For the first time since the merger, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group released pro-forma financial results for the first nine months of the year, showing growth in both profits and revenues.
Adjusted net profits jumped 50.4 percent, to 32.4 million euros, or $36 million, compared with 21.5 million euros, or $29 million, in the first nine months of 2014. Excluding 6 million euros, or $6.6 million, of non-cash incentive-plan costs net of their related tax effects, profits almost quadrupled, to 26.4 million euros, or $29.3 million, compared with 6.7 million euros, or $9 million, in the first nine months of 2014.
In the period ended on Sept. 30, revenues climbed 32.2 percent, to 1.2 billion euros, or $1.3 billion, compared with 894.1 million euros, or $1.2 billion, last year. At a constant exchange rate, sales grew 21.5 percent.
“Our integration work is progressing very well, and Yoox Net-a-Porter Group is exceptionally positioned to deliver on its significant potential,” said CEO Federico Marchetti. “ The synergies of the merger have exceeded our expectations and, based on the detailed work of our teams, we have raised our target from 60 million to 85 million euros [$66.6 million to $94.3 million].”
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Marchetti added that the results are a “testament to the strategic rationale of this game-changing merger.”
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