FASHION AND LIFESTYLE DESTINATION IN GROWTH MARKETS - #1 - September 2020 - Global Fashion ...
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OUR VISION IS TO BE THE #1 FASHION AND LIFESTYLE DESTINATION IN OUR MARKETS OUR PURPOSE IS TO ENABLE TRUE SELF-EXPRESSION 2 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
ONE BILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN OUR REGIONS AND ARE MOVING ONLINE LATAM CIS SEA ANZ Countries 4 4 7 2 People 330m 210m 450m 30m Smartphone Penetration 85%+ 120%+ 95%+ 100%+ FASHION & LIFESTYLE MARKET €100bn €80bn €100bn €30bn Source: GFG calculations based on data from WCIS; Euromonitor International Ltd: Apparel and Footwear 2020 edition, Beauty and Personal Care 2019 edition, Personal Accessories and Eyewear 2020 edition. Fashion and lifestyle market size refers to the aggregation of Apparel and Footwear, Beauty and Personal Care, and Personal Accessories and Eyewear. Retail value RSP incl. Sales Tax, Fixed 2019 ex rates, Current Prices. Smartphone penetration calculated as smartphone devices divided by population. 4 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
OUR MARKET IS LARGE WITH LONG-TERM RUNWAY FOR GROWTH A LARGE MARKET OUTGROWING OTHERS LONG-TERM GROWTH POTENTIAL FASHION AND LIFESTYLE SPENDING IN GFG FOOTPRINT1 FASHION AND LIFESTYLE ONLINE PENETRATION – GFG VS OTHER Survey conducted MAJOR MARKETS (2019) 3 0 % Pre-COVID 27% 2023 23% €400bn+ 2 5 % 22% 19% >2x 2 0 % faster growth 15 % 4x vs developed markets2 2019 ~€320bn 10 % 7% 5 % 0% GFG Germany UK US China United States ~€540bn China ~€550bn Source: GFG calculations based on data from Euromonitor International Ltd: Apparel and Footwear 2020 edition, Beauty and Personal Care 2019 edition, Personal Accessories and Eyewear 2020 edition. Fashion and lifestyle market size refers to the aggregation of Apparel and Footwear, Beauty and Personal Care, and Personal Accessories and Eyewear. Retail value RSP incl. Sales Tax, Fixed 2019 ex rates, Current Prices. (1) GFG footprint refers to the fashion and lifestyle market in the 17 countries where it operates. (2) Based on fashion and lifestyle market CAGR from 2019-2023 in GFG footprint compared to Western Europe and United States. 5 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
HOW WE BUILD THE LEADING ONLINE FASHION AND LIFESTYLE DESTINATION IN OUR MARKETS 1. INSPIRING AND SEAMLESS 2. STRATEGIC PARTNER TO 3. SCALABLE OPERATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE LEADING BRANDS PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY • Inspirational and localised • Gateway to growth markets • Fashion-centric operational discovery infrastructure • Flexible and tailored • Most relevant assortment of business model • Rich data and tools to drive global and local brands personalisation capabilities • Fashion-specific fulfilment • Seamless and tailored and media solutions • Best-in-class app for a shopping experience mobile-first audience 7 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
WE OFFER A BROAD, RELEVANT & UNPARALLELED ASSORTMENT ACROSS FASHION AND LIFESTYLE CATEGORIES ASSORTMENT CATEGORY SPLIT ROLLOUT OF NEW CATEGORIES 2019 NMV SHARE ACROSS REGIONS 100-400k ANZ SEA LATAM CIS SKUs in major markets1 KIDS ◔ ◔ ◕ ◑ ACCESSORIES (11%) PREMIUM ◑ ◔ ◔ ◑ SPORT (17%) SPORT ◑ ◑ ◑ ◑ BEAUTY ○ ◔ ◔ ◔ HOME ○ ○ ◔ ◔ APPAREL (39%) FOOTWEAR (25%) KIDS, BEAUTY & OTHER (8%) Note: Category splits based on FY2019 NMV share, excluding VAT/GST and delivery fees. (1) Based on Australia, Brazil and Russia. 8 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
WE ARE A HOUSE OF BRANDS INSPIRING ACROSS A WIDE PRICE SPECTRUM GFG Luxury Assortment Premium Fashion / INSPIRATION + Entry Luxury BRAND BUILDING Premium Lifestyle We work with 78% of the top 50 Core Mainstream global brands AFFORDABILITY, VOLUME, SCALE Fast Fashion Unbranded Note: Based on a selection of GFG brands, list not comprehensive. 9 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
