I'm excited to work with the leadership team to build upon this considerable success. We have an incredible growth trajectory in front of us, given the strength of the brand and our people.
It's been exciting to see guests around the world respond so strongly to our product offerings and improved digital experience.
看到全世界的顧客對我們的產品與更好的數位體驗有這麼強的回應,很令人興奮。
2019.03.27FY18 Q4營收 +26%,全年 32.9 億 +24%
美國
+26%
同店
+16%
電商
+37%
毛利率
57.3%
官方當時怎麼講
McDonald 的第一個完整年度結算。他說前任訂的 2020 年目標已經提前達成。
I'm thrilled that we achieved several of our 2020 goals ahead of schedule, and want to thank our teams for their passion, hard work and connection with our guests every day.
我很高興我們提前達成了好幾個 2020 年目標,也要感謝團隊每天的熱情、努力,以及跟顧客的連結。
後續轉折
一個月後的分析師日提出 Power of Three 五年計畫:以 2018 年為基期,2023 年前男裝翻倍、數位翻倍、國際四倍。
2019.06.12FY19 Q1營收 +20%
美國
+20%
北美以外
+39%
電商
+33%
同店
+14%
官方當時怎麼講
五年計畫第一次被寫進季報。從這一季起,Power of Three 成為每一季新聞稿的固定句。
I look forward to the opportunities ahead of us, and delivering on our Power of Three five-year vision.
我期待前方的機會,也期待兌現我們 Power of Three 的五年願景。
2019.09.05FY19 Q2營收 +22%
美國
+21%
北美以外
+34%
電商
+30%
同店
+15%
官方當時怎麼講
三根支柱第一次在新聞稿裡完整列出:產品創新、全通路顧客體驗、市場擴張。
We continue to make progress in delivering against our Power of Three growth pillars - product innovation, omni-guest experience, and market expansion.
我們在 Power of Three 三根成長支柱上持續推進:產品創新、全通路顧客體驗、市場擴張。
2019.12.11FY19 Q3營收 +23%
美國
+22%
北美以外
+35%
電商
+29%
同店
+16%
官方當時怎麼講
美國連續七季成長兩成以上。這一季的自我定位是「體驗品牌」。
We're proud of the continued momentum in our business as we live into our vision to be an experiential brand.
我們為生意持續的動能感到驕傲,也正在活出成為體驗品牌的願景。
2020.03.26FY19 Q4營收 +20%,全年 39.8 億 +21%
美國
+20%
同店
+20%
電商
+41%
毛利率
58.0%
官方當時怎麼講
疫情爆發、全球關店的當週開的法說會。2019 年的成績單完整,新的環境還沒有名字。
We are now navigating an extraordinary environment, which is currently impacting our business.
As trends around the world are shifting to working and sweating from home with an increased focus on health and wellness, we believe 2020 is likely an inflection point for retail and for lululemon.
Our product innovations, investments in the e-commerce business, and strategic acquisition of MIRROR position us well to serve our guests as their needs evolve across both physical and digital experiences.
Our continued growth demonstrates the strength of lululemon -- before, during and as the pandemic subsides. We are still in the early innings of our growth, fueled by exciting innovations that create even more opportunity into the future.
Our first quarter results reflected strength across all drivers of growth, fueled by the continued expansion in our e-commerce business and a rebound in brick and mortar stores.
This year, we will likely achieve the goal we set to double our men's business and we remain on track to quadruple our international business by 2023 if not sooner.
We will not chase growth at any cost, we simply don't need to, but we will invest to define our unique proposition and to bring MIRROR to market through our owned marketing channels.
三年把營收翻倍。前任訂的 2020 年目標、自己訂的 Power of Three 目標,都提前達成。
We are proud that we passed the $6 billion in annual revenue milestone for the first time, and successfully achieved our Power of Three growth target ahead of schedule.
我們很驕傲第一次跨過 60 億美元年營收的里程碑,並且提前達成 Power of Three 的成長目標。
後續轉折
三週後的分析師日提出 Power of Three ×2:2026 年營收再翻倍到 125 億美元,男裝翻倍、數位翻倍、國際四倍。
2022.06.02FY22 Q1營收 +32%
美國
+29%
北美以外
+29%
電商
+32%
毛利率
53.9%,−320bp
官方當時怎麼講
新五年計畫的第一季。營收三成成長,毛利率因為空運與供應鏈掉了 320 個基點。
These results provide a solid foundation as we begin our next five-year journey and deliver against our new Power of Three ×2 growth plan.
