Strong first-half performance for Alpargatas

22/08/2018
Casual footwear manufacturer Alpargatas has reported sales of 890.6 million reais ($219.4 million) in the second quarter of 2018, an increase of 3.6% compared to the same period of last year.

The company performed well in Brazil, its domestic market, where sales increased 8.5% to 483.5 million reais ($119.1 million).

The news was less positive from Argentina, where Alpargatas was founded. Revenue from this market fell 10% to 159.7 million reais ($39.3 million).

International sales (those outside of Brazil and Argentina) were 247.4 million reais ($61.1 million).

For the first six months of the year, Alpargatas’ revenue was 1.79 billion reais ($440 million), up 7.5% year on year.