As was announced in January, when preliminary data for fiscal 2024 was published, Italian fashion group Aeffe (owner of Alberta Ferretti, Philosophy by Lorenzo Serafini, Moschino and Pollini) generated a revenue of €251 million in fiscal 2024, down 21.2% at constant exchange rates compared to the previous year.
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The good news is that Aeffe is back in the black, having recorded an operating profit of €19.3 million, as opposed to the €32.1 million loss posted in 2023. Other profitability indicators also improved markedly in 2024. EBITDA was €84.7 million (as opposed to €5.8 million the previous year) and EBIT was €48.5 million, compared to a loss of €27.1 million in 2023.
“While we await with confidence for the international markets to bounce back, our group is working with a clear, well-defined strategic vision to reap the benefits of the company’s reorganisation process and of our brands’ repositioning, which I am convinced will be extremely rewarding for us,” said Massimo Ferretti, Aeffe’s executive president, in a press release. “The fashion week that recently ended [in Milan] gave us a great injection of optimism, as the collections by our brands Alberta Ferretti, Moschino and Pollini were received with much enthusiasm. We hope that the current geopolitical instability will be followed by a phase of renewed equilibrium and growth, which I believe will give a significant boost to the fashion and luxury sector, a strategic and central asset for [Italy’s] economy,” he added.
Product category-wise, Aeffe’s ready-to-wear division reported a revenue of €166.1 million, equivalent to a 21.8% decrease at current exchange rates compared to 2023. Footwear and leather goods generated a revenue of €106.2 million, equivalent to a 25.3% downturn.
Revenue in Italy (which accounted for 42.4% of the total) fell by 20.6% to €106.4 million. Revenue in the rest of Europe was €76.5 million (down 22.4%), while revenue in Asia and the rest of the world fell by 20.8%, and revenue in the Americas by 20.2%.
The group’s wholesale revenue (accounting for 63.8% of the total) fell by 25.1% to €160.2 million, while direct retail recorded a smaller downturn, dropping 12.5% to €82.7 million.
