its supply chain and the lockdown of ...
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Europe and e-commerce helped Wolverine in Q1
After posting record financial results in the fourth quarter of 2019, Wolverine Worldwide also fared relatively well in the first quarter ended on March 28, given the challenging conditions caused by Covid-19, thanks mainly to higher online sales, a strong performance in Europe and the Saucony brand.
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Ecco goes more digital
The expansion of Ecco’s store portfolio growth slowed to the addition of only six extra shops, with 200 openings and 194 closures. On the other hand, investments in direct-to-consumer sales channels continued in 2019, with net sales from retail and e-commerce combined increasing by 10.9 percent. Revenues from online channels ...
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Zalando issues a profit warning, offers to help stores
Zalando has warned that its first-quarter results will not meet market expectations because of the impact of Covid-19. Meanwhile, the company is offering to waive commissions for participation in its Connected Retail program to German and Dutch retailers until May 31. The company will also postpone its annual general meeting, ...
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Geox sees 20% drop in DOS sales during Q1
Geox expects sales of its directly-operated stores (DOS) to have declined by 20 percent in the first quarter because of the impact of Covid-19. In the 12 weeks to March 22, comparable sales for DOS dropped by nearly 15 percent because of store closures, first in Italy and then throughout ...
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Wildberries’ sales nearly double
In 2019, Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, expanded its revenue by 88 percent as compared to the previous year to 223.5bn rubles (€3.22bn- $3.54), the company said in a statement. The growth accelerated in December, when the turnover was 96 percent higher than in December 2018, with its website was ...
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VF lowers its outlook
In releasing its results for its third quarter ended on Dec. 28, VF Corporation said its business in the financial year so far has performed at the high end of its group’s long-term growth objectives, but the management admitted that it will not be able to meet the targets it ...
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Disappointing results for Grendene
The last quarter was a difficult one for Grendene, with revenues and profits that did not match expectations. The Brazilian group – which owns brands such as Ipanema and Melissa – sold 49 million pairs during the period, or 6.6 million fewer than in the year-earlier quarter. Gross revenues ...
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Stuart Weitzman continues to decline
Tapestry said that Stuart Weitzman’s sales fell by 7 percent to $116 million in the fiscal second quarter ended on Dec. 28. At constant currency rates, the decline narrowed to 6 percent. This came after declines of 9 and 8 percent for the footwear brand in the first quarter. ...
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Jimmy Choo inches up
Jimmy Choo is not growing as fast as before. Its parent company, Capri Holdings, said that Jimmy Choo booked sales of $165 million in the fiscal third quarter ended on Dec. 28, up by 1.9 percent both in current and constant currency rates. On a currency-neutral basis, global comparable store ...
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Record operating margin of 30.1% for Kering
Kering grew a little faster than LVMH in 2019, rising by 16.2 percent to €15.88 billion, with a growth of 13.3 percent on a comparable basis. The group’s operating income (Ebit) went up by 19.6 percent to €4.78 billion, resulting in a record margin of 30.1 percent and breaking the ...
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LVMH grows by 15%
The world’s largest luxury goods group is going from strength to strength. A 20 percent increase to €22.2 or €18.4 billion for the revenues of its Leathergoods and Fashion division, which includes market stars like Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, helped LVMH to post an overall sales increase of 15 ...