THESE BUSINESS MODELS ENHANCE THE SCALABILITY OF OUR BUSINESS RETAIL MARKETPLACE • Best model for core and low risk • Best model for new brands, new products categories and long tail • Attractive gross margins Air Max • No inventory risk Cayman A$2,190 A$150 • No working capital required % OF NMV 79% 21% 0% 10 % 2 0 % 3 0 % 4 0 % 5 0 % 6 0 % 7 0 % 8 0 % 9 0 % 10 0 % % OF SHIPPED ITEMS 2019 77% 0% 10 % 2 0 % 3 0 % 4 0 % 5 0 % 6 0 % 7 0 % FULFILLED BY GFG 8 0 % 9 0 % DROP SHIPMENT 10 0 % % OF SKU’S CROSS-DOCKING 46% 54% 0% 10 % 2 0 % 3 0 % 4 0 % 5 0 % 6 0 % 7 0 % 8 0 % 9 0 % 10 0 % 10 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
WE OPERATE ALL MAJOR PARTS OF THE FASHION ECOMMERCE VALUE CHAIN TO ENSURE A SEAMLESS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SOURCING FULFILMENT PAYMENT DELIVERY & RETURNS CUSTOMER SERVICE EPRODUCTION 10 830k+ 35+ 20%+ 30k+ 24/7 Fulfilment Daily item Localised Deliveries with Pick-up points Support in 11 centres output capacity payment methods own fleet languages Note: Based on FY2019. 11 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
APP CREATES A TRULY PERSONALISED EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS CONTENT & ADVICE THAT INSPIRE OUR … TOOLS TO CURATE WHAT THEY … CREATING A TRULY PERSONALISED CUSTOMERS… WANT TO SEE… EXPERIENCE E.G. COMPLETE THE LOOK E.G. SWIPE TO LIKE, FOLLOW THE BRAND UNIQUE, PERSONALISED FEED 12 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
CUSTOMERS LOVE SPENDING TIME AND SHOPPING ON OUR APPS APP IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE CONVERSION FUNNEL HALF OF SALES ARE NOW FROM APP SHARE OF VISITS FROM APP (%) NMV FROM APP (€M), SHARE OF NMV FROM APP (%) 1, 0 0 37% 42% 50% +45% 895 42% 9 0 8 0 30% 32% 34m 7 0 6 0 +38% 604 App 491 downloads 5 0 (+40% yoy) 4 0 3 0 2 0 10 0 0 2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2019 Note: Growth rates are shown on a constant currency basis and therefore exclude the effect of foreign currency movements. 13 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
OUR FINANCIAL TRACK RECORD 14 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
STRONG NMV GROWTH DRIVEN BY ACCELERATING ORDERS AT A PROFITABLE AVERAGE ORDER VALUE NMV ORDERS (€M) (M) +23.0% 34.6 Retail 28.2 Marketplace +23.0%1 1,777.8 1,453.5 21% 2018 2019 15% AVERAGE ORDER VALUE (€) 51.6 +0.0%1 51.3 2018 2019 2018 2019 (1) Constant currency growth rate. Bars are a graphical representation of values on a constant currency basis. 15 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
STRONG GROWTH IN CUSTOMERS, FREQUENCY AND ORDERS ACTIVE CUSTOMERS AVERAGE ORDER FREQUENCY NMV/ACTIVE CUSTOMER (€M) (X) (€) +14% CAGR +6% CAGR +4% CAGR 13.1 2.6 137 136 2.5 130 11.2 2.4 2.2 121 9.8 8.9 2016 2017 2018 2019 2016 2017 2018 2019 2016 2017 2018 2019 16 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
CUSTOMER ACQUISITION COSTS MANAGED WITHIN A CLEAR CORRIDOR Payback within CAC OVER TIME1 DECLINE IN MARKETING COSTS AS % OF REVENUE DESPITE (€) 12 STRONG GROWTH IN MARKETPLACE SHARE months (%) 2 5 13.9 2 0 11.6 9.8 9.7 15 10 Maintained within range2 of 5 +/-7% 0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2016 2017 2018 2019 2016 2017 2018 2019 (1) Values are expressed in constant currency, based on 31 December 2017 FX rates, to exclude the effect of FX changes. (2) Based on midpoint of range between maximum and minimum value. 17 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
