CEO Tony Ruiz said the H1 performance “is another sign of the new stage of growth which Mango is in. Our customers appreciate and value our product and we have accelerated our expansion and made our operations more efficient”.

As far as the sales growth is concerned, Mango said it capitalised on the return to stores from April and the return of social events to drive turnover upwards.

Although it was affected by the Russia-Ukraine war and its withdrawal from Russia, its presence in more than 110 markets around the world was a strength for the firm and it said that business was positive in the main regions in which it operates. 

Mango cited strength in countries such as Spain, France, the US, UK, Italy and India and it has been focusing investments in these countries. For instance, it has just renovated its Haussmann flagship store in Paris, and plans to open 300 points of sale by 2025 in Spain and France. In the UK, it will be opening in the new Battersea Power Station shopping centre in London, and in Italy, it has “an ambitious expansion plan, especially in the south of the country”.

In the US, it opened a Fifth AvenueMyntra

Activity such as this means that by the end of the first half it had 2,508 points of sale worldwide with 61 net openings since December. It expects to have more than 2,600 stores by the end of this calendar year.

But it’s not only focused on physical stores and said it continued to demonstrate strength online, although the comparisons are very tough given that its online operations boomed during parts of 2021 when physical shops were closed. That meant its e-sales were down 3.9% in the first six months of this year, although the increases in physical stores more than made up for this.