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Hugo Boss Reaffirms 2023 Outlook amid Luxury Downturn, Shares Rise

FILE - 08 March 2022 - The logo of the Hugo Boss fashion group, taken at an outlet store at the company's headquarters in Metzingen. dpa
FILE - 08 March 2022 - The logo of the Hugo Boss fashion group, taken at an outlet store at the company's headquarters in Metzingen. dpa
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Hugo Boss Reaffirms 2023 Outlook amid Luxury Downturn, Shares Rise

FILE - 08 March 2022 - The logo of the Hugo Boss fashion group, taken at an outlet store at the company's headquarters in Metzingen. dpa
FILE - 08 March 2022 - The logo of the Hugo Boss fashion group, taken at an outlet store at the company's headquarters in Metzingen. dpa

Hugo Boss on Thursday reaffirmed its full-year outlook after posting quarterly results in line with analysts' expectations, supported by strong demand for its products despite a broader downturn in the luxury sector, Reuters reported.
The German fashion house reported a 15% rise in third-quarter sales to 1.03 billion euros ($1.09 billion), spurred by the launch of its fall/winter 2023 collections in August. Analysts had forecast sales of 1.02 billion euros in a poll provided by the company
"Hugo Boss remains one of the few fashion brands still growing in double-digits," Citi analysts said in a note to investors, citing successful product design and diversification and effective marketing among other factors.
Shares were up 4.8% at 0920 GMT. As of Wednesday's close, the stock was 27% off their highest price so far this year, which was reached in July.
The luxury sector, hit by slowing demand for fashion and accessories particularly in the US and Europe, has been further hampered by a slow start to the European fall/winter season amid unusually warm weather.
Hugo Boss, however, had started the fourth quarter strong, CEO Daniel Grieder told reporters in a call.
The company reiterated its annual guidance for sales of 4.10-4.20 billion euros and an operating profit of 400-420 million euros, corresponding to 20%-25% growth.
Its quarterly earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose 12% to 103 million euros, matching analysts' estimate of 102 million euros.

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Birkenstock Raises Annual Revenue Forecast on Strong Demand

Shares of the German sandal maker were up ‌7% in ‌premarket trading. (Getty Images)
Shares of the German sandal maker were up ‌7% in ‌premarket trading. (Getty Images)
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Birkenstock Raises Annual Revenue Forecast on Strong Demand

Shares of the German sandal maker were up ‌7% in ‌premarket trading. (Getty Images)
Shares of the German sandal maker were up ‌7% in ‌premarket trading. (Getty Images)

Birkenstock raised its full-year sales growth forecast on Wednesday, banking on resilient full-price demand for its premium sandals from affluent shoppers.

Shares of the German sandal maker were up ‌7% in ‌premarket trading.

A pullback in ‌US ⁠discretionary spending has ⁠weighed on much of the apparel and footwear sector, but brands such as Birkenstock catering to wealthier consumers have largely held up, benefiting from ⁠strong pricing power and ‌brand loyalty.

While ‌the Middle East conflict continues ‌to create uncertainty in the Gulf ‌region, the impact on the quarter was more contained than initially anticipated, the company said.

It now ‌expects fiscal year 2026 revenue growth of 15% ⁠on ⁠a constant currency basis, compared with its earlier forecast of a 13% to 15% rise.

The company posted third-quarter revenue of 719.5 million euros ($829.08 million), compared with analysts' estimate of 713.4 million euros, according to data compiled by LSEG.

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Jeweller Pandora Raises 2026 Guidance as New Designs Draw in Shoppers

A view of the Pandora sign on one of the branches of the Danish jewellery maker Pandora in central Copenhagen, Denmark, August 13, 2025. (Reuters)
A view of the Pandora sign on one of the branches of the Danish jewellery maker Pandora in central Copenhagen, Denmark, August 13, 2025. (Reuters)
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Jeweller Pandora Raises 2026 Guidance as New Designs Draw in Shoppers

A view of the Pandora sign on one of the branches of the Danish jewellery maker Pandora in central Copenhagen, Denmark, August 13, 2025. (Reuters)
A view of the Pandora sign on one of the branches of the Danish jewellery maker Pandora in central Copenhagen, Denmark, August 13, 2025. (Reuters)

Jeweller Pandora raised its 2026 guidance for organic growth and profit margin on Wednesday, saying new designs and marketing were helping attract shoppers, and also reported second-quarter operating profit (EBIT) above analysts' expectations.

