Netshoes Limited Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results
Gross Merchandise Volume up 15.4% year-over-year, or 17.0% on an FX neutral basis, to R$609.5 million
Net sales growth of 7.3% year-over-year, or 8.8% on an FX neutral basis, to R$444.6 million
São Paulo, Brazil November 13
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, 2017 Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd. (NYSE:NETS)
(Netshoes), Latin Americas leading online retailer of sporting and lifestyle goods, today reported unaudited consolidated financial results for the three and nine-month periods ending September 30, 2017. The results are stated
in Brazilian Reais (R$) and prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34, Interim Financial Reporting.
Marcio Kumruian, Founder and CEO of Netshoes, commented:
Through September, we continued to deliver Gross Merchandising Volume (GMV) growth combined with an expansion of our market leading position in sporting goods,
while continuing to scale in fashion and beauty. As we benefit from continued growth in e-commerce sales in the countries and verticals we operate in, we are simultaneously increasing our addressable market and building the foundation for long-term
growth by improving the business mix among the Company s strategic pillars - 1P, private label and marketplace operations. These activities will generate additional operating leverage as we gain scale.
Consolidated group GMV in 3Q-2017 increased by 17.0% (FX neutral basis), resulting in a 23.4% (FX neutral basis) growth in the nine months period ended
September 30, 2017 on top of a resilient growth rate posted in 2016. This result reflects expanded market share and an increase in our customer base. In the 3Q-2017, the number of registered members increased 21.2% year-over-year (YoY) and our
active customer base expanded 18.5%, despite lighter revenues. Importantly, we continue to be at the forefront of the mobile opportunity with 46.7% of orders placed from mobile devices, up from 33.5% in 3Q-2016, resulting in greater customer loyalty
and purchase frequency.
In Brazil, Netshoes and Zattinis stores continued to show growth in 3Q-2017, fueled by (i) the robust performance of
marketplace GMV 419% growth YoY, reaching R$53.0 million or a 9.7% penetration over total GMV in Brazil (up from 2.2% penetration in 3Q-2016) and (ii) strong sales of private label products, which reached 11.0% of net sales in Brazil. The
sporting goods category recorded a GMV growth of 15.7%, while Zattinis fashion and beauty category increased 51.9% on top of a strong growth rate in 2016.
In addition to these categories, we operate a B2B initiative in Brazil - mainly related to nutritional products which represented 2.6% of the Brazilian
operation GMV in 3Q-2017. Due to the adverse results in our B2B business that negatively impacted the Companys results, our management decided to substantially reduce the scale of the B2B business, while focusing on improving the
segments economics, working capital dynamics and overall business model. Within this context, we extended payment terms to some B2B clients that we believe have good sales prospects, and took the decision to conservatively record a portion of
our B2B accounts receivables as provision for allowance of doubtful accounts. The impact on consolidated results for the quarter was R$14.7 million (3.3% of net sales). Our management team is now focused on finalizing the necessary steps to develop
improved controls in order to achieve better economics in what we believe is a strong business opportunity. Excluding the B2B business, GMV in Brazil on an FX neutral basis was up 20.6% over 3Q-2016 and up 21.8% in the accumulated nine months period
of 2017.
Consolidated Net Sales in 3Q-2017 increased 8.8% YoY on an FX neutral basis due to the significant increase in marketplace penetration and the
negative impact of the B2B business resulting from lower sales and additional returns recorded during the quarter: Excluding the B2B business, Net Sales increased by 11.7% YoY in 3Q-2017 (13.3% on an FX neutral basis), leading to a 12.8% YoY growth
for the nine months period (15.5% on an FX neutral basis).
During the last twelve months, relevant improvements were made in our working capital cycle.
We remain on target to achieve further improvements as we (i) work towards our goal to achieve a 90 to 100 days inventory level in 2018 and (ii) make additional changes to our client installment payment policy during the coming quarters.
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