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- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
- Paul Rouviere
- Philippine Adam
On the shelves now: Consumer weekly #41
In this Consumer Weekly newsletter, we provide a brief overview of the key factors affecting our Consumer coverage, from Luxury & Consumer goods to Retail & E-commerce and Food & Ingredients. This week, we look at the endless reshuffling of European purchasing alliances among food retai
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
- Paul Rouviere
- Philippine Adam
On the shelves now: Consumer weekly #40
In this Consumer Weekly newsletter, we provide a brief overview of the key factors affecting our Consumer coverage, from Luxury & Consumer goods to Retail & E-commerce and Food & Ingredients. This week, we dig into the strange equation of US purchasing power vs. savings rates. Happy rea
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
- Paul Rouviere
- Philippine Adam
On the shelves now: Consumer weekly #39
In this Consumer Weekly newsletter, we provide a brief overview of the key factors affecting our Consumer coverage, from Luxury & Consumer goods to Retail & E-commerce and Food & Ingredients. This week, we discuss the Fed's upcoming meeting and rate cut. Happy reading!
- Cedric Rossi
OTC hearing aid market: no worms in the Apple
Among all the innovative products presented at Monday's Apple Keynote, the AirPods Pro 2 stood out for the new OTC hearing aid capability to be included for users with mild to moderate hearing loss, representing EUR1.4bn people globally. While most hearing aid stocks and, to a lesser extent, Essilo
- Cedric Rossi
US eyewear: watch out for inflation-weary consumers
Although eyewear players operate in a durable category that enjoys a relatively defensive status, US consumers showed signs of flagging in Q2 as pent-up demand in prescription did not materialise and the sunglass category suffered subdued trends. This cautious behaviour was particularly visible amo
- Cedric Rossi
Safilo: weak sales trends as in Q1 but resilient margins in Q2 2024
Yesterday evening, Safilo reported Q2 numbers showing similar trends to Q1: a FX-n sales decline of 3.1% with a greater negative impact from the phase-out of Jimmy Choo (-3 to -4pp) whereas GM and aEBITDA margin continued to improve. With July showing no inflection point, we expect improving sales
- Cedric Rossi
EssilorLuxottica: expansion of retail operations in Eastern Europe
A couple of weeks after the Supreme and Heidelberg Engineering deals, EssilorLux announced yesterday the acquisition of Optical Investment Group for an undisclosed amount. With a strong footprint already in key markets across Eastern Europe (e.g.: Poland, Czech Rep, Hungary, etc.), EssilorLux is en
- Cedric Rossi
EssilorLux: slight miss on Q2 FX-n growth due to the US, in line H1 ma...
Q2 sales released last night were broadly in line with expectations despite a slight miss with FX-n growth (5.2% vs. CSSe 5.7%) due to a softer-than-expected performance in North America. As expected, H1 aEBIT margin remain flat at 18.3%, dented by FX (-50bps) and strategic investments (-60bps). Du
- Cedric Rossi
EssilorLux: Supreme, the acquisition that no one saw coming...
Yesterday morning, EssilorLux announced the surprise acquisition of iconic streetwear brand Supreme, from VF Corp (VFC) for USD1.5bn. Whilst EssilorLux masters brand-building, even for diversified eyewear brands such as Oakley (30% AFA / 70% eyewear) and DTC (100% of Supreme's sales), this acquisit
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
- Paul Rouviere
- Philippine Adam
On the shelves now: Consumer weekly #36
In this Consumer Weekly newsletter, we provide a brief overview of the key factors affecting our Consumer coverage, from Luxury & Consumer goods to Retail & E-commerce and Food & Ingredients. This week, we look at the US job market that is gradually cooling, prompting investors to bet o
- Cedric Rossi
Eyewear: A photochromic first half
On par with these lenses that turn from dark-to-clear, we expect ambivalent performances for EssilorLux (ESLX) and Safilo (SFL) in H1 2024: the former should post strong top-line momentum in Q2 combined with a flat H1 aEBIT margin, whereas SFL's Q2 sales trends will be mainly impacted by the phase-
Safilo Group: 2 directors
Two Directors at Safilo Group bought 78,700 shares at between 0.985EUR and 1.003EUR. The significance rating of the trade was 55/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the las...
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
- Paul Rouviere
- Philippine Adam
On the shelves now: Consumer weekly #34
In this Consumer Weekly newsletter, we provide a brief overview of the key factors affecting our Consumer coverage, from Luxury & Consumer goods to Retail & E-commerce and Food & Ingredients. This week, we take a look at underperformance by European, and especially French, equity indexe
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
- Paul Rouviere
- Philippine Adam
On the shelves now: Consumer weekly #28
In this Consumer Weekly newsletter, we provide a brief overview of the key factors affecting our Consumer coverage, from Luxury & Consumer goods to Retail & E-commerce and Food & Ingredients. This week, we comment about the positive stock market trend in spite of constant delays in Fed
- Cedric Rossi
US eyewear: Distinct Q1 trajectories between NV and Warby Parker
Except for National Vision which faced company-specific issues, Q1 proved to be a reassuring vintage for most optical players, despite several headwinds such as the "Artic Blast" in January and the earlier Easter that mainly impacted prescription sales. Relative optimism continues to prevail for 20
- Cedric Rossi
Safilo: Q1 less negative than feared and reassuring month of April
The Q1 sales decline of 1.8% FX-n was less damaging than our -4.6% FX-n figure (see our preview here) thanks to a stronger-than-expected performance in Europe. Q1 aEBITDA margin also surprised positively with a 20bp-improvement to 11.5% (CSSe: 11.2% / BGe: 11.3%). Management confirmed a return to p
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
- Paul Rouviere
- Philippine Adam
On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #25
In this Consumer Weekly newsletter, we provide a brief overview of the key factors affecting our Consumer coverage, from Luxury & Consumer goods to Retail & E-commerce and Food & Ingredients. This week, we comment on resilient US activity from the perspective of a healthy Logistics Mana
- Cedric Rossi
EssilorLux: in-line Q1 sales performance and good vibes ahead of Q2
Yesterday evening, EssilorLux unveiled Q1 sales up 5.5% FX-n to EUR6.34bn, fairly in line with CSSe (EUR6.38bn) despite a tough comp base and unfavourable calendar effect. We see room for accelerating trends given increased tailwinds from: 1/ pricing in frames (BGe: MSD price hike), 2/ the ramp-up
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
- Paul Rouviere
- Philippine Adam
On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #24
In this Consumer Weekly newsletter, we provide a brief overview of the key factors affecting our Consumer coverage, from Luxury & Consumer goods to Retail & E-commerce and Food & Ingredients. This week, we highlight how resilient equity markets had been over the past months, despite a c
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
- Paul Rouviere
- Philippine Adam
On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #23
In this Consumer Weekly newsletter, we provide a brief overview of the key factors affecting our Consumer coverage, from Luxury & Consumer goods to Retail & E-commerce and Food & Ingredients. This week, we look at the recovery in global passenger air traffic. Happy reading!
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