<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Gross Margin on Marianne Caroline</title><link>https://mariannecaroline.com/tags/gross-margin/</link><description>Recent content in Gross Margin on Marianne Caroline</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:07:55 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://mariannecaroline.com/tags/gross-margin/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Puma Revenue Falls 5% as Europe and North America Weaken</title><link>https://mariannecaroline.com/articles/puma-revenue-falls-5-as-europe-and-north-america-weaken/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:07:55 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mariannecaroline.com/articles/puma-revenue-falls-5-as-europe-and-north-america-weaken/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="a-tough-quarter-for-a-household-sportswear-name"&gt;A tough quarter for a household sportswear name&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Puma&amp;rsquo;s latest set of results tells a story of two halves: a shrinking top line on one side, and a quietly improving margin on the other. Revenue for the third quarter came in at roughly €1.78 billion, down 5% on the same period a year earlier. Once currency movements are stripped out, the decline is steeper still at 6.3%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The pressure was not spread evenly across the map. Demand softened most noticeably in Europe and North America, two markets that have historically carried a large share of the brand&amp;rsquo;s sales. That geographic split matters for anyone watching the wider sportswear sector, because it points to caution among shoppers in mature Western markets rather than a single regional blip.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>