Esprit

Esprit Holdings (HK stock code 330) is a clothing retailer and wholesale distributorimary listing in Hongo Kong and a secondary listing in London. It has retail space in more than 40 countries and it also controls the RED EARTH brand name, distributing its cosmetic products in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Lightening the load as Esprit sinks lower into loss

4 Mar 2013

Apart from trimming costly marketing and advertising campaigns, the load may be lightened by ditching a design team tailor-made for the mainland market, a team whose effectiveness was questioned...

Esprit prepares investors for second-half loss

19 Dec 2012

Embattled global casual wear retailer Esprit warned investors it might record a loss for the six months to December 31, owing mainly to worse-than-expected results since October.

The goods

2 Dec 2012

Esprit shares plunge on rights issue

24 Oct 2012

Shares in Hong Kong clothing retailer were down 15.9 per cent in early trade on Wednesday on the company’s plans to raise about HK$5.2 billion through a rights issue as part of a transformation...

Stock price fall and analyst downgrade greet new Esprit chief

28 Sep 2012

Esprit Holdings welcomed its newest chief executive with a two-day stock decline and an analyst downgrade as the apparel retailer's earnings missed estimates for the fifth consecutive year.

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European debt crisis key to Esprit sales, outgoing chief says

A deepening of the European debt crisis may hurt sales at clothing retailer Esprit, outgoing chief executive Ronald van der Vis warned yesterday.

Esprit transforms stores to offer a better shopping experience

Oil paintings, sculptures, comfortable sofas, a walnut tea table and plenty of green plants.

Clothing chain Esprit aims to regain role as a retail fashion leader

When Esprit last month announced it had hired a senior executive from rival Inditex - the company behind Zara - many took it as a sign the fashion retailer wanted to emulate its successful Spanish...

Coup or coincidence? Analysts struggle to understand Esprit's string of resignations

The situation at Esprit is settling down. The share price of the Hong Kong-listed global fashion house has stabilised after it dropped 32 per cent in two days following the resignation of the...

Market calls

Esprit (330) is showing signs of a rebound. After falling 73 per cent last year, the stock has risen 41 per cent so far this year.

Esprit shares dive on report on its outlets

Shares in clothing retailer Esprit Holdings could start to look threadbare in coming weeks if fund managers decided to switch into other less 'risky' stocks, an analyst warned yesterday.

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