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Performance indicators

2023: Revenue growth by 11% to RUB 78 billion

In 2023, the revenue of Gloria Jeans amounted to 78 billion rubles, which is 11% more in comparison with 2022. The Russian manufacturer and seller of clothing disclosed such data on January 11, 2024.

According to Interfax, citing materials from the retailer, its net profit in 2023 reached 9.6 billion rubles, or 11% of revenue. At the same time, net profit for 2022 is not indicated. In 2023, Gloria Jeans earned 10 billion rubles on the sale of goods via the Internet, which approximately corresponds to the result of a year ago. At the same time, sales in the retailer's own online channels increased by the end of 2023.

Gloria Jeans revenue amounted to 78 billion rubles

As of December 31, 2023, the total area of ​ ​ Gloria Jeans real estate amounted to 620 thousand square meters. m. As of that date, the group included 710 stores in more than 300 cities. In 2022-2023 Gloria Jeans opened 60 new stores on the ground, where the outlets of foreign companies were previously located. In December 2023, the company planned to open 20 new stores, including in the Moscow complexes Metropolis and MEGA Teply Stan, large shopping centers in Krasnodar - OZ Mall and Gallery, as well as in Sochi's SeaMall.

Our strategy is to sell for 2-3 years up to 75-80% on our own sites. By this time, we plan to bring the number of stores to 900-1000 in 300-400 cities, and we will be able to deliver an order from the store within one day. This will allow us to maintain a business model that does not depend on possible changes in the commercial conditions of marketplaces, "said Vladimir Melnikov, chairman of the board of directors of Gloria Jeans, quoted by Interfax.

Melnikov added that in 2024 Gloria Jeans intends to invest 10 billion rubles in the development of the GJ and Ready network! Steady! Go!^[1]

History

2023

Data breach of millions of customers

On June 6, 2023, it became known about the leak of data from millions of customers of the Gloria Jeans store chain. It was reported by the Telegram channel "Information Leaks," which is maintained by Ashot Hovhannisyan, founder of the DLBI darknet detection and monitoring service.

Text files containing fragments of the site database dump were posted publicly gloria-jeans.ru. Two files contain:

• names/surnames;
• email addresses (3.16 million unique addresses);
• telephones (2.36 million unique numbers);
• date of birth;
• number of the card of the permanent buyer;
• Creation and update dates of the record (24.09.2018 to 18.05.2023).

It became known about the leakage of data of millions of customers of the Gloria Jeans chain of stores

We selectively checked the random email addresses from this leak through the password recovery form on the gloria-jeans.ru website and found out that they are valid, - said in the message of the Telegram channel "Information Leaks."

It was also noted that in the files there are hashed (bcrypt) user passwords that accidentally got there when cutting data from a full dump.

By 17:00 Moscow time on June 6, 2023, it was not reported whether Roskomnadzor received a notification of a data leak. According to the law, companies that have leaked data are obliged to independently report the incident to Roskomnadzor within 24 hours, and to provide the results of an internal investigation indicating the cause of the leak and responsible persons within 72 hours.

It is assumed that hackers from the NLB group are behind the hacker attack on the Gloria Jeans clothing chain, due to which the data of SberThank, Alfastrakhovanie and the state IT developer GNIVC were leaked. According to the Telegram channel "Information Leaks," by June 6, 2023, hackers promise to "leak" the data of 12 large companies.^[2]

Opening a flagship store instead of the largest H&M point in Russia

On April 1, 2023, Gloria Jeans opened a flagship store in the center of Moscow instead of the largest H&M point in Russia.

The flagship store "Gloria Jeans" on Tverskaya, 16, in Moscow opened today. This is not only the largest store in the Gloria Jeans chain, but also the largest of the existing monobrand stores in Russia, Gloria Jeans said in a statement on April 1, 2023.

The store has an expanded range, including exclusive new items and limited collections

The store has a customization zone GJ Factory, where purchased things can be decorated with author's patches, exclusive prints, embroidery. In addition, the store has created entertainment and lounge spaces - photo zones, a children's play area with interactive panels and toys made of denim.

The store has an expanded range, including exclusive new items and limited collections. On the ground floor there is a men's collection (adults and teenagers), on the first - women's clothes and accessories, on the second - clothes for children under 8 years old, as well as women's underwear and pyjamas.

The fact that Gloria Jeans will take the place of the departed H&M on Tverskaya Street in Moscow became known in March 2023. Then it was reported that the Russian company won a tender for the opening of a store in the Gallery Akter complex. The value of the transaction was not named.

One of the contenders for the opening of the store in the Gallery Akter complex was the Stockmann chain of stores. The general director of the retailer Gennady Levkin announced the negotiations on the lease on December 6, 2023. He noted that in the event of a deal, the volume of investments will be at least 100 million rubles.

By April 2023, Gloria Jeans stores operate in Belarus and Kazakhstan, the company plans to enter the markets of Asia and Israel. Approximately 20% of products are produced in Russia, China and Vietnam, the rest - in Turkey, India and other countries.^[3]

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