這些結果提供了穩固的基礎,讓我們開始下一段五年旅程,兌現新的 Power of Three ×2 成長計畫。
The momentum in our business continued in the second quarter, fueled by strong guest response to our product innovations, community activations, and omni experience.
生意的動能在第二季延續,靠的是顧客對產品創新、社群活動與全通路體驗的強烈回應。
2022.12.08FY22 Q3營收 +28%
美國
+29%
北美以外
+41%
電商
+31%
同店
+22%
官方當時怎麼講
美國連續三季 +28% 以上。這是美國成長率的最後一個高原。
In the third quarter, we continued to deliver strong and balanced results across the business, demonstrating the significant potential for our brand.
In the fourth quarter and full year 2022, we delivered strong results across the business driven by our innovative products, powerful guest experiences, and strategic market expansion.
This was another strong quarter for lululemon as our innovative product offerings and community activations continued to powerfully resonate with our guests globally.
這又是強勁的一季,我們的創新產品與社群活動持續在全球顧客身上引起強烈回應。
後續轉折
2023 年 12 月 29 日收盤 511.29 美元,歷史最高。全年股價漲 60%。
2024.03.21FY23 Q4營收 +16%,全年 96.2 億 +19%
美洲
+9%
國際
+54%
美國
+9%
毛利率
59.4%
官方當時怎麼講
新聞稿說「超前 Power of Three ×2」,法說會上說美國起步變慢。這一季起,新聞稿的分區欄位從「電商/門市」換成「美洲/國際」。
We are pleased with the strong finish to our 2023 fiscal year and continue to be ahead of our Power of Three ×2 strategy.
我們對 2023 會計年度的強勁收尾感到滿意,而且持續超前 Power of Three ×2 的策略進度。
In the first quarter, we saw strong momentum in our international markets, demonstrating how our brand continues to resonate around the world. Guests responded well to our product innovations across categories, and we are pleased by the progress we are making to optimize our U.S. product assortment.
Looking to the future, we are pleased with the start to our holiday season, and we remain focused on accelerating our U.S. business and growing our brand awareness around the world.
We're definitely not happy where the growth is in the U.S., but relative to the market and our performance versus others, pleased that we're putting on share, pleased with the reaction to the newness and with the mix of newness that's coming.
While we continued to see positive momentum overall in our international regions in the second quarter, we are disappointed with our U.S. business results and aspects of our product execution.
Driving improvement in our full-price sales over the course of 2026 is also a key priority, particularly in North America, and will enable us to enhance our brand health and deliver long-term growth and value creation for shareholders.
More recently, we have been navigating headwinds that have led us to adjust our outlook for the full year. We have assessed the business and are taking additional actions to reposition where needed and further strengthen our product engine.
季報新聞稿結尾那段自述,寫的是 a healthy lifestyle inspired athletic apparel company… for most other sweaty pursuits,做的事是 enable people to live a life they love,強項是 technical fabrics。
2018 會計年度第四季法說會上,公司把「一月還能賣原價」當成戰績在報:helped us drive full price sales in a month that is generally thought to be used for clearance at most other retailers。那一整場 full price 只出現這一次。
2019.06Power of Three:男裝翻倍、國際四倍
三根支柱是產品創新、全通路體驗、市場擴張。男裝不是支柱,是目標——年報自述寫的是 outlined our plans to double men's revenue, double digital net revenue, and to quadruple international net revenue。
分析師問供應鏈成本上升會不會漲價。執行長的回答是 positioned as a premium brand that has much innovation built into the product… we won't just do it laterally because of those pressures。
那一場 full price 出現兩次。價格帶還在原地。
2022.06.02宣布要把生意做成兩倍,同一份稿子改掉自己的定義
開頭是執行長宣布展開 Power of Three ×2,五年內把 62.5 億美元做成 125 億。結尾那段自述,同一份文件裡動了三個地方:
掛在大眾 IP 上的聯名系列。媒體報導的價格從 34 美元起跳,是進入這個品牌最便宜的一扇門;這個價格本頁列為旁證,不是論證的支點。
2024.11.22Jefferies:這個聯名證明它在稀釋自己
分析師 Randal Konik 的報告,標題是 Mickey Mouse Collab Proves LULU Is Diluting Itself。內文那句是 While we understand how the Disney collaboration occurred (the LULU CEO is also on the Disney board), we don't understand how this collaboration fits into the LULU brand at all.
