Transition into lucrative brand driven consumer markets - Marchpole
19 Nov '07
3 min read
• New flagship JCC store in Tokyo • First long term licence and distribution agreements for Emanuel Ungaro and Ungaro Homme in South America • Four flagship Emanuel Ungaro stores in Eastern Europe to be opened in Spring 2008 • Strong forward order book showing 60% increase • Further strengthening of the Board
Commenting on the results, Michael Morris, Executive Deputy Chairman, said: “'Whilst these results are showing a slow down, the reduction in our level of profitability is a direct result of our growth and expansion way outside of our traditional geographies and modus operandi. This has been a period of transition for the Company as we expand into the highly lucrative Russian, Eastern European, and Far East markets.
The Company is no longer reliant on a single brand, and is now a multi brand global business. Many of our labels are still in relative infancy stages in these dominant, luxury brand driven markets and we believe that our three to five year expansion programme into these markets can deliver value way in excess of what could be achieved with our former business model.
We continue to strengthen the global reach of the JCC label with new distribution agreements in the Middle East, Russia and the Far East. During the period we were also delighted to sign two high profile partnership agreements for JCC. The first agreement is with the world renowned headwear company New Era.
The subsequent agreement is a long term partnership with Lee Cooper to launch two new designer denim lines which will be the first and only premium denim collection offered by Lee Cooper. The brand continues to build upon its success in the USA, a key fashion market, with increased distribution to 60 multi-brand stores including the renowned Bloomingdale's.
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