WE HAVE ACHIEVED ATTRACTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE UNIT ECONOMICS FY2019 (€M) 1,777.8 (431.8) 1,346.0 (806.2) Percent of revenue 40.1% 24.1% 9.7% 6.3% 13.6% (2.8)% 539.8 (324.4) (130.8) 84.6 (183.1) 61.6 (0.2) (37.1) NMV VAT/GST Revenue Cost of Gross profit Fulfilment Marketing2,3 Contribution Tech & D&A Other6 Adj. commission/ sales1 profit4 Admin3,5 EBITDA5 other Includes Includes D&A D&A (1) Includes payroll costs of private label designers. (4) Calculated as gross profit less selling and distribution expenses, (2) Marketing includes marketing payroll costs. (5) Excluding share-based payments. (3) Costs adjusted for one-off fees, mainly due to GFG’s IPO. (6) Includes other operating income and expenses. 18 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
RESULTING IN SIMULTANEOUS TOP-LINE GROWTH AND MARGIN EXPANSION 2016 2017 2018 2019 NMV1 €1,076m €1,343m €1,453m €1,778m % Constant currency growth2 +20.5% +22.5% +23.0% REVENUE €887m €1,095m €1,156m €1,346m % Constant currency growth2 +20.1% +18.7% +17.2% ADJ. EBITDA MARGIN3 (14.7)% (8.9)% (4.3)% (2.8)% Pre IFRS 16 Pre IFRS 16 Post IFRS 16 Post IFRS 16 pp margin increase vs. previous period +5.8PP +4.6pp +1.5pp (1) Value of goods sold after cancellations, rejections and returns including VAT/GST and delivery fees. (2) Growth rates are shown on a constant currency basis and therefore exclude the effect of foreign currency movements. (3) Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as loss before interest and tax adjusted for depreciation of property, plant and equipment and right-of-use assets, amortisation of intangible assets and impairment losses, and adjusted for share-based payment (income)/expenses as well as one-off fees related to the IPO, one-off tax adjustments, non-trading income and costs relating to the wind-down of a business discontinued pre-IPO. 19 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
DISCIPLINED INVESTMENT IN CAPEX AND WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINED INVESTMENT IN FULFILMENT AND TECHNOLOGY EFFICIENT WORKING CAPITAL (€M) (€M) PP&E Additions Intangible Additions 72.1 23.2 41.9 15.0 48.9 26.9 (10.3) (12.0) 2018 2019 2018 2019 20 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
ROBUST UNDERLYING GROWTH ACROSS ALL REGIONS ACTIVE NMV REVENUE GROSS PROFIT CUSTOMERS FY2019 (M, YOY GROWTH) (€M, YOY GROWTH1) (€M, YOY GROWTH1) (€M, MARGIN) 13.1 1,777.8 1,346.0 539.8 Group +17.0% +23.0% +17.2% 40.1% 5.9 557.8 401.4 164.6 LATAM +17.8% +21.9% +18.4% 41.0% 3.0 598.7 442.9 187.2 CIS +9.5% +24.4% +14.5% 42.3% 2.6 276.3 237.7 74.9 SEA +28.1% +31.6% +29.3% 31.5% 1.6 345.1 263.8 120.2 ANZ +12.5% +16.5% +14.4% 45.5% (1) Constant currency growth rate. 21 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
Q2/20 PERFORMANCE AND OUTLOOK 22 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
Q2 2020 HIGHLIGHTS €488.3m 14.6m 10.6m NMV ACTIVE CUSTOMERS ORDERS +22.8% yoy1 +21.6% yoy +18.8% yoy 42.7% +2.8% €263m GROSS PROFIT MARGIN ADJ. EBITDA MARGIN PRO-FORMA CASH2 +140bps yoy1 +370bps yoy1 (1) Constant currency growth rate. (2) Includes restricted cash of €20m related to the RCF facility in place at the end of the period and approximately €10.5m drawn on local working capital facilities (Q1 20: €20m and €7.9m respectively). 23 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
ACCELERATED CUSTOMER ACQUISITION, PROMISING Q2 COHORT ACCELERATED NEW CUSTOMER PROMISING Q2 CUSTOMER COHORT DEMAND SHIFT REFLECTS CUSTOMER ACQUISITION ACTIVITIES IN LOCKDOWN (M) NEW CUSTOMERS WITH 2 OR MORE ORDERS +56% Best performing 2.5 (%) 25% Lounge- Kids 25 wear Apparel 20 Opportunity Lingerie Beauty for customer 1.6 acquisition Q2/19 Q2/20 remains significant ORDERS PER NEW CUSTOMER Worst performing Women’s Formal 9% Dresses Shoes 1.3 1.5 Occasion- Swimwear wear Q2/19 Q2/20 Q2/19 Q2/20 24 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF MARKETPLACE AND BRAND PARTNERSHIPS Marketplace BRANDS LAUNCHED IN Q2 NMV of top-30 MARKETPLACE brands MORE BRANDS, MORE SKUS, MORE ITEMS tripled YoY +90%1 LATAM €152m CIS Marketplace