Zalando sales climb up to €738 million in Q2, but profit takes a hit due to 'an increase in payment cost'

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Online fashion retail giant Zalando has released preliminary earnings for the second quarter of the year, demonstrating rapid growth in sales while maintaining profitability.

The Berlin-based company, which operates only in Europe today, grew revenues to 727-738 million euros in Q2 2015, up 33-35% compared to 546 million euros in sales in the second quarter of last year.

That brings total revenue in the first half of this year to just south of 1.4 billion euros.

But while Zalando reports strong growth in revenues year-over-year, it's worth pointing out that Zalando expects to achieve operating profit between 22 and 37 million euros in the second quarter of 2015, compared to 35 million euros in the same period in 2014. Operating margin is thus expected to drop somewhere between 3% and 5%, down from 6.4% last year, which Zalando attributes to an otherwise unexplained 'temporary increase in payment cost'.

Full and reviewed earnings for the quarter will be reported in about three weeks.

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