Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" plan announced on 2nd April now applies huge tariff rates to new countries like Vietnam and Indonesia, which are key in the sourcing of US footwear and apparel. Although apparel and footwear are already heavily taxed at an average of 14.6% and 12.3% respectively, compar
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
We believe Zalando’s recent share price weakness (down c. 20%) is overdone. 1/ The company’s statement that Q1 started as Q4 ended implies that there is no slowdown of growth. 2/ Zalando has no exposure to the US, i.e. tariff uncertainty should hardly affect the company. We therefore reiterate our Outperform rating on Zalando with a TP of € 40. Q1 2025 should be a first catalyst and 2025 should be a good year with accelerating growth and further margin progress.
The mild reaction yesterday confirmed that investors had mixed feelings about the sharp 33% miss on Q1 EBIT and the scenario of gradual improvement throughout the year. Although management guided for a positive markdown impact in H2 2024, soft organic growth, rising inventory levels and volatile co
Arguably, with +2% FX-n in Q1 2025 H&M achieved two consecutive quarters of positive organic growth for the first time since Q4 2019-Q1 2020 (stripping out the atypical period of post Covid-related lockdowns until H1 2022), but it was fuelled by painful price reinvestments and marketing efforts
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
With a CMD focused on cost-cutting and reshuffling the meal-kit offer, we understand that 2025-26 will be about resetting the basics while growth may only be on the agenda in 2027. But the absence of any sales target for meal-kit or ready-to-eat disappointed, keeping the shares stuck around 5.5x EV
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