All Financial results articles – Page 13
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ArticleConsumer markets up by 9% in H1 at ZEISS
The ZEISS Group has reported a 13 percent year-on-year increase to €770 million in Consumer Markets revenue for the first half of its 2021/22 fiscal year. In constant currencies, sales grew by 9 percent compared to H1 in the previous year. The German-based group does not disclose specific figures for ...
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Revenue boost and €9m investment for Visottica in 2021
The Visottica Group has announced revenue of €86 million for 2021, up by 46 percent compared to 2020 following the consolidation into its account of the acquired businesses of Ooki, Matrix and Eurodecori. Rinaldo Montalban, president of the group, said that the strong growth allowed the business to recover the ...
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ArticleWarby Parker confirms FY outlook after Q1 sales take Omicron hit
Warby Parker confirmed its outlook for financial year 2022 after the onset of the Omicron variant negatively impacted revenues for the first quarter ended March 31. Quarterly sales increased by 10.3 percent to $153.2 million but would have been an estimated $15.0 million higher without the negative impact of the ...
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Higher gross profits limit Q1 loss at KITS
Revenues at KITS dipped by 1.9 percent to 20.052 million Canadian dollars for the first quarter of 2022, but gross margin increased from 24.0 to 30.5 percent, thanks to a 10.2 percent drop in cost of sales. As a result, the recently established Canadian online eyewear specialist was able to ...
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ArticleOrtho-k and overseas market keep driving Menicon
Menicon reported a 16.2 percent year-on-year growth in total revenue for its fiscal year ended March 31, with total net sales reaching 100.2 billion Japanese yen (€743m). The Vision Care division, which accounts for over 90 percent of group revenues, reported a double-digit sales increase, driven by a strong expansion ...
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Sales up, profits down for Q1 at TOG
Revenues were up but profits down year-on-year for the first quarter at Thai Optical Group (TOG). Specifically, revenues went from 607 to 662 million Thai baht (€18.8m to €18.3) and profits from THB 96 to THB 76 (€2.6m to €2.1m). The company attributes much of the sales increase to economic ...
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ArticleNational Vision outlook down, prices up as inflation bites
National Vision, the U.S. optical retail group addressing the entry-level segment of the market with its America’s Best and Eyeglass World chain, has downgraded its outlook for the 2022 fiscal year and increased its prices following a decline in both Q1 revenue and income. Quarterly net revenue decreased by 1.2 ...
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Carl Zeiss Meditec slowed down by supply chain hiccups
Carl Zeiss Meditec reported revenues of €855.4 million for the first six months of its 2021/22 financial year, up by 11.5 percent in reported terms and by 10.7 percent in constant currencies from H1 2020/21. The Ophthalmic Devices division posted sales of €651.9 million, up by 9.7 percent year-on-year at ...
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ArticleMister Spex Q1 sales up 6% despite flat prescription eyewear business
Mister Spex has announced a 6 percent year-on-year increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2022 to €47 million in spite of a strong comparison basis in the previous year and depressed consumer sentiment due to inflation. However, the quarterly revenue growth dropped down from the 13 percent growth ...
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Alcon posts 14% contact lens sales gain in Q1
Alcon saw sales of contact lenses in the first quarter ended March 31 grow by 14 percent to $557 million in constant currency terms, as strength in silicone hydrogen (SiHy) lenses continued to underpin growth, including Precision 1 and Dailies Total 1 product families and Total 30. Revenues for the ...
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ArticleSynsam maintains growth pace, ramps up Swedish factory
The Synsam Group has reported a 14.7 percent year-on-year sales increase for its first quarter in 2022, with total revenues reaching 1,186 million Swedish crowns (€111.8m). The retailer’s performance was in line with the 14.0 percent growth reported for the previous quarter. Q1 2022 sales were up by 12 percent ...
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ArticleBausch + Lomb sees 5% organic sales growth in Q1 as IPO wraps up
Bausch Health sold 35 million common Bausch + Lomb shares, or a 10.0 percent stake, at a price of $18.00 per share, in an initial public offering yielding gross proceeds of $630 million and valuing its subsidiary at about $6,300 million. Joseph Papa, chairman of Bausch Health and CEO of ...
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ArticleHoya lenses sales up 7% in Q4, margins slightly down
HOYA has reported another quarter of record sales and profits at group level, with Q4 FY21 revenues increasing by 12 percent year-on-year to 169.6 billion yen (€1,233m). Both business units contributed double-digit growths in reported terms, partly boosted by currency tailwinds. At constant exchange rates, group sales were up by ...
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ArticleBiometric lenses boost Rodenstock sales and profits
The Rodenstock Group has announced that its revenues reached €494 million in 2021, exceeding forecasts and growing by 23 percent compared to the previous year. After a difficult year in 2020 because of the COVID-19 impact on optical market, the German group’s sales rebounded about 10 percent over the €450 ...
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ArticleStrong wholesale and retail rebound for De Rigo in 2021
The De Rigo group has announced a solid rebound in both sales and profits for 2021, following a significant revenue drop and a negative net result in 2019 because of the COVID-19 impact on the business. As shown in the table below, the family-owned Italian eyewear company saw its topline ...
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ArticleEuropean rebound fueled Safilo Q1 growth
After having posted a slight decline in net sales for the last quarter of 2021, the Safilo Group resumed its growth trajectory in Q1 2022, posting revenues of €282.6 million, up by 8.4 percent in constant currencies compared to the same period last year. The company stressed that its sales ...
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ArticleMarcolin builds on 2021 momentum in Q1
After bouncing back from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, the Marcolin Group built on its recovery in the first quarter of 2022, with sales posting a 19.5 percent year-on-year gain to reach €129.8 million and rising 15.3 percent at constant currency rates. Sales in financial year 2021, for which results ...
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ArticleFielmann sales up 9% in Q1 despite headwinds
During its annual results presentation yesterday, the Fielmann Group confirmed it had reached record external sales of €1.94 million for the full year 2021, as announced in February with its preliminary figures. The company also presented its results for the first quarter of the current year during which the revenue ...
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Inspecs posts 18% revenue hike in Q1
Providing a trading update, Inspecs Group has announced its Q1 sales totaled $75.1 million in the first quarter of the year, up $7.9 million from the same period last year. At constant exchange rates, group revenue increased by 18.5 percent year-on-year with both organic growth of existing entities and recent ...
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ArticleOptic 2000 group just over €1bn in revenue last year
Groupement Optic 2000, one of the leading optical retailers in France, has reported a 17 percent year-on-year increase in revenue to €1,010 million for 2021. This includes annual sales of its two optical banners, Optic 2000 and LISSAC, the business of its buying groups, Gadol in France and Optic Swiss ...
