On April 27, 2024, the Department of Commerce of Hainan Province announced that the service import and export volume of Hainan in the first quarter of 2024 was 12.891 billion yuan, up 29.62% year on year. Among them, Hainan's service export was 6.38 billion yuan, up 40.22%; Imports reached 6.511 billion yuan, up 20.68%. Service trade accounted for 16.72% of the province's foreign trade, up 2.03% year on year.
L Catterton announced that it has acquired most shares of Kiko Milano, a beauty enterprise. The founding family of Kiko Milano will still retain a minority share of the company. Antonio Percasi will continue to serve as the president of the company, while Simone Dominici will continue to serve as the CEO. Antonio Percassi said that L Catterton's rich professional ability in cosmetics and global resources and talent network will accelerate Kiko Milano's global expansion in the future. Nik Thukral, the managing partner of L Catterton, also said that he appreciated Kiko Milano's unique style, high-quality products and global influence, and looked forward to working with John Demsey, the senior consultant of L Catterton, and at the same time, working with industry professionals to further improve the brand strength of Kiko Milano.
On April 25, the men's wear brand Vicutu Widodo held a grand ceremony for the 30th anniversary of the brand and a full scene show of formal clothes in Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention Center. After 30 years of accumulation, Vicutu has constantly subverted and evolved from the "King of Suits" to the "Full Scene Dress Counselor". On the basis of Vicutu's core main brand, it has incubated two sub line brands: Gornia Gloria, a high-end customized brand for high net worth people, and Red Vicutu, a relaxed and comfortable young lifestyle brand. Through design innovation Innovation in dress and category, exploring the infinite possibilities of the whole scene of formal dress. At this event, Mr. Cai Changxian, the founder of Vicutu brand and chairman of Gray Fashion, released the brand upgrading strategy, unveiled the new brand positioning of "full scene dress consultant", and joined hands with Liu Haoran, the brand's global spokesman, to unveil the brand's new logo and start a new journey of the brand. Gathering experts and elites in different fields, Vicutu, taking leading the industrial development as its own responsibility, asked about the way to break the situation of high-end Chinese men's clothing, and created a new fashion of "full scene" application of Chinese men's clothing.
Recently, Bettany released its annual report for 2023 and its financial report for the first quarter of 2024. The financial report shows that Bettany will achieve an operating revenue of 5.522 billion yuan in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 10.14%, a year-on-year decrease of 28.02% to 757 million yuan in net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies, and a year-on-year decrease of 35.20% to 618 million yuan in net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies after deducting non recurring gains and losses. The report shows that other major performance indicators, except for operating revenue, fluctuated, mainly because the online promotion activities such as "Double 11" in the beauty industry in 2023 were generally not as good as expected, and the company failed to reach the expected sales target of "Double 11"; During the reporting period, the company's product formula, production process and external packaging upgrade led to a slight decline in gross profit margin; The new base project of the central factory was completed and put into operation, the depreciation and amortization cost of the company's long-term assets and expenses increased, and the average customer acquisition cost of the company's main online stores increased during the reporting period, which affected the company's online channel sales performance to a certain extent.
Inspired by the coastal nature, the jewelry brand John Hardy will hold a preview activity of the new spring series in Shanghai on April 23, 2024, which will inject colorful personality inspiration into the classic design to show the energetic spring style. In the jewelry room with unique modern style, you will encounter the interesting holiday coast and open a new aesthetic feast. The spring 2024 series continues the new concept of the autumn 2023 series, reshaping the classic silhouette and symbolic elements, and interpreting a more bold and avant-garde jewelry style. The design language of the new series is free and easy, integrating contemporary design concepts, and elaborately created with the brand's outstanding craftsmanship. The new spring series inherits the brand technology and design core of John Hardy in the past 50 years, and shows the brand's innovative design and style.
On April 25, 2024, Fulga officially released the 2023 annual report. The report shows that in 2023, the operating revenue of Fuljia will increase by 9.29% year on year to 1.934 billion yuan, the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies will decrease by 11.56% year on year to 749 million yuan, and the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies after deducting non recurring profits and losses will decrease by 5.06% year on year to 727 million yuan. The financial report shows that the main source of the growth of operating revenue is the continuous growth of the company's online direct sales revenue during the reporting period. The decline of net profit is mainly caused by the increase of the proportion of online sales driving the increase of related sales expenses, the increase of depreciation and amortization of the company's North American Valley base, and the continued increase of R&D investment.
Recently, the Cinema Godard of Prada Art Foundation in Milan focused on Jia Zhangke, a Chinese director, writer, screenwriter and producer, in the "subjective lens" unit of Soggettiva in April. He is the leader of the sixth generation of Chinese directors and won the Golden Lion Award at the 2006 Venice Film Festival. On April 20, Jia Zhangke held a master lecture at Godard Cinema to meet the public and share his mental journey of film creation. Since its establishment, Cinema Godard has been exploring the visual language of the present and the past, studying different cultures and schools. The monthly activities held by the cinema are planned by Paolo Moretti, including film screening and public meetings with celebrities in the contemporary film industry in Italy and abroad.
Zouzou is the latest work in addition to the Celine 11 high definition perfume series launched by Heidi Slimane since 2019. Like other works in this series, Zouzou's inspiration comes from Heidi Slimane's scent log. This perfume presents the image of young women in the 1960s in a unique way - just like the characters described in the movies or literature at that time, full of vitality and smart charm. They are the heroines with fresh, radiant faces and mischievous expressions between their eyebrows. Their short hair sets off their delicate outline. Zouzou perfume outlines these heroines and their carefree and innocent images. Amber and musk notes give this fragrance a mild caramel finish. Created with benzoin and cardamom as the keynote, this perfume integrates the brand's unique and fashionable neo classical style. Patchouli and rock roses highlight the amber like elegance, while musk and vanilla extend the powdery finish.
