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Zalando Reports 18.5% Jump in Q2 Operating Profit

The logo of fashion retailer Zalando is pictured at the new headquarters in Berlin, Germany, April 10, 2019. (Reuters)
The logo of fashion retailer Zalando is pictured at the new headquarters in Berlin, Germany, April 10, 2019. (Reuters)
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Zalando Reports 18.5% Jump in Q2 Operating Profit

The logo of fashion retailer Zalando is pictured at the new headquarters in Berlin, Germany, April 10, 2019. (Reuters)
The logo of fashion retailer Zalando is pictured at the new headquarters in Berlin, Germany, April 10, 2019. (Reuters)

Online fashion marketplace Zalando reported an 18.5% rise in its operating profit for the second quarter on Tuesday, helped by inventory management and lower order fulfilment costs, as its sports, designer and beauty segments drove growth.

Zalando has focused on higher-priced brands and the growing sportswear category, along with scaling up its partner business, as it faces competition from fast-fashion retailers with cheaper offerings such as Shein.

Quarterly adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose to 171.6 million euros ($187.9 million) from 144.8 million in the same period last year, Zalando said.

Its qross merchandise volume (GMV) - a key revenue metric measuring the total value of all goods sold - rose 2.8% on the year to 3.8 billion euros in the second quarter, while revenue was up 3.4% at 2.6 billion euros.

Zalando also said Chief Financial Officer Sandra Dembeck had decided not to renew her contract beyond the current term ending on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Zara Owner Inditex Sees Good Holiday Season after Weak Third Quarter

FILE PHOTO: People shop during the opening of a Zara store after fashion giant Inditex resumed its operations in Venezuela under a franchise agreement, in Caracas, Venezuela April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People shop during the opening of a Zara store after fashion giant Inditex resumed its operations in Venezuela under a franchise agreement, in Caracas, Venezuela April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
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Zara Owner Inditex Sees Good Holiday Season after Weak Third Quarter

FILE PHOTO: People shop during the opening of a Zara store after fashion giant Inditex resumed its operations in Venezuela under a franchise agreement, in Caracas, Venezuela April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People shop during the opening of a Zara store after fashion giant Inditex resumed its operations in Venezuela under a franchise agreement, in Caracas, Venezuela April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo

Zara owner Inditex said the start of the holiday season had got off to a good start after it reported weaker than expected quarterly results as rainy weather hit some key European markets.
The company behind Zara and other brands said its sales rose a slower than expected 7% to 27.4 billion euros ($28.84 billion) during the period, below the 8% expected by analysts.
Its net profit of 4.44 billion euros for the first nine months of 2024, up 8.5% from a year earlier, was below analysts' average expectation of 4.52 billion euros.
The company however reported a better start of the holiday season, with revenues rising 9% during the six weeks to Dec. 9 as the world's biggest fast-fashion retailer kept drawing in shoppers even as rivals struggled.
Revenue growth in the period, which includes the key Black Friday sales, was slower than the 14% increase reported a year ago, though.
"We had a strong start to the last quarter against a demanding comparable in the same period of 2023," Inditex's capital market director, Marcos Lopez, told Reuters.
He stressed that in constant currency sales growth was 10.5% in the first nine months of the fiscal year and the growth in constant currency during the third quarter was the faster of the year.