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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 #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
Inditex: strong momentum keeps rolling
Among the four main pillars of its "To the Next Level" strategy, initiatives around Customer Experience (e.g.: store optimisation, roll-out of Zara Streaming Experience, etc.) are delivering the most visible results at both the sales and profit levels. They also support our scenario for profitable
- Cedric Rossi
Inditex: sound Q2 results and current trading
Despite adverse weather conditions during the summer, Inditex has unveiled strong Q2 results this morning with: double-digit FX-n sales growth for the 14th consecutive quarter (+10%) and a solid 100bp-improvement in EBIT margin to 19.2% (CSSe: 18.9%). This momentum has not waned with sales between
- Cedric Rossi
Fashion: sweet or sour Back-to-School?
While publications of US retailers this week (e.g.: Gap, Abercrombie & Fitch, lululemon, etc) should give the market a clearer view of the US consumer mood, the European consumer mindset is set to be reflected in H&M and Inditex's publications next month. As expected, the summer has been no
- Cedric Rossi
Fashion: will plans to impose duties on cheap goods disrupt Shein and ...
The very competitive prices offered by Shein and Temu stem from their ability to take advantage of tax loopholes allowing parcels to be shipped without having to pay duties and taxes as long as they are under a certain value. As the EU Commission is moving to scrap the EU's EUR150 import tax loopho
- Cedric Rossi
Fashion: consumers backpedaling on sustainability due to inflation
In our recent Fashion report "Is sustainability the new luxury?", we were highlighting the green consumer paradox vis-a-vis sustainable brands. A McKinsey survey just discovered that consumers are indeed de-emphasising the importance of ESG in their purchases in an inflation-impacted world. This wo
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
- Loic Morvan
- Paul Rouviere
- Philippine Adam
On the shelves now: Consumer weekly #32
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 fresher look at the (still ongoing) Red Sea freight crisis. Happy reading!
- Cedric Rossi
Inditex: defying gravity
In our sector update last week, we highlighted that it was becoming hard for ITX to beat the CSS which has been revising estimates upwards over the past two years. And yet, ITX unveiled a good set of Q1 numbers yesterday, marked by a 13th consecutive quarter of double-digit FX-n sales growth, and,
- Cedric Rossi
Fashion: a wet spring but blooming publications
Despite a wetter-than-average spring season over a large part of Europe, key European fashion markets have shown some resilience over recent months, partly thanks to a gradual improvement in European consumer sentiment. Inditex is due to report Q1 results (February-April) on 5th June, followed by H
- Cedric Rossi
Fashion: Is sustainability the new luxury?
The bankruptcy of circular fashion startup Renewcell combined with the stellar success of Chinese platforms Shein and Temu have highlighted the green consumer paradox: consumers say they want sustainable clothing, but the majority are not tending to buy them, especially at a time when cost-of-livin
- Cedric Rossi
Inditex: no time for rest to reach "The next level"
Beyond the 28% increase in FY23 dividend and robust current trading that fuelled yesterday's positive market reaction, we feel that investors also welcomed Inditex's strategic initiatives to further enhance customer experience and supply chain capabilities by 2026. These investments are set to mate
- Cedric Rossi
Inditex: solid FY23 results but increasingly hard to satisfy a demandi...
For the third year in a row, Inditex achieved double-digit FX-n sales growth with +14.1% in FY23 and EBIT margin up 200bp to 18.9%, the highest profitability level since 2012. Although some investors could be slightly disappointed by the modest margin miss in Q4 (-1% vs. CSSe), especially after the
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
Red Sea tensions: looming risk of a new wave of inflation
In our first note last month "Will Red Sea tensions disrupt our groups' supply chains?" we discussed why the first attacks on commercial shipping routes were unlikely to cause major supply chain disruption for our companies, provided they did not last too long. However, since then, the attacks have
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
Nike cuts H2 sales outlook on weaker demand and increased macro headwi...
Following signs of a more cautious consumer spending and promotional environment, especially in EMEA and China, Nike has taken the strategic decision to reduce supply within the marketplace, thus prompting the sales warning on H2 FY24. Management expects to offset this softer sales growth with a co
- Cedric Rossi
Upbeat Q3 results: Inditex still not short of breath
Yesterday, Inditex posted better-than-expected Q3 results and a buoyant start to Q4, which confirms the group's sound fundamentals based on its unique business model. FY23 is expected to be another strong year, as evidenced by the stock's 49% ytd rally, and should be followed by a normalisation pha
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
Fashion: consumers (slowly) reappear as autumn arrives
Due to changing weather conditions and unpredictable consumer demand, fashion markets proved to be quite volatile between September and November, with soft numbers achieved in some European markets relative to the US during Black Friday. As the black clouds lingering over fashion are not set to cle
- Cedric Rossi
The one & only
The share price ended almost flat yesterday after losing nearly 4%. Following the strong YTD rally (+40% to 12th Sep), the stock was subject to profit-taking moves that might have been triggered by the "relative" sequential slowdown in current trading vs. Q2 exit rates, and/or the reiterated FY GM
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
Fashion: Only when the tide goes out do you discover... who the winner...
One of Warren Buffet's famous quotes has never been truer for fashion groups that have been dealing with low tides over recent years: Covid-related lockdowns, supply chain disruption, excess inventory, promotional activity and volatile consumer sentiment. Unsurprisingly, Inditex is successfully wea
- Cedric Rossi
- Clement Genelot
The shine is coming off Shein
Last week, Chinese online platform Shein was able to raise USD2bn in its latest fundraising, implying a one-third cut in the company's valuation from USD100bn a year earlier following a combined series of challenges: (i) reduced investor appetite for Consumer-Tech companies, (ii) growing competitio
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