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Major retailers launch unified framework and digital tool to streamline compliance

How can fashion companies fulfil sustainability and supply chain data demands without duplicating data or significant administrative burden, especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)? Seven major retailers and nonprofits Cascale and Fair Wear have co-developed and launched a unified self-assessment questionnaire as well as a free...

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Zalando: About You acquisition boosts quarterly revenue

On Thursday, the Berlin-based online fashion retailer Zalando SE presented its results for the third quarter of the 2025 financial year. The latest figures include contributions from About You for the first time, following the completion of the competitor's acquisition in July. Group revenue increases by 26.5 percent In the period from July to...

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About You increases quarterly sales by around 9 percent

Although the takeover by competitor Zalando SE is a done deal, the Hamburg-based e-commerce group About You Holding SE presented its latest business figures on Tuesday. In the second quarter of the current 2025/26 financial year, sales amounted to 492.3 million euros, an increase of 9.4 percent compared to the same period last year. According to...

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Zalando reports growth in second quarter and updates forecasts

Berlin-based online fashion retailer Zalando SE presented its results for the second quarter of the 2025 financial year on Tuesday evening. The group achieved strong growth in revenue and earnings. At the same time, the company published new annual forecasts. These forecasts include, for the first time, the anticipated contributions of the...

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About You reports progress in revenue and earnings after acquisition by Zalando

A few days after the acquisition by online retailer Zalando SE, Hamburg-based e-commerce group About You Holding SE (About You) presented its results for the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year. On Tuesday, the company announced increases in revenue and operating profit, as expected. “The results were driven by the targeted...

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Competition authorities give green light: Zalando on the verge of acquiring About You

The Berlin-based online retailer Zalando SE is set to complete its acquisition of competitor About You Holding SE in a matter of days. The e-commerce specialist announced on Tuesday evening that the European Commission had granted "final regulatory approval" for the planned merger of the two companies. Zalando emphasised that "all closing...

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Before takeover by Zalando: About You increases annual sales and reduces loss

Hamburg-based online fashion retailer About You Holding SE presented its results for the financial year 2024/25, shortly before its planned takeover by competitor Zalando. On Thursday, the e-commerce specialist announced that it had met its forecasts with an increase in sales and progress in earnings. In the past financial year, which ended at...

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Zalando secures more than 90 percent of About You, squeeze-out planned

Online retailer Zalando is close to completing the takeover of its competitor About You. The Berlin-based company has secured more than 90 percent of About You's share capital, as it announced on Friday. Shares held by About You itself are not included in this figure. As soon as the purchase of the shares has been completed following approval by...

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Zalando launches 6.50 euros per share tender offer for About You

Zalando SE (ZLNDY), an online retailer of fashion and lifestyle products, announced the launch of a 6.50 euros per share public tender offer for About You, following the approval of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). The Acceptance period starts today and is expected to end on 17 February 2025. The Takeover Offer is not...

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About You sales marginally increase ahead of Zalando takeover

Hamburg-based fashion retailer About You barely made any gains ahead of its takeover by Zalando. In the third financial quarter to the end of November, the company generated sales of almost 559 million euros, 1.3 percent more than a year earlier, as it announced on Thursday. Management explained this with the late timing of Black Weekend, which...

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Asos, Boozt and Selfridges join YNAP and Zalando’s Fashion Leap for Climate

Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) has announced a number of new members joining its Fashion Leap for Climate, an educational initiative launched in 2022 alongside About You and Zalando designed as a response to the fashion industry’s climate challenge. British e-tailer Asos, Swedish footwear retailer Boozt and the Selfridges Group, the parent company to...

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Inside the deal: Zalando and About You founders break down the takeover

Two of the biggest online fashion retailers in Europe are joining forces. Berlin-based Zalando acquires German competitor About You for 1,1 billion euros. The surprising deal raises questions about synergies as the two companies seek to continue operating as independent brands. Here is what the CEO founders of both companies explained in calls...