WEBVTT - Adidas Slumps, Kering Rises, Danone Soars 

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<v Speaker 3>Let's look at some of the individual stocks that are

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<v Speaker 3>on the move today here in Europe. I'm Caroline Hepget

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm joined by our Bloomberg Equities reported Chloe Malay. Chloe,

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<v Speaker 3>good morning, Good morning. So thinking about European stocks, Adidas

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<v Speaker 3>to shares are down.

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<v Speaker 1>Why so, on the surface, the results from Adidas this

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<v Speaker 1>morning were actually quite good to the profit be estimates.

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<v Speaker 1>That was due to strong demand for its retro sneakers

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<v Speaker 1>like the Samba sneakers. We see those all over London.

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<v Speaker 1>But this wasn't really enough to have set invest a

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<v Speaker 1>concern about two things in particular. So first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>it reported weaker than expected revenue growth, so that was

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<v Speaker 1>weighed down by the stronger euro and then also the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the Easy franchise. And then secondly, and more importantly,

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<v Speaker 1>it disappointed investors by only reaffirming and not raising its

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<v Speaker 1>annual guidance. And that's obviously despite that uplift in profit

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<v Speaker 1>during the second quarter that I mentioned. So that means

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<v Speaker 1>that now the guidance actually sits below analysts expectations, and

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<v Speaker 1>the reason why the CEO didn't want to raise that

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<v Speaker 1>guidance is because of that continuing uncertainty around the impact

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<v Speaker 1>of US tariffs. He said that he expects the associated

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<v Speaker 1>costs of Adidas products for the US to reach as

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<v Speaker 1>much as two hundred million euros this year, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course that could have a knock on effect on consumer

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<v Speaker 1>demand there So that was the kind of reasoning for

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<v Speaker 1>not raising that forecast, but that of course disappointed investors.

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<v Speaker 3>Gosh, I'm surprised that the Yeasy brand, the conclusion of

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<v Speaker 3>that is still something that's weighing on addidus. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>that's a really sort of old story, isn't it quite

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<v Speaker 3>interested in that? What about luxury names and shoppers are

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<v Speaker 3>turning away from Cowing's largest brand, Gucci.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so in the luxury sector we had Carrying but

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<v Speaker 1>also ammez and so this is quite interesting because we've

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<v Speaker 1>seen with those two, we've seen a continuation of the

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<v Speaker 1>trends that we have seen over the last few quarters.

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<v Speaker 1>So high in luxury, like Almes is very resilient. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you can buy it back in bag, you can

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<v Speaker 1>buy it whenever, really, so you can buy anything even

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<v Speaker 1>when the economy is not good. Whereas the more aspirational

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<v Speaker 1>end of the market, so things that Gucci, they struggled

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more in terms of times of economic downturn.

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<v Speaker 1>And so we saw that today. So Emmes revenue rose

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<v Speaker 1>nine percent in the second quarter and carrying revenue fell

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen percent in the second quarter, so we can see

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<v Speaker 1>that divergence there, but the shares kind of responded in

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<v Speaker 1>the opposite way. So carrying shares actually rose because the

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<v Speaker 1>resources was just not as bad as it was expected.

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<v Speaker 1>And then also there's a fair bit of enthusiasm for

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<v Speaker 1>the arrival of the new CEO, Luca de Mero, who's

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<v Speaker 1>coming in in September. There's enthusiasm and hope that he

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<v Speaker 1>might turn around the fortunes of Caring, whereas AMA shars

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<v Speaker 1>actually fell because it's been trading so strongly and the

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<v Speaker 1>earnings momentum just does and look strong enough according to

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<v Speaker 1>analysts to kind of justify it continue to justify such

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<v Speaker 1>a high valuation.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Absolutely, And I mean, if you really want to

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<v Speaker 3>be in with the in crowd, it's all about understanding

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<v Speaker 3>what the new artistic director at Gucci Demna, he's going

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<v Speaker 3>to deliver and we're going to get first hints of

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<v Speaker 3>that in September. But then the big revere will be

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<v Speaker 3>at Milan in mark Chare. So the fashionistas have told

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<v Speaker 3>me I will have on. Yeah, let's see, okay, Danone

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<v Speaker 3>that says that sales also beat expectations Activitia, yogurt and

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<v Speaker 3>so on.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so Dan, and yeah, it did did really well

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<v Speaker 1>this morning. Shares rose quite a bit, so volumes rose

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<v Speaker 1>across all categories, but it was really led by high

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<v Speaker 1>protein products. So it's really benefiting from the recent sort

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<v Speaker 1>of protein trends. So that's driven of course by people

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<v Speaker 1>on GLP ones that kind of need those high protein

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<v Speaker 1>products like like yogurt, like dairy, et cetera, but then

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<v Speaker 1>also just more generally health conscious consumers and there's a

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<v Speaker 1>real drive for for protein products.

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<v Speaker 2>That is.

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<v Speaker 1>Those results were kind of really a vote of confidence

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<v Speaker 1>in the turnaround from the CEO, Antoine south Afric, who

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<v Speaker 1>took over from the previous year in twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was following kind of a decade of stagnation

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<v Speaker 1>for the company. So it seems like he's really turning

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<v Speaker 1>things around. Another strong unit was the medical nutrition business,

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<v Speaker 1>so that includes infant formula but then also food for

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<v Speaker 1>cancer patients and the elderly. That's been boosted by Devon

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<v Speaker 1>and China, and there's quite a good growth outlook because

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<v Speaker 1>of the aging population, so that's interesting to look at.

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<v Speaker 1>And one negative spot was the water catchcrease, so every

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<v Speaker 1>involvic Apparently people don't want to buy.

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