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- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #64
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 accelerating trends in European corporate earnings relative to those in t
- Cedric Rossi
Mister Spex: all eyes on execution of "SpexFocus" plan
When MRX announced its SpexFocus plan last summer, we commented that its initiatives would bring short-term pains before delivering long-term gains. In 2025, these short-term pains will be visible at the revenue level, while margins and FCF should show a sequential improvement thanks to the SpexFoc
- Carole Braudeau
- Carole Braudeau
- Cedric Rossi
Mister Spex: Reassuring FY24 numbers; priority for FY25 is margin impr...
Mister Spex reported this morning in-line FY sales of EUR217m (-3% YoY) reflecting the Group's decision to close all its nine International stores. On the positive side, FY aEBITDA of -EUR5.8m was less negative than anticipated by the market (-EUR7.1m). For FY25, i.e. "discount detox" and the negat
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #63
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 how sub-sectors within our Consumer coverage have fared since the beginni
- Cedric Rossi
US eyewear: black tariff clouds looming over consumers
In our last report a month ago ("Trumping tariffs"), we were relatively optimistic as Donald Trump had only added a 10% tariff on Chinese imports and implemented a 30-day pause on tariffs for imports from Mexico and Canada. However, the situation has darkened since an additional 10% tariff has been
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #62
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 how Trump's trade war is negatively impacting US consumer sentiment. Happ
- Carole Braudeau
- Carole Braudeau
- Cedric Rossi
Hugo Boss: stronger emphasis on margin improvement this year
The FY25 outlook unveiled yesterday shows greater visibility on the margin improvement trajectory, thanks to further sourcing efficiencies and disciplined cost control. However, sales trends remain more volatile, as evidenced by a MSD decline in the first two months of 2025 following a strong Q4. W
- Cedric Rossi
Hugo Boss: Q4 numbers beat and cautious FY25 outlook
Hugo Boss has reported FY24 results this morning: Q4 sales surprised positively with a 4% beat, driven by a strong year-end in both EMEA and the Americas, while EBIT was bang in line with expectations at EUR126m. Unsurprisingly, given the volatile macro environment, the FY25 outlook is quite cautio
- Cedric Rossi
Safilo: encouraging start to the year despite macro uncertainty
The final FY24 results unveiled yesterday were in line with the pre-announced numbers on 28th January. Safilo recorded a positive start to 2025 in both Europe and North America, ahead of March, which is key for the Q1 performance. Although management refrained from providing detailed FY25 targets,
- Carole Braudeau
- Carole Braudeau
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #61
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 how Trump's hectic trade policy impacts US consumer sentiment. Happy read
- Clement Genelot
Carrefour: further deterioration in the French franchising crisis
A week after our downgrade to Sell in view of the unsustainable nature of three unsolved French topics (price positioning, franchising crisis, lease-management), the franchising crisis has hit a new stage, with unhappy franchisees launching an initiative to bypass Carrefour for part of their procur
- Cedric Rossi
Fielmann: unlocking margin potential
The stronger-than-expected margin delivery in FY24 unveiled yesterday has two positive outcomes: 1/ Fielmann USA demonstrated its capacity to improve profitability while maintaining a strong operating performance (+11% LFL) and 2/ it lends greater credibility to its reiterated FY25 aEBITDA margin t
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #60
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 relative catch-up by European stocks. Happy reading!
- Clement Genelot
Carrefour: No further downside? Look at the dust under the carpet
France has become a house of cards with three unaddressed topics that the market forgot too quickly (overstated price repositioning, unresolved franchising crisis and deteriorating lease-management model). With such a low share price, rising shareholder anger, an ongoing strategic review, mounting
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