EQS News: DOUGLAS Group Posts Strong Financial and Financial Results in Quarter 2023/24

Q3 2023/24 (April – June 2024)

DOUGLAS Group set up strong financial and behavioral management in the coming quarter 2023/24 fort

• Anhaltend positive Geschäftsentwicklung im 3. Quartal, full Zahlen bestätigt:

• Starkes Omnichannel-Wachstum: Konzernumsatz (netto) has a value of 7.3% (berichtet) at 977.1 million euros (on vergleichbarer Fläche, “lfl”: +7.4%); Filialumsatz (net) is 7.2% and E-Commerce (net) is 7.5%
• Operating EBITDA amounts to 5.6% at EUR 162.9 million, the operating EBITDA margin amounts to 16.7% (previous year: 16.9%)

• Neunmonatszeitraum 2023/24 deutlich über Vorjahr – Ergebnis stärker als Umsatz:

• Konzernumsatz (net) Increases 8.7% on beef 3.5 Billion Euro, Filialumsatz (net) +8.2% and E-Com (net) +9.8%
• cleaning EBITDA: +11.5% at 657.1 million euros; cleaned EBITDA margin: 18.8%

• Forecast for 2023/24 hours July 17, 2024 angehoben: Erwartetes Umsatzwachstum jetzt bei beef 8.5%; cleaned EBITDA margin in detail; DOUGLAS Group has achieved a lower profit margin EBITDA margin of 18.5%
• Integration of Parfumdreams Logistics into OWAC Hamm erolgreich abgeschlossen, positiver Effect on Profitabilität and Kund*innenerlebnis erwartet; Temporal integration in the development of integration into a continuous process of segmentation satisfaction (net) of 10.2%
• Weiterentwicklung des Filialnetzes schreitet voran – sehr erolgreiche Wiedereröffnung of Luxus-Flagship-Store in Wien
• Ready strategic Focus on Kerngeschäft Premium Beauty: Purchase of Online-Apotheke Disapo an englisch MYA Health on 31. July 2024 inherited from
• Reclaiming the Premium Market Position of Channels and Countries: Premium Redesign of Website, Online Shop and App in September with Extensive Omnichannel Activation and Further Standardization
• Sander van der Laan, CEO DOUGLAS Group: “When the Wachstum period comes to an end, our focus on Premium Beauty is ready for our next visit.”

Düsseldorf, August 14, 2024 – The DOUGLAS Group, Europe’s omnichannel provider for Premium Beauty, has written the quarter of the business years 2023/24 (April – June 2024) with strong financial and advanced management and the implementation of the “Let it Bloom” strategy. When you enter the market in March 2024, you will have strategically shrunk the debt of the German debt burden and your profile as a premium beauty recommendation.

The DOUGLAS Group entered the market in the fourth quarter of 2023/24 (net) with 7.3% to EUR 977.1 million (Q3 22/23: EUR 910.5 million) and published full-year balances on July 17, 2024. The number of branch sales (net) is 7.2% (lfl: +6.3%) and the e-commerce sales (net) is 7.5% (lfl: +9.8%) above the previous value and below this is one of the only positioning of the omnichannel business model of the group.

Sander van der Laan, CEO DOUGLAS Group: “The strong growth and the constant Wachstum have stopped – make sure that our current models stabilize. The full focus on Premium Beauty is the right path for an unseren and comes to us unusual customer *if all goes well, Marke continues with this story.’

Hohe Nachfrage nach Shopping in the Branches and personal Beauty-Beratung

The branches recorded strong results among visitors (+16.9%) and customers (+8.1%) – a clearer investment for the meaning of shopping experiences for places and personal advice in beauty retail. The online powerhouse runs on a third of the Group’s total sales and is so good everywhere in the DACH region and in Central Europe.

The DOUGLAS Group has successfully concluded the integration of parfumdreams-Logistik into das OWAC (OWAC = One Warehouse, All Channels) in Hamm. The agreement during the development of the integration in the integration with the integration the segment (net) of PD/NB decreased to -10.2%. Due to the optimized deliveries the Group can have a positive effect on cost-effectiveness, make a profit and never make money again.

From April to June 2024, the DOUGLAS Group achieved EBITDA of EUR 162.9 million (Q3 22/23: EUR 154.3 million) – an improvement of 5.6% generated from the previous year. The result was a realized EBITDA margin of 16.7% (Q3 22/23: 16.9%).

The financial assets would have a negative value of 85 million – of 31 million euros cash-worksam – from the repayment of a loan and an unanswered month in April, inform about the loans of the employees charged by you. The Nettoergebnis believes that this has yielded -71.6 million euros (Q3 22/23: -26.1 million euros).

