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UPDATE 2-Smarter dressing in store for Hugo Boss as lockdowns lift

Thu, 11th Mar 2021 07:01

* Q4 sales down 29% to 583 mln euros vs consensus 580 mln

* Q4 EBIT 13 mln euros vs consensus for 8 mln

* 2021 sales and EBIT to be "well above" 2020

* Online sales to double by 2022

* Shares down more than 2%
(Adds CEO comments)

By Emma Thomasson

BERLIN, March 11 (Reuters) - Hugo Boss expects
its business will continue to suffer in the first quarter but
forecast a gradual recovery from April as people buy new clothes
when they emerge from lockdowns.

Although the German fashion house said on Thursday it would
continue to push more casual styles, helped by a new partnership
with actor Chris Hemsworth, it noted pent-up demand for smart
clothes seen in China after lockdowns were lifted there.

Hugo Boss had already made the shift toward casual clothing
even before customers switched suits and ties for tracksuits
when lockdowns forced them to work from home.

Formalwear only accounted for 25% of sales in 2020, down
from 35% in 2019, acting Chief Executive Yves Mueller said.

"There is a desire in the population in many countries to go
out again, to shop again," he told reporters, adding that Hugo
Boss was responding to the trend for more comfortable clothes by
using more stretchy materials, even in its suits.

About 30% of stores were still closed globally in the first
quarter, but Hugo Boss hopes for a gradual recovery from the
second quarter as vaccinations pick up and lockdowns are eased.

Mike Ashley-led Frasers said in January it had
increased its Hugo Boss stake to 15.2%, part of the British
businessman's drive to take the sportswear retailer upmarket.

Mueller said he was not aware that Hugo Boss, which expects
sales and operating profit in 2021 to be "well above" the level
of 2020, could be a takeover target.

Hugo Boss shares were down 2.3% at 0916 GMT, making them one
of the biggest fallers on the German mid-cap index
after it reported a 29% slump in fourth-quarter sales to 583
million euros ($695 million). It still managed to record a
positive operating profit of 13 million euros as it cut costs.

Hugo Boss said its business continued to recover in the U.S.
market and Asia/Pacific, with China recording strong
double-digit growth. Rival Burberry has also seen a
strong bounce back in demand in China and South Korea.

Online sales at Hugo Boss grew fast, up 49% in 2020 to more
than 200 million euros as the brand expanded ecommerce to 32
more markets. Mueller expects online sales above 300 million
euros in 2021 and 400 million euros in 2022.
($1 = 0.8385 euros)
(Reporting by Emma Thomasson
Editing by Riham Alkousaa, Caroline Copley and Alexander Smith)

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