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Calida Group improves earnings in 2025 despite sales decline

Swiss lingerie group Calida suffered further sales losses in the 2025 financial year but made progress on its earnings. This was revealed in a business report published on Thursday by the parent company of the Calida, Aubade and Cosabella brands. CEO Thomas Stöcklin was generally satisfied with the results, given the “challenging market...

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Aubade restructures its sales organisation in France to accelerate its omnichannel strategy

Lingerie house Aubade, part of the Calida group, is undergoing a major structural transformation. Under the leadership of its managing director, Claire Masson, the company announced the creation of a centralised retail team on Thursday, January 8. This new entity merges the retail, space management and wholesale divisions to respond more...

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Calida H1 sales dip, profit rises due to Lafuma Mobilier sale

The Swiss lingerie group Calida Holding AG (Calida Group) suffered substantial sales losses in the first six months of the 2025 financial year. However, the sale of the outdoor furniture division, Lafuma Mobilier, resulted in a higher profit. In its half-year report published on Thursday, the group also emphasised its commitment to continuing...

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CALIDA Autumn/Winter 2025 Men’s Collection

Inspired by the captivating beauty of nature, the autumn/winter 2025 men’s collection takes you on a journey through stunning mountain and valley landscapes – from wild ferns and deep forests to imposing glaciers and the Northern Lights – brought to life by a profusion of prints and ingenious colourways. Authentic, high-quality textures are...

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CALIDA Autumn/Winter 2025 Women’s Collection

Inspired by the enchanting beauty of nature, the autumn/winter 2025 women’s collection takes you on a journey through stunning mountain and valley landscapes – from bright alpine flowers and rushing rivers to deep forests and the stunning Northern Lights, all brought to life by dreamy prints and ingenious colourways. Authentic, high-quality...

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Irem Aydin promoted to general manager of Calida brand

Calida Group has promoted Irem Aydin as the new general manager of the traditional brand Calida from July 1, 2024. The company said in a statement that she will take over from Alexandra Helbling, who decided at the beginning of the year to seek a new professional challenge outside the Calida Group. “Thanks to Irem Aydin’s natural leadership as...

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Calida Group to appoint Felix Sulzberger as chairman, CEO Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart steps down

At the upcoming annual general meeting on April 19, 2023, Calida Holding AG will propose Felix Sulzberger, Allan Kellenberger, Thomas Stöcklin and Eric Sibbern for election to the board of directors. The company said in a release that also proposed for shareholder approval will be the re-election of current independent board members Laurence...

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Calida Group achieves strong sales growth in 2022

In 2022, Calida Group sales were 323.9 million Swiss francs, up 14.4 percent. When adjusted for currency effects, organic growth was 7.7 percent. At 155.5 million Swiss francs, the company said, Calida's share of group sales expanded by 5.5 percent, adjusted for currency effects. Sales grew at currency-adjusted double-digit rates for Aubade to...

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CALIDA x FTC® Wellbeing Collection

Together with FTC Cashmere, CALIDA is once again demonstrating its commitment to high quality, sustainable and responsible fashion. This will be the latest in a series of conscious collaborations, developed in order to create more space for, and raise awareness of, innovative and sustainable approaches to design. The jointly developed, comfy and...

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CALIDA: Womenswear Collection SS22

The CALIDA Spring/Summer 2022 collection is wholly inspired by delicate pastel shades of spring. Styles that highlight CALIDA’s love of nature and all kinds of innovations, such as the Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM biodegradable sweat styles from 100% NATURE RELAX. Whether playful, colourful, subtle or timeless – the Spring/Summer 2022 collection...

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CALIDA: Menswear Collection SS22

The CALIDA Spring/Summer 2022 collection is all about masculine blue, red and green shades, fresh spring colours and intricate details. Styles that highlight CALIDA’s love of nature and all kinds of innovations, such as the Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM biodegradable sweat styles from 100% NATURE LOUNGE. Whether masculine, colourful, subtle or...

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Calida Group reports H1 loss, sales down 14.6 percent

The Calida Group said that it looks back on a challenging first six months of 2020 since business was seriously impacted from March onwards by the coronavirus-related closures of all bricks-and-mortar shops and points of sale at important retail partners in Switzerland, Germany and France. While online business grew by 59.2 percent and the 22.5...