The online retailer Zalando will present figures for the first quarter on Tuesday (May 6th).
Zalando has made more sales and results for the current year. The group wants to expand its business through new bonus programs, offers and partnerships. In the medium term, the planned takeover of the competitor About You should also contribute to growth.
In 2025, the proceeds are expected to increase between four and nine percent. When adjusting a profit before interest and taxes (EBIT), the group aims to increase to 530 to 590 million euros. The forecasting is not yet included in the consequences of the ABOUT-YOUOU takeover. Zalando wants to invest 180 million to 280 million euros.
Most recently, Zalando benefited from strong customers: internal growth and better references. For a long time, the online fashion retailer has been increasingly relying on visual content and artificial intelligence, for example to map products on various backgrounds. Appropriate content showed a higher interaction rate than conventional article photos. Video content ensured that customers were rather ordered.
However, the fourth quarter is the traditionally strongest in the trading industry, on the other hand, the weakest.
Analyst await: inside
Analyst Jörg Frey from Warburg Research expects the results of the online fashion retailer to grow strongly. The company is also well positioned to survive the uncertainties related to import tariffs. The upcoming quarterly figures are likely to prove permanent growth of the online fashion retailer, also estimates UBS analyst Yashraj Rajani. The focus is on the increase in the gross rare value (GMV) and on the gross margin.
The US bank JPmorgan also expects a solid start. However, the opening quarter is relatively little meaning for Zalando. The business should have developed at least as well as in the final quarter of 2024 and improved again in March, Expert Georgina Johanan expects. It expects growth of the gross -like volume by six percent and a increase in sales. With a view to the rest, the analyst assumes an increasingly demanding GMV comparison basis. She sees the gross margin significantly higher, thanks to a good start to the spring/summer season.
Analyst recorded by Bloomberg: Inside, sales of almost 2.4 billion expect sales for the first quarter, after EUR 2.2 billion in the previous year. The adjusted result before interest and taxes (EBIT) is expected to improve from a good 28 million to around 49 million euros.