brands +c.50% €85m Marketplace SKUs +c.80% SEA Inventory intake -c.50% 19% of NMV 31% of NMV ANZ Q2 2019 Q2 2020 (1) Constant currency growth rate. 25 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN ADJ. EBITDA MARGIN DRIVEN BY GROSS MARGIN AND LEVERAGE OF MARKETING H1 2019 2020 ∆ Improvement driven by a significant increase in GROSS PROFIT 39.7% 41.8% 210bps Marketplace share and trading the Retail business carefully during lockdown Increase due to higher proportion of MP orders, of which FULFILMENT COSTS 24.7% 25.3% (60)bps 71% were fulfilled by GFG; fulfilment CPO down by 9% Significant leverage due to removal of spend as a result MARKETING COSTS1 10.2% 8.6% 160bps of COVID-19, CAC at historic lows during the period TECH & ADMIN COSTS1 14.8% 14.5% 30bps Tech investment offsetting reduction in admin CIR ADJUSTED EBITDA (4.8)% (2.2)% 260bps Continued margin improvement, Q2 profitable (1) 2019 costs adjusted for one-off fees, mainly due to GFG’s IPO 26 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
2020 GUIDANCE 2019 2020 (CMD) 2020 (NEW) 2020 GUIDANCE +23% 17-20% c. 20% • Constant currency growth of c. 20% NMV €1.78bn >€2.0bn c.€1.9bn • FX changes in BRL and RUB impacting reported EUR result +17% • Slower than NMV reflecting the fast growth of MP REVENUE c. €1.5bn c. €1.3bn €1.35bn • FX changes in BRL and RUB impacting reported EUR result • Intend to be Adj. EBITDA profitable no later than 2021 Profitable Approaching ADJ. EBITDA MARGIN (2.8)% • Making significant progress in 2020 despite currency by 2021 Breakeven headwinds No more than • Investment for Brazil FC substantially completed in H1 CAPEX €72m c. €55m €45m • No need for significant spend on new CIS FC in FY20 27 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
MEDIUM-TERM GUIDANCE1 TO ACHIEVE AT LEAST A 6% ADJUSTED EBITDA MARGIN IN 3-4 YEARS‘ TIME 2019 MEDIUM-TERM KEY ASSUMPTIONS NMV GROWTH 23.0% 20%+ • NMV growth 20%+ constant currency after 2020 MARKETPLACE SHARE 21.0% 30%+ • Marketplace share aspiration of 30% of NMV GROSS MARGIN 40.1% • Ongoing growth in gross margin with Marketplace tailwind FULFILMENT COSTS (24.1)% • Modest growth in Fulfillment CIR due to Marketplace mix MARKETING COSTS (9.7)% • Modest further leverage in the marketing CIR • Ongoing leverage on Tech & Admin costs as achieve TECH & ADMIN COSTS (13.6)% scale ADJUSTED EBITDA (2.8)% 6%+ • 6%+ in 3-4 years time CAPEX (72.1) Less than €50m+ • Capex less than €50m after 2020 (1) Given at the Capital Markets Day presentation on 3-Mar-2020 28 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
APPENDIX 29 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
WE ARE THE CLEAR #1 WITHIN ONLINE FASHION PUREPLAY SHARE OF ONLINE FASHION AND LIFESTYLE IN GFG MARKETS GFG VS. #2 FASHION PUREPLAY (2019) BY ONLINE APPAREL AND FOOTWEAR SALES1 (2019) €22bn #1 #1 #1 #1 10 0 % 100% 8% of total market EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: 8 0 % 0% Brand.com Fashion Pureplay General Department ANZ SEA LATAM CIS Merchandise Stores (online) Source: GFG calculations based on data from Euromonitor International Ltd: Retailing 2020 edition, Retail value RSP incl. Sales Tax, Fixed 2019 ex rates, Current Prices. Ranking position based on estimated by Euromonitor online sales of apparel and footwear products in researched GFG countries in 2019, including specialist fashion and lifestyle apparel and footwear online retailers only. (1) Based on GFG markets only. 30 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
HIGH CUSTOMER LOYALTY, WITH GROWING SHARE OF NMV FROM EXISTING CUSTOMERS NMV BY COHORT1 (€M) €1.8bn €1.5bn 29% €1.3bn 32% €1.1bn 37% 71% OF NMV 44% FROM EXISTING CUSTOMERS 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 and prior 2016 Cohort 2017 Cohort 2018 Cohort 2019 Cohort Source: Company information. To ensure comparability between periods we have adjusted values for prior periods for acquisitions, disposals and corporate restructurings. (1) Values are expressed in constant currency, based on 31 December 2017 FX rates, to exclude the effect of FX changes. 31 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