FY2025 第三季法說會原話:we have not inspired our high value guests to purchase as we had in the past。前一季公司才說過,低到中消費區間的顧客年增消費在增加。
上面的走掉,下面的接不住。
2026.03.05創辦人:往主流漂移,賠掉一半市值
送件 SEC 的致股東信:Lululemon forgot its muse… By drifting toward the mainstream, and trying to appease everyone, lululemon lost 50% of its market cap earned from “brand power”.
同一封還寫董事會 cheapened store design and shifted to non-technical fabrics——公司四年前就在自述裡把 technical fabrics 自己降級了。
2026.03把原價賣回來,成為年度第一要務
法說會第一句是 A top priority for the management team as we enter the year is returning to full-price sales growth in North America,另一句是 restoring the full-price health of our brand。
full price 在同一場被講了 32 次。七年前它出現一次,而且是拿來炫耀的。
那張圖在時間軸下面。
2026.05.06創辦人:從創造潮流,變成想跟上潮流
The Board has taken consistent actions to make lululemon a generic athletic retailer instead of the premium apparel leader it once was. The Company has gone from setting trends to aiming to be on trend.
一週前那封信他用的詞是 brand harvesting,收割品牌,並說擴進 mass product lines 讓顧客搞不清楚這個品牌到底是什麼。他自己下的結論是 lululemon has lost its cool.
公司自己的語言一手・逐字稿2021 年第二季:品質是「what separates us from others」。2026 年 3 月:「further enhance and protect our product quality… do not sacrifice on quality」。2026 年 6 月:「product quality is foundational」。五年前拿來攻,現在要「保護」。
創辦人一手・SEC 申報2026.03.05:「shifted to non-technical fabrics」。2026.04.29:內部品牌與產品主管在「replicate mass-market, lower quality athletic retailers」。他明講的是低品質,不只是泛化。
產品事故二手・媒體2024.07 Breezethrough,上市三週下架,主因是版型。2026.01 Get Low,透光,暫停北美線上販售;重新上架時公司的建議是「買大一號、搭膚色無痕內褲」。2026.02 Heart Scatter,同樣透光。兩年三件,後兩件是布料。
分析師二手・媒體GlobalData 的 Neil Saunders,2026.02:「a lack of quality control, a lack of care, a lack of attention to detail」,產品被「junkified」。
分不分得出來一手・公司訴狀公司告 Costco 的訴狀自己寫:「source ambiguity preconditions at least some consumers into believing that private label, Kirkland-branded dupes are in fact manufactured by the authentic suppliers」。消費者分不出來源,這句是 lululemon 自己說的——它是原告,不是創辦人。
our brand health continues to be strong with growth in both total and retained guests and we continue to acquire new guests and retain existing guests across all age demographics. In addition, our membership program continues to build and now has approximately 30 million members.
Lewis Hamilton・Min Woo Lee / Together Feels Better / 天貓超級品牌日+世界心理健康日
那一季具名的三檔,全部是名人或大議題,行銷預算還往下半年加碼
We’re seeing strong community engagement with our recent campaigns and activations. And while we haven’t yet seen an impact on the top line trajectory, we are encouraged by the response.
同樣的句型,隔一季再講一次。而同一場法說會裡,代理執行長對整個行動計畫的講法是一樣的:But we expected a better response than we are seeing as we enter the second half of the year.(我們原本預期的反應,比現在看到的好。)
同一場還宣布了下半年再加碼行銷,而這筆錢的用途原話是 drive improved brand heat, guest acquisition, traffic and overall top line performance——又回到知名度與獲客
2022.06.02公司改寫自己的一句話定義:從「a healthy lifestyle inspired athletic apparel company… for most other sweaty pursuits」改成「a technical athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories company… for most other activities」,沿用到 2026 年 9 月 2026.04創辦人的信:「顧客搞不清楚 lululemon 到底是什麼」
By its 25th anniversary, lululemon should have been a $100 billion market-cap company. Instead, its trajectory has declined.
到二十五週年,lululemon 本來應該是一家市值一千億美元的公司。結果它的軌跡是往下的。
To meet those projections, merchants follow algorithms and double down on what sold the year before. This kills risk-taking and prevents new, innovative product from emerging.