Pandora said EBIT for the April-June period came in at 1.46 billion Danish crowns ($225.35 million), against an average estimate of 1.10 billion expected by analysts in a company-compiled poll, reflecting partial refunds of previously paid ‌U.S. tariffs.

"We are ‌making progress in re-energizing Pandora's ‌growth engine," ⁠CEO Berta de ⁠Pablos-Barbier said in a statement.

"There is more work ahead, but we are moving in the right direction and raising our 2026 guidance for both growth and profitability," she added.

The company now expects organic growth at between 0% and 3% in ⁠2026, up from a previous range ‌of -1% to 2%, ‌and an operating profit margin between 22% and 23%, up ‌from 21% to 22%.

In the top job ‌since January, de Pablos-Barbier is leading a drive to release new designs, with its Pandora Wonders line - featuring pearl charms shaped like a frog, a pufferfish, or ‌a mushroom - launching in July in Paris during Haute Couture week.

Pandora's share price ⁠has ⁠been highly volatile over the past two years as the price of silver surged, prompting de Pablos-Barbier to announce in February a shift towards platinum-plated jewellery as a way of reducing its reliance on silver.

Pandora said on Wednesday it started pilot testing a limited range of platinum-plated jewellery in the Netherlands in July, and would do broader tests across markets in the fourth quarter, before scaling up the rollout next year.

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Armani Stake Sale Could Be Delayed Beyond March 2027 Deadline

FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Giorgio Armani store in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, following Giorgio Armani's death at the age of 91, in Milan, Italy, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes//File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Giorgio Armani store in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, following Giorgio Armani's death at the age of 91, in Milan, Italy, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes//File Photo
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Armani Stake Sale Could Be Delayed Beyond March 2027 Deadline

FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Giorgio Armani store in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, following Giorgio Armani's death at the age of 91, in Milan, Italy, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes//File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Giorgio Armani store in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, following Giorgio Armani's death at the age of 91, in Milan, Italy, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes//File Photo

The planned sale of ‌a 15% stake in Italian fashion group Giorgio Armani may not be completed until after a March 2027 deadline set by the late designer's will, an Italian newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Citing company sources, the Corriere della Sera said market conditions for the luxury industry were still challenging and negotiating a deal could require time, said Reuters.

The indications on timing in the will are not binding, the sources said, adding the need to reach the best possible terms for a sale took precedence.

The company did not immediately ‌respond to ‌a request for comment.

Giorgio Armani, who died on ‌September ⁠4, 2025, instructed the ⁠eponymous foundation that controls the fashion house to sell an initial 15% stake within 18 months, giving priority to French luxury goods group LVMH, beauty giant L'Oreal and Franco-Italian eyewear maker EssilorLuxottica .

Corriere cited board documents from the Giorgio Armani Foundation as saying the process was still at an early stage and unlikely to ⁠be completed before 2027.

Evaluations over the stake ‌sale are under way but ‌remain preliminary because the transaction is complex, Rothschild & Co banker and foundation director ‌Irving Bellotti told an April board meeting, Corriere reported.

Bellotti said ‌that work on the deal would begin this year but was expected to be completed during 2027.

The group has also not ruled out a potential stock market listing, which would leave management in ‌the hands of the family and current executives under the foundation's strategic oversight, Corriere said, citing the ⁠sources.

Corriere also ⁠cited Chief Executive Giuseppe Marsocci as telling the foundation's board in April that net group sales in the first two months of 2026 fell 7.5% at current exchange rates and 3.9% at constant exchange rates from a year earlier.

The company adopted measures to cut operating costs by €25 million ($28.84 million), Marsocci added.

The drop, he explained, was driven by the wholesale channel where sales declined 10.7% year-on-year at constant exchange rates, while direct-to-consumer sales rose 3.5% net of currency effects, Corriere reported.

Giorgio Armani will approve first-half results on September 8, Corriere said, adding they should broadly confirm January-February trends.