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Jeweller Pandora cuts sales growth forecast as Europe dims
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on November 5, 2025
3 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on November 5, 2025
3 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Pandora lowers its sales growth forecast due to European market challenges, while focusing on affordable jewellery to counter rising costs and tariffs.
By Helen Reid
LONDON (Reuters) -Danish jewellery brand Pandora cut its full year comparable sales growth forecast on Wednesday and posted weaker than expected third quarter growth as European sales dipped, sending its shares 2% lower.
Pandora's stock has tumbled around 40% since the start of 2025 as U.S. tariffs on imports and the surging price of silver add to its costs, while shoppers have grown more cautious about spending on non-essentials.
Comparable sales growth of 2% was slower than the expected 3%. In Europe it fell 1% while in the U.S., which accounts for a third of the charm bracelet maker's revenue, it grew 6%.
"The UK consumer, the French consumer and the Italian consumer and to a degree the German market are quite challenged for the (jewellery) category, and equally then for us," Pandora CEO Alexander Lacik told Reuters.
U.S. SHOPPERS ABSORB PRICE INCREASES
Pandora has raised prices to lessen the impact of the higher cost of silver, which has risen more than 65% since the start of this year, and U.S. tariffs, but Lacik said American shoppers are accepting the price hikes.
"So far so good, and it's also a relative game... if you have been travelling to the U.S. regularly like I have, you can kind of see that generally speaking pricing on pretty much everything has been going up quite a lot," he said.
Pandora, which makes its charm bracelets and necklaces at two factories in Thailand, has said U.S. tariffs will reduce its operating margin by 0.6 percentage points this year.
FOCUS ON NEW LOWER-PRICED JEWELLERY
Pandora cut its comparable sales growth guidance for 2025 to 3%-4%, from 4%-5% previously, but stuck to an organic growth forecast of 7%-8% as Lacik said new stores were doing better than expected.
The crucial holiday shopping season got off to a better start with comparable sales up 4% in October.
Pandora said new collections launched late in the third quarter, Talisman medallion charms from $45 to $125 and Minis charms starting at $30, were doing well.
"We want to focus more on affordability... on the price points, let's call them sub-40 euro/pound/dollar, where in the last few years we probably haven't innovated enough," Lacik said.
Pandora's third-quarter operating profit was 880 million Danish crowns ($137.4 million), down from 980 million in the same quarter a year ago. Its operating profit margin was 14%, down from 16.1% a year ago.
(Reporting by Helen Reid; Editing by Anna Ringstrom and Alexander Smith)
Sales growth refers to the increase in sales revenue over a specific period, typically expressed as a percentage. It is a key indicator of a company's performance and market demand.
Operating profit is the profit a company makes from its core business operations, excluding any income derived from non-operational activities, taxes, and interest payments.
Comparable sales growth measures the sales growth of stores that have been open for a certain period, typically a year or more, providing insights into the performance of existing locations.
A product launch is the introduction of a new product to the market. It involves marketing strategies and promotional activities to generate interest and sales.
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