Mytheresa results are always closely watched and now that it’s buying YNAP, it’s even more in the spotlight. So what did Tuesday’s report tell us about what will this year become just about the top global luxury e-tailer?
DR
For a start, its performance is improving and it’s getting closer to absolute profitability. It saw double-digit net sales growth with a 13.4% year-on-year rise in Q2 of FY25 (the 12 months to June this year). And it enjoyed continuous US expansion with 17.6% net sales growth in the quarter.
Also, there was “GMV per Top Customer” growth of 13.6 % and average order value rose 9% to €736. The company puts a lot of time and money into special top customer events and in making big-spenders feel that splashing the cash on its site is really worth it. For the latest quarter think ‘money-can’t buy’ experiences in partnership with luxury brands, including a mountain experience with Zegna and anexclusive two-day Nordic winter experience with Moncler Grenoble in Oslo!
The numbers
So, let’s get into the details. The quarter that covered October to December saw net sales rising to €223 million from €196.6 million. During the first half as a whole net sales had risen 10.6%, so the Q2 13.4% rise means growth accelerated in the second quarter in particular.
Overall general merchandise value (GMV) increased 11.9% to €244.7 million in Q2.
Profits-wise, it saw a strong gross profit margin of 50.9%, a rise of 110 bps, while adjusted EBITDA was €16.2 million, up from €7.5 million a year ago, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 7.3%.
Adjusted operating income for the quarter was €12.2 million, much better than €3.7 million 12 months earlier.
On an absolute basis, the company remains loss-making, but the net loss this time was only €4.7 million, narrower than €5.8 million a year ago and much lower than the €28.2 million loss made for the first half as a whole.
As mentioned, the company enjoyed progress in the US and among its highest-spending customers as it launched exclusive capsule collections and pre-launches in collaboration with Khaite, Alaia, Saint Laurent, Loewe, Gucci, Miu Miu, Moncler, Bottega Veneta and more.
It continued the expansion of its fine jewellery offer with the launch of the Bulgari brand online, “supporting ongoing top customer focus and high-value item growth”.
It all means that for the full year, the company (which is changing its name to LuxExperience to reflect its multi brand status when it acquires YNAP) expects GMV and net sales growth in the range of 7% to 13%. It also expects an adjusted EBITDA margin in the range of 3% to 5%.
CEO Michael Kliger said of all this: “We are very pleased with our results in a still-volatile macro environment. With strong, accelerating revenue growth and positive, significantly improved adjusted EBITDA margin in the second quarter, we continued our very positive business momentum from the previous quarters and have achieved a significant step up in financial performance in H1 of fiscal year 2025 compared to H1 of fiscal year 2024.
“We have reaffirmed our leadership position in terms of financial performance and reputation in digital luxury. Our clear focus on the high-spending, wardrobe-building top customers sets us apart and allows us to win market share and grow profitably. Strong Top Customer revenue growth, an outstanding average order value and excellent customer satisfaction scores demonstrate our relentless customer focus which is a key success factor for Mytheresa.”
UK online spending rose 2.9% year on year to hit £8.1 billion in January, according to new data from Adobe Analytics. It followed annual growth of 19.9% in December, although this was impacted by Cyber Monday falling in December 2024 against November 2023.
archiv
Overall, spend increased 5.9% during the whole festive period and with the almost-3% January rise, Adobe said it indicated “continued consumer confidence and online spending power following 2024’s record holiday spending period”.
So what were people buying last month? Health & wellbeing were key, we’re told.
“Shoppers looking to start the year well, focused their spending [here]”, Adobe explained. “Consumers browsed online to upgrade their home gym, with online purchases of exercise equipment rising by 60% when compared with the previous month. Health and nutrition were top of mind, as online spending on natural supplements including multivitamin powders and pills increased by 26% and fruits and vegetables by 24%”.
Consumers also enjoyed discount deals across categories including apparel (-5.2%), sporting goods (-1.9%), furniture (-2.9%), and appliances (-1.2%), “as retailers kept prices competitive to stimulate demand after record spending between November [and] December”.
But while they may have been spending freely, shoppers were also still reliant on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services to boost their spending capabilities. In January, £1.26 billion was spent via BNPL, accounting for 15% of total January spend, and up 3.3% compared to January 2024.
Vivek Pandya, lead analyst, Adobe Digital Insights at Adobe commented: “After indulging in deep online discounts during the holiday season, shoppers kicked off 2025 by putting their money where their health is and spending on items to boost their wellness and fitness. Consumers also took advantage of continued discounting in January with online retailers dropping the prices of apparel, sporting goods, furniture and appliances in an effort to avoid a post-Christmas spending hangover.”
