Title: THIRD QUARTER OPERATIONS HIGHLIGHTS
1THIRD QUARTER OPERATIONS HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE NINE
MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
2Group Operations Highlights Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2007
- Group turnover ? 13.0
- Retail Distribution turnover ? 11.1
- Comparable store sales ? 2.9
- Mainland China retail sales ? 25.4
- Manufacturing third party sales ? 31.5
- Group gross profit ? 8.7
- Group gross margin 47.6
- Net cash bank balances (HKD millions) 401
- Inventory turnover on sales (days) 36
3Divisional Highlights
- Group turnover increased by high-teens YOY in
Oct-07.
1 Sales to external parties, net of intra-group
sales
4Group Turnover by Business Segment Nine Months
Ended September 30, 2007
BSX / Bluestar Exchange, 6 (7)1
Giordano Ladies, 5 (5)1
Garment Trading Manufacturing2, 11 (9)1
Giordano Concepts, 4 (N/A)1
Giordano core line Giordano Junior, 74 (79)1
1 YOY figures in brackets 2 Sales to external
parties, net of intra-group sales
5Retail Distribution Division Operations
Highlights
- 3Q07 Retail Distribution gross margin widened
to 50.3 (3Q06 49.9). - Oct-07 Retail Distribution sales and gross
profit both increased by mid-teens.
6Retail Distribution Division Operations
Highlights
1 Inclusive of outlets operating for the full 3,
6 and 9 months in the periods under consideration.
7Giordano core-line Junior
- Accounted for 83.6 of Retail Distribution
turnover for the nine months ended Sep-07. - Oct-07 sales up mid-teens YOY.
8Giordano Ladies
- Accounted for 5.6 of Retail Distribution
turnover for the nine months ended Sep-07. - Launched in Kuala Lumpur in 3Q07.
- Total 37 stores as of end Sep-07.
- Oct-07 sales up mid-teens YOY.
- New store planned in Jakarta in 4Q07.
9Giordano Concepts
- Accounted for 4.2 of Retail Distribution
turnover for the nine months ended Sep-07. - Added three stores in Guangzhou, Taipei and Kuala
Lumpur in 3Q07. - Total 12 stores as of end Sep-07.
- At least another two stores planned in 4Q07.
10BSX / Bluestar Exchange
- Accounted for 6.6 of Retail Distribution
turnover for the nine months ended Sep-07. - Gross margin for the nine months ended Sep-07 up
2.8 percentage points due to better product mix. - 14 out of 125 stores re-branded to BSX as of end
Sep-07. - Closed 17 stores in 3Q07 to restructure store
network. - Oct-07 sales down low-teens YOY.
11Retail Distribution Turnover by Market Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2007
Others, 11 (11)1
Thailand, 3 (2)1
Mainland China, 29 (25)1
Malaysia, 3 (3)1
Indonesia, 4 (3)1
Australia, 5 (6)1
Singapore, 9 (10)1
Hong Kong, 21 (23)1
Taiwan, 15 (17)1
1 YOY figures in brackets
12Retail Distribution Division Operations
Highlights
1 Korean and Middle East sales are not
consolidated into Group sales.
13Retail Distribution Division Operations
Highlights
1 Inclusive of outlets operating for the full 3,
6 and 9 months in the periods under
consideration. 2 Korean and Middle East sales are
not consolidated into Group sales.
14Mainland China
- Opened first Giordano Concepts store in Guangzhou
in August 2007. - Total 786 outlets as of end Sep-07.
- 20 additional stores planned for 4Q07.
- Oct-07 turnover and gross profit up gt 20 YOY.
15Hong Kong
- Total 93 outlets as of end Sep-07.
- Oct-07 sales up low single digit YOY while gross
profit up high single digit.
16Taiwan
- Closed 16 stores in the nine months to Sep-07.
- Total 223 outlets as of end Sep-07.
- Oct-07 sales and gross profit up low single digit
YOY.
17Singapore
- Sales impacted by 2 percentage point GST increase
to 7 in Jul-07. - Total 53 outlets as of end Sep-07.
- Oct-07 sales down double digit YOY.
18South Korea Nine Months Ended September 30
- Gross margin for the nine months ended Sep-07 up
1.5 percentage points. - Total 165 outlets as of end Sep-07.
- Oct-07 sales up low single digit YOY.
19Middle East
- Total 142 outlets as of end Sep-07.
- Oct-07 sales up mid-teens YOY.
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