Ermenegildo Zegna Group Revenues Reach €960 Million1 in H1 2024, Up 6% Year-on-Year

• H1 2024 grew 6% Year-on-Year (YoY), +8% at constant currency and -2.7% organic².
  
  
  
  
• In Q2 2024 revenues rose to €497 million, +5% YoY, +6% constant currency with flat organic growth:
  
  
  
  
  • ZEGNA and TOM FORD FASHION recorded solid growth of +5% YoY and +30% YoY respectively (both achieving +5% organic).
    
    
    
    
  • Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) drove the Group’s revenues growth with +10% YoY and +2% organic.
    
    
    
    
  • United States and EMEA outperformed other geographies.

Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. (NYSE:ZGN) (the “Company” and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Ermenegildo Zegna Group” or the “Group”) today announced unaudited revenues of €960.1 million for the first half of 2024, +6.3% YoY from €903.1 million in the first half of 2023 (-2.7% organic). In the second quarter revenues reached €497.0 million, +4.7% YoY and -0.4% organic.

Ermenegildo “Gildo” Zegna, Chairman and CEO of the Ermenegildo Zegna Group, said: “In the first half of the year our Group reached €960 million of revenues with 6% growth and an improved organic performance in the second quarter.

ZEGNA continued to deliver robust performance with a +5.9% organic growth, driven by the DTC channel, up double-digit in EMEA and in the U.S. These results confirm that we are successfully delivering on ZEGNA’s evolution.

At Thom Browne we are focusing on the strategic projects crucial to unlocking the brand’s long-term potential. The couture show in Paris confirmed Thom’s extraordinary talent.

At TOM FORD FASHION, we have just announced that Peter Hawkings is stepping down as Creative Director of the brand and his successor will be announced in the near future. As we look to the next phase of the brand’s development, I am today even more optimistic about the bright future of this business.

Looking ahead, I remain fully confident in the strategy we have put in place and the trajectory we are on. Our Group is a custodian of three authentic brands, each with unexplored long-term growth potential. We all recognize that 2024 will remain challenging, which is why we have been working on cost control initiatives across the Group. Nevertheless, we will continue to act with perseverance and firmness, combined with foresight and vision, to pursue our long-term ambitions.”

Revenues Analysis for the Six and Three Months Ended June 30, 2024

REVENUES BY SEGMENT (Unaudited)

REVENUES BY BRAND AND PRODUCT LINE (Unaudited)

Zegna segment

In H1 2024, revenues for the Zegna segment, which includes the ZEGNA brand, textile and other, amounted to €660.5 million compared to €644.3 million in H1 2023, +2.5% YoY (+3.5% organic). Revenues in Q2 were €335.6 million, +3.3% YoY (+2.7% organic) driven by the solid performance from the ZEGNA brand.

In H1 2024, revenues for the ZEGNA brand were €566.1 million compared to €541.3 million in H1 2023, +4.6% YoY (+5.9% organic³). The performance was driven by ongoing robust growth in the U.S. and EMEA. Organic performance in the Greater China Region (GCR) remained in line with Q1 2024 (single-digit negative) in an increasingly challenging environment for the sector.

In H1 2024, revenues for Textile were €71.8 million compared to €73.1 million in H1 2023 (-1.7% YoY and -0.6% organic), with Q2 coming in substantially in line with Q1. Other revenues, which mainly includes revenues for third-party brands, were €7.0 million compared to €17.7 million in H1 2023 (-60.4% YoY and -32.9% organic), due to the termination of the Tom Ford International distribution license for Tom Ford products⁴, following the acquisition of Tom Ford International LLC on April 28, 2023.

Thom Browne segment

In H1 2024, revenues for the Thom Browne segment amounted to €166.9 million, compared to €208.0 million in H1 2023 (-19.7% YoY and -27.0% organic⁵). The performance of the second quarter (-7.2% YoY and -17.8% organic), which improved sequentially, reflected the ongoing streamlining of the wholesale business, which was only partially counterbalanced by improved DTC performance and by a less demanding base of comparison. The brand continued to record strong results in Japan, which were offset by a decline in the GCR, EMEA and the Americas, also impacted by the decision to streamline the wholesale business.

Thom Browne brand results are substantially aligned to the segment, with H1 2024 revenues at €166.7 million compared to €207.0 million in H1 2023 (-19.4% YoY and -26.7% organic).⁶

Tom Ford Fashion segment

Since the consolidation of Tom Ford International LLC and its subsidiaries occurred on April 29, 2023, this section comments only the organic performance, which compares the revenues of the two months in which Tom Ford International LLC was consolidated in 2023 and 2024.

In H1 2024, revenues for the Tom Ford Fashion segment amounted to €148.5 million, +4.7% organic (compared to the last two months of Q2 2023), driven by a good performance in DTC and the U.S. The company is continuing to strengthen the team and set the foundation for its next evolution.

Eliminations include revenues from products that the Textile and Other lines sell to the Group’s brands.

REVENUES BY DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL (Unaudited)

DTC Revenues Analysis

In H1 2024, DTC revenues were €669.6 million compared to €583.4 million in H1 2023 (+14.8% YoY and +2.4% organic). ZEGNA DTC revenues drove the Group’s performance, increasing by 4.5% YoY and +5.1% organic growth, thanks to the solid performance in the Americas and EMEA. In Q2 ZEGNA DTC organic growth reached a good +4.0% notwithstanding the challenging base of comparison. At the end of June, ZEGNA counted 279 Directly Operated Stores (DOS), with 2 net openings in Q2, including Taormina, Italy.

