The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
The German-based online luxury retailer’s first financial results as a public company showed the pandemic’s digital boost is still paying off. Net sales grew to €158.6 million ($194 million) in the quarter ending December 31, as the company drew a record number of first-time shoppers.
In the second half of 2020, net sales increased 30 percent to €285 million, with an adjusted EBITDA of €32.6 million up from €17.2 million during the same period last year. Net income was €25.4 million ($31 million), up from €2 million ($2.4 million) the prior year.
Mytheresa went public in January with a market value of $3.1 billion. The company’s share price was up 0.3 percent on Thursday morning. It has decreased 0.9 percent since first listing.
People of Indian and Pakistani heritage are critical to the UAE’s fashion sector, leading billion-dollar retail empires, trading textiles and jewellery and stitching garments for Middle Eastern brands.
Influencer Irene Kim and V&A curator Rosalie Kim join Chanel executive Yana Peel to chart South Korea’s rise to global creative juggernaut.
BoF sits down with Zainab Abdulrazzaq, founder of 3oud.com and organiser of the Oud Fashion Talks, to discover the next steps for the event, designed to cement Kuwait’s place on the international fashion map.
The World Economic Forum in Davos, a retail convention in New York and menswear shows in Paris will command the industry’s attention. Plus, what else to watch for this week.