The Adobe Digital Insights team used Adobe Analytics to analyse hundreds-of-millions of visits to retail sites from UK consumers in January 2025, tracking 100 million stock-keeping units (SKUs) across 18 product categories.
The reigning queen of American sportswear Tory Burch was back in action Monday evening with a quirky take on her oeuvre inside a true temple of modernism.
La Tory chose the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) on 53rd street, for the first show ever inside the actual building, even if colleagues have staged runway displays in the museum’s garden.
Career-gal cool from Burch, who has built an empire on providing clothes that make women feel like they have a lead part in a new Manhattan-based drama series on Netflix.
Like Burch herself, the Tory gal is an overachiever, who manages to combine a certain je ne sais quoi chic with appealingly functional style. Burch’s initial choice of garments was typical this season – working trackpants, casual sweaters or wool cardigans – but the fresh surfaces and detailing she gave them all was very impressive.
She broke new ground with a great series of handbag jackets in calfskin or felt – covered in multiple different sized pockets, like a monochrome de Stijl composition. While her excellently cut embroidered wool coats recalled a cubist image by George Braque.
“Twisted American sportswear. A second chance at classics… Women are defining classic for themselves,” argued Tory in her program notes. Staying true to that dictum in this collection.
Guests were divided into two floors, with most of the paparazzi action upstairs in Marron Family Atrium. The house had to install a large white wall to cover several works of art, for which MOMA could not provide visual rights in a show. Another wall was a humongous LED screen showing panning shots of guests arriving, where one could wave at oneself occasionally.
Given the crisp production, the cackling track “Haha” by Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul jarred irritatingly to both begin and end the show.
Apart from that small lapse, this was an impressive display from the 58-year-old Tory Burch, who took a languid bow looking remarkably unchanged from when she first appeared on the fashion scene with a small presentation in Little Italy back in 2024. Today, Tory Burch is sold in over 3,000 stores. Like we said, overachiever chic.
Five days and some 30 shows into New York Fashion Week, and a designer finally has the guts to speak out against the new administration’s obvious attacks on the LGBTQI+ community.
Luar fall/winter 2025 collection in New York City – Courtesy
His name is Raul Lopez, and his brand is Luar, whose latest collection was a great gutsy, provocative lust for love display. It’s title was “El Pato”, taken from a Spanish street slang homophobic slur, meaning “The Duck”, but implying someone is effeminate or queer.
“It’s a term I wanted to reclaim. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, a Dominican Republic family in a primarily Puerto Rican neighborhood. The son of the super, so people would sneer “El Pato,” he explained.
The collection riffed on childhood images, of a young man playing with his hair like his mom, putting towels on his head, or wrapping jewelry around ankles. Paying homage to icons of the ballroom community, with nighttime jersey fabrics used as party gear – Nureyev in the neighborhood.
Luar fall/winter 2025 collection in New York City – Courtesy
“I come from an era where the caucasians got the diamonds and the pearls. While in the hood, you get the mink and fur and earrings and you are a happy doll,” insisted an energized Lopez in the backstage, as he embraced his mother.
Luar cut with a scalpel – from diagonally slashed tunics to fantasy pencil-thin pants suits in a muddy crocodile print. Or gathered chiffon skirts worn with high-tech leather blousons – the best of all on model Joan Smalls. Followed by a fantastical Martha Graham body stocking-meets-cape look that brought the first of many cheers from his ecstatic front row. Topped by fabulous bouffant space commander denim jackets – an after-hours Lieutenant Uhura in Bed-Stuy.
One T-Shirt even read in Spanish, ‘I talk shit about you,’ a Latino reply to others who would not respect their difference.
Luar fall/winter 2025 collection in New York City – Courtesy
Asked about the flurry of Trump’s Executive Orders banning transexuals from the military and targeting drag queen performances in the Kennedy Center in Washington, Raul gave a robust response.
“I am not going in the closet for nobody. I had to fight to get where I am in an era where it was not cool to be me. Where I had strikes against me for being Latino, being flamboyant, being gay and dressing the way I do, and I’m not going in the closet for nobody ever again. We are at a point in our lives, where we need to tell people we are here, and we are not going anywhere! And the end of the day, we f*cking built this place. So let’s all unite. This brand is a platform to bring people together and enjoy a time of prosperity, love, abundance and joy,” he insisted to much applause.