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ArticlePrada Group’s sales driven higher by Miu Miu
In the first quarter of 2024, Prada Group’s revenues rose by 11 percent to €1,187 million, driven by the Miu Miu brand and beating market expectations by nearly €50 million. At constant exchange rates, the top line was up by 16 percent. Retail sales totaled €1,071 million, up by 12 ...
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ArticlePrada 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 ...
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Massimo Vian joins Gucci as chief industrial and supply chain officer
Massimo Vian is joining Gucci in the newly created role of chief industrial and supply chain officer, effective Jan. 15. A seasoned manager, Vian was previously the chief operating officer of Prada Group, that he joined in May 2020. Vian was also the CEO of the cashmere brand Falconieri for ...
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Tod’s joins the Aura Blockchain Consortium
Tod’s has joined the Aura Blockchain Consortium, securing digital product passports for the handbag Di Bag.“Using Aura Blockchain technology and the NFC tag that guarantees its authenticity and traceability, you are able to access all the information about the bag and its supply chain directly through your smartphone. This unique ...
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Prada COO reportedly leaves for Gucci
Massimo Vian, the chief operating officer of Prada Group, will quit on Nov. 30 to join Gucci, according to various media reports. Vian started with the Italian fashion group in May 2020. His position will be held on an interim basis by Prada Group’s CEO, Andrea Guerra. Separately, fashionmagazine.it reported ...
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ArticlePrada’s footwear sales slow down sharply in Q3
In the first nine months of 2023, footwear sales for Prada Group in the retail channel rose by 16 percent year-over-year at constant currency rates to €556 million. Shoes represented 19 percent of the group’s retail sales. In the sole third quarter, footwear sales grew by 10 percent, half the ...
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Church’s launches a capsule collection for Miu Miu
Miu Miu has entered into a collaboration with Church’s. Both brands are part of the Prada Group. The collaboration infuses “the formality of the heritage brand with the free spirit the Miu Miu name represents,” the group said in a statement. The capsule collection Church’s X Miu Miu includes two ...
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ArticlePrada’s footwear sales rise 20% in H1
In the first half of 2023, footwear sales for the Prada group in the retail channel rose by 20 percent at constant currency rates to €374 million. Shoes represented 19 percent of the group’s quarterly retail sales. The group posted growth in all footwear collections: lifestyle, sneakers and formal. Growth ...
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ArticlePrada's Q1 footwear sales up 20%
In the first quarter of 2023, footwear sales for the Prada group in the retail channel rose by 20 percent at constant currency rates to €176 million from €147 million a year earlier. Shoes represented 18 percent of the group’s quarterly retail sales. The group said that both its formal ...
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Prada to hire 400 people mainly in central Italy
Prada plans more than 400 hires by the end of 2023, mainly in the central Italian regions of Tuscany, Umbria and Marche, as it aims to bolster its production capacity and sustain growth. It noted that the Prada Group Academy will train more than 200 people. “The more than 400 ...
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ArticlePrada’s footwear business outperformed in 2022
In 2022, the Prada group’s footwear business outperformed the other main product categories by increasing retail sales by 29 percent at constant currency rates to €691 million, driven by both formal and lifestyle products. Meanwhile, ready-to-wear jumped by 27 percent to €1,086 million and leather goods grew by 18 percent ...
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ArticleGolden Goose ranks among the fastest growing luxury goods brands
Golden Goose, the Italian producer of luxury sneakers, ranked third among the 20 fastest growing luxury goods companies over the past three years, according to Deloitte’s report Global Powers of Luxury Goods 2022. In the 2021 fiscal year, Golden Goose’s estimated revenues were $456 million, up by 45.0 percent from ...
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The Prada brand appoints a new CEO
Gianfranco D’Attis was appointed chief executive of the Prada brand, effective Jan. 2. D’Attis is president for the Americas at Christian Dior. Prada previously said that Andrea Guerra would be the new chief executive of the group. The appointment will be made at board meeting scheduled on Jan. 26.
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Prada confirms Andrea Guerra’s appointment as CEO
Prada said that it will appoint Andrea Guerra as its next chief executive officer, replacing the current co-CEOs, the designer Miuccia Prada Bianchi and her husband Patrizio Bertelli, confirming reports in the Italian media. The board of the Italian fashion house scheduled on Jan. 26 will recommend Guerra for the ...
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Prada hires Andrea Guerra as CEO
Prada has decided to hire Andrea Guerra as its CEO, effective from mid-January, according to the Italian media. The decision was made by Patrizio Bertelli, the 76-year old CEO of the Italian fashion house, his wife, the designer Miuccia Prada, 73, and their 34-year old son Lorenzo. Guerra, ...
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ArticleStocks of Brazilian footwear manufacturers outperform in Q3
In the third quarter of 2022, the stock prices of footwear companies and associated sectors monitored by Shoe Intelligence were on average virtually unchanged, falling by less than 3 percent when compared with the previous three months. But, the figure conceals noticeable disparities between the panel’s subsegments. The cohort of ...
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Footwear was Prada’s fastest growing category in H1
Footwear was the fastest growing category for the Prada Group in the first half of 2022, rising by 39 percent year-over-year at constant currency rates to represent €320 million in retail sales. Meanwhile, ready-to-wear was up by 31 percent to €461 million and leather goods increased by 18 percent to ...
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Prada names Roberto Massardi as chief business development officer
Prada appointed Roberto Massardi as chief business development officer in May. He is responsible for the strategic development of the group through the pursuit of new business opportunities. At the start of his career, Massardi held different positions at Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli before joining a first time Prada in ...
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ArticleBrazilian, Indian footwear stocks outperform in a weak environment
In the first quarter of 2022, the share prices of footwear companies fell sharply, tracking global equity markets lower. But, the Indian and Brazilian companies that we monitor for our stock performance survey outperformed their peers over the period.
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Prada names a new CFO
Prada has appointed Andrea Bonini as chief financial officer replacing Alessandra Cozzani from May 2. Bonini will report to the chief executive officers Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, and will be responsible of the group’s administration, finance, control, tax and investor relations departments. Cozzani held the job since 2016. She ...
