** Shares in Zalando ZALG.DE rise 3.4% in early Frankfurt trade after the online fashion marketplace said it expects higher core profit and sales in 2025
** A local trader deems the outlook "pleasing"
** Zalando expects revenue and GMV to rise between 4% and 9% in 2025
** It expects adjusted EBIT in a range of 530 million euros to 590 million euros ($573 million to $638 million)
** "Our as well as market expectations are still in the lower half of Zalando's guidance range in regard to sales but at the mid-point of Zalando's guidance range in regards to adj. EBIT," Volker Bosse at Baader Helvea says
** Shares seen to top German blue-chip index .GDAXI
(Reporting by Linda Pasquini)
((Linda.pasquini@thomsonreuters.com))