Le Coq Sportif highlights its French production, which now concerns its training and competition clothing. An activity that must increase in the perspective of the next big sports competitions that will take place in France.

“The new warehouse, inaugurated a year ago, has achieved its objectives of improving productivity and bringing together the production sites located in the Aube region. This new structure also allows us to optimize logistics flows,” explained the brand in its half-yearly report.

It added: “The expansion of the Romilly-sur-Seine headquarters, which began in September 2021, should be completed in February 2023, as initially planned. With an additional 3,000 square meters of floor space, this building will allow us to strengthen our teams and manufacture the podium and performance outfits for athletes involved in the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as for the Rugby World Cup

However, the brand has seen its gross margin drop over the last quarter, falling from 47% to 44% in one year. As its operating expenses have continued to rise, the group remains mainly in the red and has not managed to reduce its losses, which were more than 6 million euros for the half year.