All Kering articles
-
ArticleKering Eyewear stands out with 8% Q1 revenue hike as group topline slips
As in the last quarter of 2023, Kering Eyewear was the only business unit of French luxury group Kering that reported a revenue increase in Q1 2024 as reported sales of optical frames and sunglasses rose by 7 percent year-on-year to €463 million. On a comparable currency basis, Kering ...
-
News briefs
Marcolin negotiations with strategic investors reportedly hit a €1.3 billion snag
According to an article published last Saturday by the Financial Times (FT), EssilorLuxottica, Kering, Safilo and Marchon have all expressed interest in the acquisition of Marcolin, as PAI Partners is looking to sell its majority stake in the company. While EssilorLuxottica and Kering seem to be the most likely candidates ...
-
ArticleKering Eyewear sales surge 35 percent in 2023
Kering Eyewear continues to outperform the other subsidiaries of French luxury goods group Kering, with annual revenues in 2023 jumping by 35 percent to €1,502 million. It was the only unit to post topline growth last year. Currency and scope effects boosted full-year revenues by 25 percent, as ...
-
ArticleKering Eyewear fueled by Maui Jim in Q3 as comparable growth drops
Kering Eyewear was again the best-performing unit of Kering in the third quarter of this year, and the only one that posted a sales increase, as the French luxury group’s fashion brands were severely hit by the general slowdown in the global luxury market, particularly in Europe and North America. ...
-
News briefs
Kering Eyewear gathers supply chain partners for Sustainability Day
Kering Eyewear gathered its key Italian supply chain partners at its headquarters in Padua on Sept. 5 for its Sustainability Day. The event included a workshop by Anna Zandanel, a sustainability and innovation business advisor who shared information on circular economy practices in the eyewear industry with the 40 attendees. ...
-
ArticleKering Eyewear posts 21 % comparable growth in Q2
French luxury group Kering has reported a 54 percent year-on-year revenue growth to €428 million in Q2 for its eyewear unit, Kering Eyewear. While scope expansion, with the integration of Maui Jim, and currency tailwinds were the main contributors to the revenue jump, the eyewear division sales also grew by ...
-
ArticleMarcolin to invest $250 m in TOM FORD perpetual license
The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) have announced the acquisition of the TOM FORD in a deal that values the luxury brand at $2.8 billion and also involves the Ermenegildo Zegna Group and Marcolin through long-term license agreements, for fashion products and eyewear products, respectively. The transaction is expected to close ...
-
News briefs
Kering issues dual-tranche bond
Kering announced on April 29 that it had issued a dual-tranche bond, each tranche being worth €750 million. One has a three-year maturity and a 1.25 percent coupon, the other an eight-year maturity and a 1.875 percent coupon. The group says the issue is in accordance with its active liquidity ...
-
ArticleRevenue boost for Kering Eyewear in Q1
Kering Eyewear quarterly revenues reached €300 million for the first quarter of 2022, a significant jump from the €185 million reported in the previous year. The eyewear division of Kering was the fastest growing unit in Q1 for the French luxury group, whose total reported sales increased by 27 percent ...
-
ArticleKering Eyewear to acquire Maui Jim
Kering Eyewear is acquiring Maui Jim, the world’s largest independent brand of high-end sunglasses. The deal is subject to approval by regulators but should be complete by the second half of 2022. Speaking at a press conference this morning, Kering Eyewear’s president and CEO, Roberto Vedovotto, did not wish to ...
-
ArticleKering Eyewear comparable sales up 45% in 2021
Reporting its annual results last week, French luxury group Kering announced that external sales of its Kering Eyewear subsidiary reached a total of €726 million in 2021. After elimination of royalties and intragroup sales, Kering Eyewear posted consolidated revenues of €599 million, including the consolidation of the acquired Lindberg business ...
-
ArticleSolid growth for Kering Eyewear in Q3
Kering Eyewear reported total revenues of €168 million for the third quarter of its current fiscal year. Corrected from royalties and intragroup operations, Q3 consolidated sales stood at €138 million, representing a 25 percent increase from the same period last year, and also significantly higher than the €100 million reported ...
-
ArticleKering Eyewear H1 sales top 2019 level by 22%
Kering Eyewear reported a 61.8 percent year-on-year jump in revenues and on comparable currency basis, reaching €383 million for the first half of its 2021 fiscal year. Deducting €57 million in royalties and intragroup sales, the company’s net contribution to the group’s H1 revenues totaled €326 million, up 69.8 percent ...
-
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 ...
-
News briefs
Kering invests in a secondhand luxury fashion items website
Kering , the French luxury group and mother company of Kering Eyewear , took a 5 percent share in the French unicorn Vestiaire Collective , an online platform selling secondhand luxury fashion items. Besides Kering, the U.S. investment firm Tiger Global Management also pitched in the new €178 million ...
-
ArticleKering Eyewear’s sales recover in H2
In 2020, Kering Eyewear posted sales of €487.1 million, down by 17.6 percent on a comparable basis. After being hard hit by Covid-19 related lockdowns in the first half, particularly in travel retail, revenues recovered in the second half, when the decline narrowed to 8.6 percent. After excluding ...
-
ArticleKering investigated by French financial prosecutor
Kering said that the French financial public prosecutor (Parquet National Financier) has opened a preliminary inquiry concerning the company in February 2019. The French luxury goods group added that it had not previously been informed of the inquiry. The comments come following media reports about the prosecutor investigating ...
-
ArticleFarfetch, Alibaba, Richemont, Pinault family form a formidable alliance in digital sales
Farfetch , Alibaba , Richemont and the Pinault family, which owns the French luxury goods company Kering , have entered a global partnership with the declared intent of providing luxury brands with “enhanced access” to the Chinese market as well as accelerating the digitization of the global ...
-
News briefs
Kering to create testing laboratory in Tuscany
The French fashion group Kering is setting up a Test Innovation Laboratory (TIL) in Prato, Tuscany. It will provide chemical and other tests on products and raw materials for apparel, leathergoods, footwear, eyewear, watches and jewelry. It is scheduled to start operating in the first half ...
-
News briefs
Kering Eyewear takes over Chloé license from Marchon
Kering Eyewear is taking over the worldwide eyewear license for the Chloé brand, which is owned by the Swiss luxury goods group Richemont , from Marchon , who has held it for the past nine years. The handover is scheduled to take effect in January 2021. Kering Eyewear ...
