Emerging consolidator in Germany’s optical retail sector

After announcing its ambition to enter the optical sector earlier this month, the German software company The Platform Group (TPG) has already acquired four optical players in Germany. In addition to joining TPG’s MyGlasses.de online platform to implement an omnichannel approach, these acquisitions

Interparfums: 1 director

A director at Interparfums sold 1,000 shares at 37.540EUR and the significance rating of the trade was 53/100. 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 last two years clearly sho...

Interparfums : Feedback London Conference : pas de hard landing

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Interparfums : London Conference feedback: no hard landing

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Mister Spex: necessary but painful "discount detox" strategy

The ongoing “detox” strategy, marked by a sharp reduction in discounting, is materially impacting the online channel (65% of total revenues), where price sensitivity and promotional dependency remain elevated. Consequently, Mister Spex has downgraded its FY sales guidance to between -10% and -20% (

Tesco: handling Asda well so far

Post-strong Q1 results with Tesco handling Asda even better than expected and slightly higher food inflation, we have lifted our FY25/26-27/28 FCF estimates by 5% and our PT from 387p to 418p. Although the stock has recovered from its April dip and is back at an all-time high since 2015 at 397p and

Suspension of Coverage

From 2nd of June we are suspending coverage of companies below due to a reallocation of resources. Our prior estimates should no longer be used as an indicator for the company moving forward.ADIDASBEIERSDORFCARREFOURDELIVERY HEROESSILORLUXOTTICAHELLOFRESHHermès InternationalHUGO BOSSINTERPARFUMSJUS

Eyewear: what caught our eyes in Q1 publications

Against macro uncertainty and a fluid tariff backdrop, the O&E industry has played its defensive role with an average performance of +15% YTD (vs. soft luxury sample at -5% and sportswear at -11%), supported by reassuring Q1 publications, proactive tariff mitigation initiatives and reiterated F

On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #71

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 tariffs have dominated recent earnings calls over other topics such a

Food Retail: trade war lifted multiples, beware of future sector rotat...

European food retail enjoyed a paradoxical 1.5x P/E expansion vs. deteriorating earnings trend YTD now turning negative, fuelled by a sector rotation with investors looking for defensive stocks. With trade wars easing, we have reviewed the valuation, earnings momentum and sector indicators for each

On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #70

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 initial impact of tariffs on the US consumer and economy. Happy readi

On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #69

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 increased consumer anxiety about tariffs leads to diverging trends be

Mister Spex: headed in the right direction

The call yesterday provided an opportunity for newly-appointed CEO Tobias Krauss to reiterate the main strategic measures of SpexFocus, which aims to stabilise and strengthen the group's operational performance this year and eventually lead to scalable and profitable growth from 2026 onwards. Reass

Mister Spex: reassuring Q1 numbers

Mister Spex has posted reassuring Q1 numbers this morning, with sales performance in line and stronger-than-expected margin delivery, including a 440bp-expansion in the GM. Albeit negative, FCF was close to B/E point, -EUR1.5m, thanks to positive operating CF and lower capex, leading to a NCP pre-I

Safilo: rays of light in Q1 despite dark tariff clouds

Yesterday evening, Safilo delivered strong Q1 results despite tariff uncertainty, while the quarter was the final one marked by the phase-out of Jimmy Choo (-3pp sales headwind). With +1% FX-n, North America posted its first positive performance since Q4 2023. GM and aEBITDA margin both expanded by

On the shelves now: Consumer Weekly #68

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 fragile US consumer sentiment which might precede a sharp pullback in spe

Fielmann: margin potential unleashed

The strong improvement in aEBITDA margin in Q1 (+300bps to 24.2%) brought greater credibility to the reiterated margin target of 24% for 2025, considering that the CSSe was still well below that threshold prior to the Q1 publication (BGe: 23.1% / CSSe: 22.8%e). While remaining a bit more prudent th

Fielmann: strong margin delivery in Q1 2025

Final FY24 results unveiled this morning are in line with last month's pre-release. FIE also provides an update on its Q1 performance: sales jumped by 13% (broadly in line with CSSe) whilst aEBITDA beat expectations by 11% following a 28% surge to EUR146m (CSSe: EUR131.5m). This impressive 370bp-im