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23/01/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 3669U  Revolution Beauty Group PLC  23 January 2025

 

23 January 2025

 

Revolution Beauty Group plc

 

("Revolution Beauty", the "Group", or the "Company")

 

FY25 Trading Update

 

Revolution Beauty Group, the multi-channel mass beauty brand, is today
providing an update on trading for the year ending 28 February 2025 ("FY25").

 

FY25 is a transformational year for Revolution Beauty, during which it has
discontinued over 6,000 unproductive SKUs - some 75% of its original portfolio
- to create a scalable and profitable foundation for future growth. The
Company continues to transition its global retailers onto this core set of
products.

 

Revolution Beauty also continues to make encouraging progress expanding its
relationships with existing and new retailers. However, certain retailer
launches that were expected in Q4 25 will now take place in H1 26. The scale
of these opportunities remains the same, and the launches into Walmart in the
US and DM in Germany remain on track for February 2025.

 

In addition to this phasing impact, the Company experienced some sales
softness in December 2024 in its digital channels and an element of
de-stocking from USA retailers. As a result, the Company now expects net sales
for FY25 to decline c.25% and high single digit millions underlying adjusted
EBITDA supported by the continued positive delivery of our operational and
cost savings programmes. The one-off stock provision for the non-strategic
discontinued stock announced in the interim results remains unchanged. We
continue to be in compliance with our banking covenants with sufficient
liquidity headroom.  Our cash balances were £6m at the end of December 2024
and net debt was £26m including a fully drawn RCF of £32m.

 

The Company's core SKUs continue to grow, including through channels such as
Amazon, which are performing well in both the USA and Europe.

 

Looking ahead, Revolution Beauty is confident in a return to overall growth in
FY26, as new strategic growth initiatives such as the launch of the new SKIN
brand, the relaunch of our value brand RELOVE, and as the core SKU growth
accelerates globally. This will be underpinned by significant margin
improvements in the medium term.

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Group to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation
(EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

 

For further information please contact:

Investor Relations

Lauren Brindley, CEO

Neil Catto, CFO

Investor.Relations@revolutionbeautyplc.com
(mailto:Investor.Relations@revolutionbeautyplc.com)

Panmure Liberum Limited (Nomad and Joint Broker): Edward Thomas / Dru Danford
/ John More

Tel: +44 (0) 203 100 2222

Zeus (Joint Broker): Benjamin Robertson / Nick Cowles / Jordan Warburton

Tel: +44 (0) 161 831 1512

Media enquiries

Headland Consultancy: Matt Denham / Antonia Pollock

Tel: +44 (0)20 3805 4822

Revolutionbeauty@headlandconsultancy.com

 

 

 

 

 

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