WE UNLOCK A HUGE, GROWING MARKET THAT IS COMPLEX FOR BRANDS TO ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE TERRAIN REGULATION RETAIL SPACE • Underdeveloped • Population located • Complex import • Lack of retail space vs infrastructure and across vast and remote processes, regulatory developed markets ecommerce solution areas and tax environments • US has 5x more retail providers space1 than our combined footprint ~50 >1/3 ~80% 7% Average logistics of global of GFG items Retail space per performance index land mass supplied locally capita2 in GFG ranking1 (out of 160) countries vs US Source: GFG calculations based on data from Economist Intelligence Unit via SNL, World Bank International Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2018, The World Bank: Land area: Food and Agriculture Organization. (1) Based on median LPI ranking of GFG countries. (2) Including clothing stores, shoe stores, and perfumeries/beauty stores. 32 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
WE OFFER BRANDS MULTIPLE PARTNERSHIP MODELS, TAILORED TO THEIR REQUIREMENTS MARKETPLACE RETAIL FULFILLED BY GFG CROSS-DOCKING DROP SHIPMENT FRONT-END GFG (including payment, customer service, returns) GFG owns product Brand owns product & pricing; books full retail value PRODUCT OWNERSHIP & pricing GFG take rate dependent on fulfilment model STORAGE GFG Brand Brand picks & packs; GFG PICKING & PACKING GFG manages delivery, incl. Brand order consolidation1 DELIVERY GFG (own or 3rd party) Brand CIS, SEA (SOME) ARGENTINA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, SEA (SOME) ANZ, BRAZIL, SEA (SOME) High TAKE RATE / LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY GFG Low (1) GFG consolidates mixed orders at own fulfilment centre in Argentina, Chile and Colombia. 33 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
MARKETPLACE FULFILMENT IN INCOME STATEMENT ILLUSTRATIVE 2019 P&L OF MARKETPLACE1 • Profitability of Marketplace is higher than Retail as a percentage of Revenue and of NMV • “Fulfilled by GFG” Marketplace GFG RETAIL MARKET PLACE inflates fulfilment CIR as percentage of Revenue, but not as share of NMV SHARE OF NMV 100% 79% 21% • Illustration: RETAIL MARGIN / TAKE-RATE - 35% 32% - If the Group achieves 30% FULFILMENT COSTS Marketplace share it would see gross margin increase by 3pp of % REVENUE 24% 22% 50% Revenue, and 1pp would be spent % NMV2 22% 23% 16% on higher fulfilment CIR PROFIT AFTER FULFILMENT % REVENUE 16% 13% 50% % NMV2 14% 13% 16% (1) Based on Unaudited information & simplified for presentation. (2) Cost Income Ratio shown as a proportion of NMV Product Value (excluding VAT and excluding shipping fees). 34 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
TAILORED APPROACH TO EACH MARKET ENABLES RETURN RATES WELL BELOW INDUSTRY LEVELS RETURNS BY SEGMENT (% OF 2019 SHIPPED ITEMS) Enabled by 80% “try-on” orders 24% 8% 1% APAC LATAM CIS Note: Excludes item rejections, which were 1% in APAC, 1% in LATAM and 66% in CIS. 35 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
NOW ADJUSTED EBITDA PROFITABLE IN REGIONS REPRESENTING OVER 80% OF GROUP REVENUE REGIONAL ADJUSTED EBITDA IN FY 2019 • LATAM, CIS and Australia within APAC have positive Adjusted (€M) EBITDA • Profitable regions account for >80% 4.3 (22.4) 6.1 of revenue (2018: >50% of revenue) (37.1) • SEA remains Adjusted EBITDA negative, but showed significant year on year improvement in 2019 (25.1) LATAM CIS APAC Group Total 36 COMPANY PRESENTATION: SEPTEMBER 2020
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