為了達成那些財測,採購跟著演算法走,把去年賣得好的再加碼。這殺掉了冒險,也擋住新的創新產品出現。
Lululemon forgot its muse: the woman who inspires culture, not just follows it.
Lululemon 忘了它的繆思:那個帶動文化、而不只是跟隨文化的女人。
By drifting toward the mainstream, and trying to appease everyone, lululemon lost 50% of its market cap earned from “brand power”.
因為往主流漂移、想討好每一個人,lululemon 失去了靠「品牌力」賺來的一半市值。
Lululemon can keep growing, but growth alone is not a healthy measure of success. The true measure must be innovation and brand reputation.
lululemon needs revitalization and an infusion of new skills to get back to being a product-first company that creates real, long-term shareholder value.
It is clear to me that only under my increasing pressure has the lululemon Board of Directors finally started to listen.
對我來說很清楚:是在我不斷加壓之下,lululemon 董事會才終於開始聽。
The Board’s praise for Calvin McDonald, a CEO who has overseen massive value destruction over the past two years, with a 62.8% drop in LULU’s share price, shows blatant disregard for its shareholders.
The erosion of premium brand value in the Company’s core markets demonstrates that the Board does not understand its target customers anymore or what will drive shareholder value at lululemon over the long term.
The heart of the issue is a disconnect between the Company’s creative engine and the Board’s strategic oversight of how nonquantifiable power of brand and product translates to brand strength, margin durability, and long-term shareholder value.
Brand, creative and marketing skills are missing from the boardroom.
董事會裡缺的是品牌、創意與行銷的技能。
The stock has lost nearly half of its value over the past five years, costing lululemon shareholders roughly $20 billion.
過去五年股價跌掉將近一半,讓 lululemon 股東損失大約兩百億美元。
It is telling that the only concrete proposal the Board has offered in response to my efforts is a non-disparagement agreement, showing that their priority is protecting their own reputations, instead of upholding their fiduciary duty for all shareholders.
After three CEO departures without a successor ready to take the helm, one must consider if the Company’s Board is simply not equipped to support visionary leadership, no matter how qualified an individual may be.
Until meaningful change in the boardroom has taken place, success for the new CEO could be a perpetual struggle.
在董事會發生實質改變以前,新任執行長的成功可能會是一場沒有盡頭的苦戰。
How does the Board define the brand muse and its importance to driving value? Any product leader knows that clarity of the brand muse is essential for success.
Each dollar lost from discounting is a dollar that could have been invested into expanding the power of the lululemon brand.
每一塊因為打折而少收的錢,都是一塊本來可以投進去擴大 lululemon 品牌力的錢。
Recent product launches reflect a persistent “stale and predictable” approach as Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer Meghan Frank described in her recent interview with The New York Times.
近期的產品上市反映出一種持續「陳舊而可預測」的做法,這是代理共同執行長 Meghan Frank 自己在《紐約時報》專訪裡用的形容。
The Board is fully aware of what has gone missing in the last six years.
董事會非常清楚過去六年裡消失的是什麼。
What structural changes have been made to address the increasing frequency of product failures as seen with “Get Low” and “Breezethrough”?
針對 Get Low 與 Breezethrough 這種越來越頻繁的產品失敗,公司做了哪些結構性的改變?
The company has reported negative or flat same store sales for the past seven consecutive quarters in North America.
前一天公司宣布主導公司治理委員會九年的 David Mussafer 不再尋求連任,同時公布 FY2025 全年財報。
Yesterday’s announcement that David Mussafer, an overly long-tenured director with more than 14 years of total service on the Board, will not seek re-election, is another step of welcome change.
昨天宣布任期過長、累計服務超過十四年的董事 David Mussafer 不再尋求連任,這是另一步令人歡迎的改變。
It would be highly unusual and inappropriate for a retiring director to be guiding or actively involved in strategic matters.
一位即將退任的董事還在指導或積極參與策略事務,這非常不尋常,也不恰當。
Fourth quarter 2025 Americas comparable sales represent the eighth consecutive quarter of decreased or flat results, and the outlook for fiscal year 2026 indicates no meaningful change in trajectory.
The Board still includes three directors tied to the private equity firm led by Mr. Mussafer, a firm that does not even have a disclosed ownership stake in lululemon.
It’s so easy to brand harvest by just opening more stores, by opening more categories, forgetting who the muse is and going as wide as possible.
品牌收割太容易了:多開幾家店、多開幾個品類、忘掉繆思是誰,然後盡可能鋪得越廣越好。
The core customer stops buying the product, and they start looking for alternatives.
