Dolce & Gabbana CEO Could Look at IPO in Future, Priority Now Is a Stronger Business

Models present creations for Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2024/25 men's collection in Milan, Italy January 13, 2024. (Reuters)
Models present creations for Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2024/25 men's collection in Milan, Italy January 13, 2024. (Reuters)
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Dolce & Gabbana CEO Could Look at IPO in Future, Priority Now Is a Stronger Business

Models present creations for Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2024/25 men's collection in Milan, Italy January 13, 2024. (Reuters)
Models present creations for Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2024/25 men's collection in Milan, Italy January 13, 2024. (Reuters)

Dolce & Gabbana is not ready for an initial public offering but is prepared to consider it in the future, the Italian luxury group's chief executive said on Monday.

"We are open to looking at (a listing) but before that we want to consolidate our business," CEO Alfonso Dolce said, answering a question at the Milano Fashion Global Summit 2024.

"We have the social responsibility of so many families," he added, referring to the group's employees, and of those working in companies that supply it.

In July, Dolce had said the fashion company was ready to assess opening up its capital to new investors either through a listing or other routes, in an interview published Corriere della Sera's L'Economia weekly supplement.

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana founded the company in 1985 and they are still in charge of creative direction.

They have no direct heirs. Alfonso and Domenico Dolce are brothers.



Shein's Revenue Growth Reportedly Slows in First Half amid IPO Plans

FILE PHOTO: A view of a Shein pop-up store at a mall in Singapore April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A view of a Shein pop-up store at a mall in Singapore April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo/File Photo
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Shein's Revenue Growth Reportedly Slows in First Half amid IPO Plans

FILE PHOTO: A view of a Shein pop-up store at a mall in Singapore April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A view of a Shein pop-up store at a mall in Singapore April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo/File Photo

Online retailer Shein's revenue growth slowed to 23% in the first half of this year, from 40% last year, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter, as it prepares for a highly anticipated listing in London.
The deceleration in growth coincides with rising competition from Chinese bargain shopping site Temu, which has grown in popularity in recent years in the US, the report said.
The company's profit declined more than 70% to just below $400 million in the first half of this year, according to the report. Revenue during the period reached $18 billion.
Shein, which sells $5 tops and $10 dresses, has seen rapid growth fueled by its low-cost business model of sending parcels to customers worldwide straight from factories in China.
The company was valued at $66 billion in a fundraising round last year and held informal investor meetings this month for a planned London initial public offering, Reuters reported.
Shein does not publicly report its global results.
Earlier in October, a filing by the online fast-fashion group showed Shein's British business generated 1.55 billion pounds ($2 billion) in revenue in 2023.
Shein did not immediately respond to a request for comment.