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Belle Fashion Pre-IPO

Belle Fashion (BF) aims to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong listing, which would mark its return to the stock market after five years.

Belle Fashion is the largest China-based fashion footwear and apparel group based on 2020 retail sales value, according to Frost & Sullivan (F&S). It operates a diversified portfolio of 20 self-owned brands and partner brands (including licensed brands and distributed brands). Its products span categories across footwear for women, men and kids, as well as apparel, bags and accessories.

As per F&S, it was the largest player in China’s fashion footwear market with a 11.2% market share, based on 2020 retail sales. During the Singles’ Day shopping festival of 2021, four out of the top five best-selling women’s fashion footwear brands on Tmall were from BF, namely BELLE, STACCATO, TATA and BASTO.

BF has posted steady past performance, despite some of its stores being shut owing to COVID-19, as it was able to increase its share of online sales. Both its key categories, footwear and apparel have been growing and its margins have shown overall improvement.

Although, the company’s past or even its sister company’s listing doesn’t provide much to write home about. In addition, it’s still in the middle of rejigging its distribution network. BF also hasn’t provided a whole lot of granular data.
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BELLE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS

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