核心顧客不再買這個產品,他們開始去找替代品。
I would say, number one thing, a board does is to hire the CEO. The second one it does is to make sure there’s a successor for the CEO.
我會說,董事會第一件事是聘執行長,第二件事是確保執行長有接班人。
lululemon is lost. In our view, loss of the right brand, product and creative skills in the boardroom eroded the identity, quality, trust and value that is integral to the brand.
The core values of the lululemon brand have always been its premium positioning and commitment to the muse: the woman who inspires culture, not just follows it. This drove consumer passion, leading to sales growth, margin power, a competitive moat and, ultimately, a premium share price.
Expanding into mass product lines has made the product presentation messy and customers are confused as to what lululemon is, resulting in them buying apparel from competitors with a clearer vision.
The Company has also resorted to promotional credit card discounts, essentially paying customers to shop its products and further eroding the brand’s premium position.
信裡的落點:股價創下七年新低(以 2026 年 5 月 4 日收盤計)。五根柱子分別是 core to more、鑽產品細節、以顛覆為目標、容許實驗的文化、一個把創意放在前面的董事會;每一根下面都掛一個要董事會回答的問題。
The Board has taken consistent actions to make lululemon a generic athletic retailer instead of the premium apparel leader it once was. The Company has gone from setting trends to aiming to be on trend.
In lululemon’s case, the Company’s loss of focus comes from deprioritizing creative excellence at the altar of efficiency.
以 lululemon 來說,失焦來自把創意卓越放上效率的祭壇,降級處理。
“Core to more.” At lululemon, the core customer is our muse. Losing a deep understanding of who you are designing your key products for leads to brand drift.
There is no reason why we cannot reach a resolution to this fight quickly. The Board has not provided me with detail on where our disagreements lie right now, but as of Friday last week, we seemed to be in full agreement on the principal terms.
the Issuer has agreed to (i) appoint Laura Gentile and Marc Maurer to the Board as independent directors, effective immediately following the Annual Meeting, (ii) increase the size of the Board in connection therewith
公司同意(一)於年度股東會結束後立即指派 Laura Gentile 與 Marc Maurer 為獨立董事,(二)並為此擴大董事會席次。
take all necessary steps to appoint a new independent director with apparel product and brand expertise to the Board by October 1, 2026, subject to the approval of the Reporting Persons, not to be unreasonably withheld
the Issuer has agreed that its Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chair of the Board and two independent directors, one of whom must be either Ms. Gentile or Mr. Maurer, must meet at least once per fiscal quarter with the Reporting Persons.
We have continued to engage with Mr. Wilson in good faith over the past few months, including numerous meetings, with the goal of having a productive dialogue with him. We disagree with Mr. Wilson’s characterization of his interactions with the Board.
過去幾個月我們持續以誠信與 Wilson 先生往來,包括多次會議,目標是與他建立有成果的對話。我們不同意他對雙方互動的描述。
The Board has repeatedly requested the opportunity to interview Mr. Wilson’s director nominees. However, Mr. Wilson had indicated he would not allow the Board to meet with these individuals unless the Board agreed to a full set of settlement terms.
董事會多次要求面談 Wilson 先生的董事提名人。但 Wilson 先生表示,除非董事會接受一整套和解條件,否則他不會讓董事會與這些人見面。
To date, Mr. Wilson has only allowed one nominee, Marc Maurer, to have preliminary conversations with the Board, which the Board has welcomed.
到目前為止,Wilson 先生只允許一位提名人 Marc Maurer 與董事會做初步交談,董事會對此表示歡迎。
In October 2018, Mr. Wilson published a book that publicly aired personal grievances against the board and management.
2024.03.21 法說會「slower start to the year」原話由 WWD 與 CNBC 同時引述。2024.01 Wilson 的 Forbes 訪談與公司聲明由 Fortune、CNN、NBC 等多家轉述。Power of Three 與 Power of Three ×2 的目標取自 2019 與 2022 分析師日的 Business Wire 新聞稿與 10-K。Piper Sandler 青少年調查名次取自 SGB Media 對各期報告的報導與 Piper Sandler 新聞稿;Kantar BrandZ 2024 名次與價值取自 SGB Media 對 Kantar 報告的報導,2025 未進榜以 rankingthebrands 的完整榜單核對。Brand Finance 2022 與 2023 名次取自 SGB Media 報導。
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