Anhebung der Jahresprognose becomes stronger Entwicklung in the first new Monaten

From October 2023 to June 2024, the net allocation was 8.7% on a total of EUR 3.5 billion (9M 22/23: EUR 3.2 billion). The growth rate was as high as the branch allocation (net), which rose by 8.2% (lfl: +7.4%), as was e-commerce (net), which rose even higher by 9.8% (lfl: +11.9%). The DOUGLAS Group achieved an EBITDA of EUR 657.1 million, an increase of 11.5% in the previous year. The adjusted EBITDA margin was 18.8% (9M 22/23: 18.4%). The free cash flow amounted to EUR 465.2 million.

Inform about the positive developments and the good experiences that were published in the quarter in the first new month of the DOUGLAS Group on July 17, 2024 for the Geschäftsjahr 2023/24. The company is now a Umsatzwachstum of beef 8.5% (bisher: beef 7%). In the interim performance forecast with a erwarteten bereinigten EBITDA margin of a beef 18.5% to 17.7% in the growth 2022/23, the DOUGLAS Group is in the Plan.

Weiterentwicklung des Filialnetzwerks schreitet voran – major Wiedereröffnung in Wien

The Filiaalgeschäft is an important strategic undertaking and vigilance for the DOUGLAS Group. The first time the world of luxury flagship stores “House of Beauty” in Vienna with a bigger party and prominent involvement with the Hollywood star and the DOUGLAS Group testimonial Diane Kruger appeared. There are two stock works and a sales area of ​​795 m² in the luxury store, an extensive assortment on the market and products that treat individual shoes.

The Branches are on a good track, they see more than 200 new branches (net) until the end of 2026 by expanding: In the first new Monaten of the Geschäftsjahres, 38 new Branches were opened and 69 existing Branches were modernized (including Standortwechsel). Im gleichen Zeitraum wurden 19 Branches geschlossen, sechs davon Franchise-branches.

100% beauty, 100% premium: DOUGLAS Group offers ihr profile

View the “Let it Bloom” growth strategy of the DOUGLAS Group with a different profile. At the end of July, the sale of the Online Pharmacy Disapo and MYA Health was launched on the market as one of the most robust and strong core business Premium Beauty and the best omnichannel shopping experience for knowledge*innen.

Because the Premium positioning of the DOUGLAS Group has now reached all channels in the future, the group websites including the online shop and apps from September were given a new Look & Feel, which is the premium solution and the identity of the Marke DOUGLAS abgestimmt ist. The soul of the new design is an emotionally appealing and inspiring beauty experience for women who buy – an uninterrupted davon, or welchem, who is a bit lonely. If new user interfaces and a uniform infrastructure become the online channels with DOUGLAS and NOCIBÉ store sales, there is a real omnichannel shopping experience for beets.

Overview of financial results

Segment overview: DACHNL (Deutschland / Österreich / Switzerland, Niederlande / Belgien), Frankreich (France, Monaco), Südeuropa (Croatia / Slowenien, Italy, Portugal, Spain / Andorra), Mittelosteuropa / CEE (Bulgaria / Rumänien, Czech Republic / Slovakia / Ungarn, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland), PD/NB (Parfumdreams / Niche Beauty)

About the DOUGLAS Group

The DOUGLAS Group consists of the brands DOUGLAS, NOCIBÉ, parfumdreams and niche beauty for the provision of omnichannel offers for premium beauty in Europe. The DOUGLAS Group inspires its know-how, its own art of shoes, reimburses a solitary sorting online and in a circulation of 1,870 pieces. The DOUGLAS Group is the partner of the Wahl for brands and offers a unique range of exclusive brands that are their own business brands. The range encompasses Düfte, Make-up, Hautpflege, Haarpflege, Accessories as well as Beauty Services. The basis for the successful omnichannel positioning and the consistent further development of the know-how in the internal market strategy “Let it Bloom – DOUGLAS 2026?.” UGLAS Group. In the year 2022/23, the DOUGLAS Group will have lost EUR 4.1 million and will have listed EUR 18,000 worth of Mitarbeiterinnen and Mitarbeiter to the Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse.

More information can be found on the DOUGLAS Group website.

Investor contact

Stefanie Steiner
Director of Investor Relations and M&A
Phone: +49 211 16847 8594
E-mail: [email protected]

Press contact

Peter Wübben
SVP Group Communications & Sustainability
Phone: +49 211 16847 6644
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