Thom Browne DTC revenues were +8.5% YoY in H1 2024. Excluding the effect of the acquisition of the Thom Browne business in South Korea (previously accounted in the wholesale channel), DTC revenues declined by 12.8% organic, reflecting the challenging environment, especially in the GCR. Revenues improved slightly in Q2, mainly driven by a stronger Japan, but still with negative growth. At the end of June, Thom Browne counted 102 DOS, including 13 new small concession stores at Nordstrom and one store in Beijing WF Central.

TOM FORD FASHION DTC revenues reached €93.1 million, with 56 DOS at the end of June, including two net openings in the second quarter.

Wholesale Branded Revenues Analysis

In H1 2024, wholesale branded revenues were €211.7 million compared to €228.9 million in H1 2023 (-7.5% YoY and -14.9% organic).

ZEGNA wholesale revenues were €79.5 million compared to €75.6 million in H1 2023 (+5.2% YoY and +10.4% organic), mainly driven by different timing in deliveries.

Thom Browne wholesale revenues declined to €76.7 million compared to €124.0 million in H1 2023 (-38.1% YoY and -36.0% organic), still reflecting the decision to streamline the brand’s wholesale business. In Q2 2024 Thom Browne wholesale performance slightly improved thanks to a less demanding base of comparison.

TOM FORD FASHION wholesale revenues were €55.4 million.

REVENUES BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA (Unaudited)

In H1 2024, EMEA recorded revenues of €336.6 million (+4.3% YoY and -1.5% organic), accounting for 35% of Group’s revenues. Performance for the region was influenced by strong ZEGNA results, offset by the negative results of Thom Browne, especially in the wholesale channel.

Revenues in the Americas amounted to €246.0 million (+29.4% YoY and +6.7% organic), accounting for 26% of the Group revenues, with double-digit growth from ZEGNA and a solid performance from TOM FORD FASHION.

The GCR recorded revenues of €266.3 million (-13.2% YoY and -11.7% organic), accounting for 28% of the Group’s revenues, impacted by a still-subdued consumer confidence, with ZEGNA continuing to outperform in the region. Revenues in the rest of APAC grew to €110.0 million (+33.8% YoY and +5.4% organic), driven by the strong double-digit organic performance in the Japanese market offset by the performance of the other markets in the region.

Group Monobrand⁽¹⁾ Store Network at June 30, 2024

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OCCURRED IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2024

VILLA ZEGNA - Oasi Linen in Shanghai

On May 23, 2024, ZEGNA brought the new “VILLA ZEGNA” experience to Shanghai. “VILLA ZEGNA” reflects ZEGNA’s new approach to interacting with its customers, offering them immersive experiences that foster emotional connections to the brand. The one-week event was hosted in a building of three floors, seamlessly blending the vision of the founder, the brand’s history and the fabrics that made ZEGNA the leading menswear brand in the world – which, together, gave guests the opportunity to immerse themselves in the realm of top luxury.

ZEGNA Summer 2025 Fashion Show

On June 17, 2024, ZEGNA presented its Summer 2025 Fashion Show in an industrial Milanese space that was transformed into a field of linen to evoke the golden fields of Normandy ready for harvest. Envisioned by Artistic Director, Alessandro Sartori, the menswear collection celebrated the unique characteristics of the brand’s fabric of choice for summer: Oasi Lino. The collection represents a development central to the brand’s Our Road to Traceability, as the Oasi Lino fibers are fully traceable.

Thom Browne Couture Show

On June 24, 2024, with references to the upcoming Olympic Games, Thom Browne held its second women’s and men’s 2024 couture collection in Paris. The show was an immersive experience that centered on muslin and with references to the upcoming Olympic Games, all of which revealed an incredible exhibit of traditional couture techniques.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OCCURRED AFTER JUNE 30, 2024

TOM FORD FASHION - Departure of Creative Director

On July 22, 2024, it was announced that Peter Hawkings is stepping down as Creative Director of the brand. Peter Hawkings has been at TOM FORD since its inception and at the helm of creative since April 2023.

The Spring-Summer 2025 collection will be presented in the Milan showroom in September 2024. A successor will be announced in the near future.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Next releases

• September 18, 2024: H1 2024 Financial Results
• October 22, 2024: Q3 2024 Unaudited Revenues

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(c) Changes in license agreements where the Group operates as a licensee – Revenues generated from license agreements where the Group operates as a licensee that are new or terminated in the current year or prior year are excluded from both periods (except if the effects are already included in acquisitions and disposals). Additionally, revenues generated from license agreements where the Group operates as a licensee that experienced a structural change in the scope or perimeter in the current year or prior year are excluded from both periods, including changes to product categories, distribution channels or geographies of the underlying license agreements.

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The tables below show a reconciliation of reported revenue growth to constant currency, excluding the effects of foreign exchange, and to organic growth, which excludes also acquisitions and disposals and changes in license agreements where the Group operates as a licensee, by segment, by brand and product line, by distribution channel and by geography for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023 (H1 2024 vs H1 2023) and for the three months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023 (Q2 2024 vs Q2 2023).

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