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Elisabetta Franchi reports €171 million revenue in 2024, sees accessories as growth driver
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Nicola Mira
Published
November 13, 2025
Elisabetta Franchi, boss and designer of the eponymous Italian ready-to-wear label owned by Betty Blue Spa, talked about the industry at the 30th Pambianco Fashion Summit in Milan. “There’s so much confusion in the fashion world today,” she said. “Creative directors are hopping about like popcorn. Labels are putting their brand identity at risk. When customers enter a store, they no longer know what they’re buying. Some CEOs have no clue what a button or a sewing machine is. They are finance people who have only eyes for data,” added Franchi.
The Bologna-based businesswoman has taken back control of her label after parting ways with Marco Bizzarri (who had bought a stake about two years ago) and the departure of its CEO Gabriele Maggio. “Marco and I are like twins separated at birth. We’ve always had a very similar way of thinking. But at some point, the Betty Blue machine was starting to slow down. His way of working was no longer in sync with my reactivity. I took back full control to drive the company at a thousand miles per hour. Speed is my strength,” said Franchi.
In fiscal 2024, Elisabetta Franchi generated a revenue of €171 million, and EBITDA of €40 million. “Revenue is not the key. I’m not competing with anyone. I try to work properly, with an old-fashioned approach. A healthy company must be liquid. In the last decade, we’ve doubled [our revenue] and we’ve always self-financed, without bank loans. EBITDA is the metric to watch, if it’s low, I’ve done badly,” said Franchi.
Elisabetta Franchi generates 90% of sales through ready-to-wear, without product licenses (except for childrenswear) or accessories. “These are the growth drivers we’re working on,” said Franchi. “I’ve always pushed to realise one dream, with great consistency and true, powerful storytelling. Women who come into my stores always enjoy the same experience. Some labels decided to increase prices because they were no longer growing. Instead, we’ve made no changes, thanks also to our strategic positioning,” she added.
Retail-wise, in 2025 Elisabetta Franchi opened its first US store in Miami. “In February 2026, it will be Houston’s turn. The USA is very rewarding, but one must work slowly and sensibly there. We also have South America in our sights. E-tail accounts for a 14% share of our revenue, and we don’t just sell t-shirts online, but jackets and shirts too,” said Franchi.
For the future, “I see a company that can do without me, but I’ll be working to the very last. In five years I see myself far away, maybe on my own. Fashion is a business that makes you question yourself every six months. I’m lucky to have a winning team, otherwise I wouldn’t still be here after 30 years,” concluded Franchi.
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A total of 25 pilot investments led by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have progressed from the lab to near-market stage under RegioGreenTex, a three-year European Union (EU)-funded project that recently concluded. Most of these are expected to be commercialised within one to three years.
Twenty five pilot investments led by SMEs moved from lab to near‑market under RegioGreenTex, an EU-funded project that ended recently.
Most of these are expected to commercialise in one to three years.
Five regional hubs mapped SME needs and developed services and value chains as well as tools to help SMEs.
These are now open for collaboration and the pilot portfolio is primed for investors and adopters.
At least 70 per cent of the EU grant was allocated to SMEs. A total of 43 partners from 11 regions across eight countries participated in the project, leveraging their expertise towards a common goal of advancing industry and research.
RegioGreenTex was one of the first projects funded under the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument programme that focused on process, service and business model innovation, developing advanced textile recycling technologies, regional recycling hubs, and a digital ecosystem for matchmaking and capacity building.
Five regional hubs mapped SME needs and developed services and value chains as well as tools that keep helping SMEs, an official release said.
The RegioGreenTex Digital Tool keeps matchmaking, sharing trainings and hosting the participants’ knowledge base.
The Waste Wizard shows how artificial intelligence-enhanced matchmaking can link leftover textiles with the right reuse or recycling routes.
From recycled-content yarn processes (Tintex) to Recycrom low-impact dyeing (Officina39), ultrasonic quilting for full recyclability (Rovitex) and hybrid recycled-fibre yarns (Hilaturas Mar), the pilots showed concrete, repeatable ways to cut impact without losing performance.
The hubs are now open for collaboration, the digital tools are live and the pilot portfolio is primed for investors and adopters.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
While trends in high frequency indicators for January-February 2026 appear favourable, the heightened uncertainty around the duration of the Middle East conflict casts a shadow on the near-term macroeconomic outlook for India amid high import dependency for items like crude oil, natural gas and fertilisers, it noted.
India’s FY27 GDP growth is likely to slow to 6.5 per cent from the projected 7.5 per cent in FY26 owing to the impact of higher energy prices and concerns around energy availability, ICRA Ratings said.
The heightened uncertainty around the duration of the Iran war casts a shadow on the near-term macroeconomic outlook for India.
If the conflict lasts longer, the adverse effects could widen across sectors.
If the conflict lasts for an extended period, the adverse implications of the same could widen across sectors, amid an uptick in input costs and the consequent impact on profitability of the India corporate sector.
Amid the projected uptrend in the consumer price index-based inflation in FY27 with risks tilted to the upside, ICRA Ratings expects an extended pause on the policy rates by the central bank’s monetary policy committee in the fiscal despite the anticipated softening in the GDP growth. However, it expects the Reserve Bank of India to continue to intervene on the liquidity front during FY27.
The available data for January–February FY2026 indicate a positive trend across most non-agricultural indicators, with the year-on-year performance of 12 out of 18 indicators improving compared to the third quarter of FY26, while the remaining six deteriorated.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
Indonesia’s apparel exports rose modestly to $8.705 billion in 2025 from $8.316 billion in 2024, reflecting gradual recovery.
The US remained dominant, accounting for over 56 per cent of shipments, highlighting growing market dependence.
While Japan, South Korea and Europe offered stability, exports stayed concentrated in key products and segments.
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