All Financial results articles – Page 30
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ArticleCVI doubles myopia management sales
Although the segment still accounts for less than 3 percent of CooperVision revenues, much of the talk during the Q2 results’ presentation by the company yesterday revolved around myopia management and the company’s performance in this product category. Answering questions from financial analysts, Al White, president and CEO of CooperCompanies, ...
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ArticlePartial sales recovery in Q1 for Marcolin
Only a few days after the publication of its annual results, the Marcolin Group relased its quarterly figures for the first quarter of the current fiscal year ending March 31, which showed a strong rebound in revenues from 2020, but falling short of recovering to pre-Covid levels. ...
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ArticleAcquisitions and digitization fuel New Look Vision’s growth
New Look Vision Group, the Canadian-based retail group, reported a high double-digit increase in revenues for the third consecutive quarter, confirming a quick recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. After respective growths of 17 percent and 25 percent in Q3 and Q4 in the past ...
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JINS’ eyewear sales up 4.5% in H1
JINS, the Japanese low-cost optical retailer, has reported a slight increase in H1 revenues to 31,634 million Japanese yen (€237.6m-$290.6m), or 0.4 percent higher than in H1 2020. Year-on-year, increases in eyewear sales of 4.0 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, in Japan and abroad during the first half of the ...
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Paris Miki sales down 9% last year
Paris Miki Holdings, the Japanese-based optical retailer, reported Q4 revenues of 10,691 million Japanese yen (€80.3m-$98.2m), representing a slight 0.5 percent increase from Q4 2020. However, the partial recovery in the second half of the fiscal year could not offset the double-digit revenue drops in Q1 and Q2, leading the ...
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ArticleConsumer markets supported Zeiss H1 rebound
After a slight decline of 2 percent in revenues last year, ZEISS reported a significant recovery for the first half of its current fiscal year, with total H1 sales increasing 6 percent year-on-year to €3.4 billion, or by 9 percent in constant currencies. With roughly stable revenues in the Semiconductor ...
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Sales and profits up at TOG
The Thai Optical Group reported a 27 percent year-on-year increase in Q1 revenues to 607 million baht (€16m-$19.3m) which was mostly attributed to the global economic recovery in the major markets. This level of revenues puts the company’s topline 7.4 percent higher than in 2019, showing a normalization of the ...
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National Vision upgrades 2021 outlook after solid Q1
National Vision, the U.S.-based optical retailer operating the America’s Best and Eyeglass World banners, reported a net increase in Q1 revenues of 13.7 percent as compared to Q1 2020, reaching $534.2 million. The quarterly sales’ growth was driven by a 18.2 percent year-on-year increase on a comparable store basis. During ...
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ArticleMister Spex up double digits, opens first stores abroad
Mister Spex, the German-based omnichannel retailer, announced last week that its 2020 revenues grew by 18 percent last year as compared to 2019, reaching €164 million. The company registered a double-digit hike in sales both in Germany and in its international markets. Dirk Graber, founder and co-CEO, ...
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ArticleU.S., Smith and e-commerce drove Safilo’s growth in Q1
Safilo reported a 13.7 percent year-on-year increase in Q1 revenues to €251.4 million, or 20.0 percent in constant currencies, largely driven by its American business, the newly acquired e-commerce businesses and the good performance of Smith Optics. Significant improvements were also reported in the Italian group’s core ...
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ArticleCarl Zeiss Meditec sees Covid-19 impact fading
Providing more details on its H1 2020/21 performance after an initial announcement at the end of April, Carl Zeiss Meditec confirmed a 7.3 percent year-on-year hike in total revenues to €767.4 million. On a constant currency basis, sales increased by 10.5 percent. The growth in revenues was driven by the ...
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ArticleBausch gears up to spin off B+L
As part of its quarterly results’ announcements, Bausch Health said that it was accelerating the preparations for the spin-off of its Bausch + Lomb business. Having just completed its financial segmentation of the unit, the company said it expects to be ready for the operation in Q3 2021. The process ...
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ArticleMarcolin sales down 30% in 2020
Severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Marcolin Group reported a 30.1 percent year-on-year dive to €340 million in revenues for its financial year 2020, representing a 28.3 drop in constant currencies. The group does not communicate sales by product categories but the strong focus of its portfolio on sunglasses ...
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Alcon posts flat CL sales in Q1
Alcon’s sales of contact lenses were roughly stable in Q1 2021 as compared to the same quarter in 2019, reaching $509 million, representing an increase of 1 percent in reported terms and a 1 percent decrease on a constant currency basis. The positive effect of the launch of the new ...
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ArticleInternational sales drove Hoya’s lenses' business in Q1
Hoya Corporation reported a 12 percent year-on-year increase in group revenues for the last quarter of its 2020/21 financial year ended on March 31, 2021, or an 11 percent growth in constant currencies. The quarterly performance was driven by a solid growth in the group’s IT department, but the health ...
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ArticleInternationalization fueled Fielmann Q1 sales' growth
Fielmann Group reported a 9.2 percent year-on-year increase in external sales including VAT and changes in inventories to €444.9 million, a revenue level also higher than in Q1 2019. The increase was mostly attributable to the integration of the recently acquired Óptica & Audiologia Universitaria business in Spain. However, the ...
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Inspecs reports 5 % hike in Q1 revenues
Eyewear designer Inspecs reported a rise in like-for-like first quarter revenues despite the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on operations. The frame maker and distributor posted revenues of $67 million for the three months to March 31, up 5 percent on a comparable basis year on year, according to a company spokesperson.The ...
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ArticleStrong rebound for Kering Eyewear in Q1
Kering Eyewear revenues strongly rebounded in the first quarter of the current financial year, after having declined by 8.6 percent in the second half of 2020. Total revenues in the Corporate & Other segment of the French luxury group, which accounts for 96 percent of Kering Eyewear ...
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ArticleGV reports improved margins on slightly lower sales in Q1
GrandVision reported slightly declining Q1 revenues for 2021 as compared to 2020, as its business was still significantly impacted by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly in Europe. However, the retail group almost doubled its EBITDA over the same period thanks to an overall improved product mix, continued cost ...
