AB Electrolux (publ) (ELUXF) Q2 2021 Earnings Conference Call July 20, 2021 3:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Jonas Samuelson - President, CEO and Director
Therese Friberg - CFO
Sophie Arnius - Head, IR
Conference Call Participants
Lucie Carrier - Morgan Stanley
Andreas Willi - JPMorgan
Alexander Virgo - Bank of America
Gustav Hageus - SEB
Johan Eliason - Kepler Cheuvreux
David MacGregor - Longbow Research
James Moore - Redburn
Andre Kukhnin - Credit Suisse
Martin Wilkie - Citi
William Turner - Goldman Sachs
Karri Rinta - Handelsbanker
Jonas Samuelson
Good morning, and a warm welcome to Electrolux's Second Quarter 2021 Results Presentation. My name is Jonas Samuelson. With me today, we have our CFO, Therese Friberg; and our Head of Investor Relations, Sophie Arnius. I'd like to mention that this session is recorded and will be available on our website as an on-demand version.
Let’s look at our performance in the second quarter of 2021. Demand remains strong across our main markets though with some signs of consumer spending pattern normalizing around mid-year. Retailers inventory levels have now partly been replenished depending on the region but with imbalances in terms of product mix.
In North America, we assessed that the level is still on the low side while Australia and Southeast Asia seem to have rather high levels of inventory. In Brazil, we see retail inventories normalizing with the European picture more mixed with imbalances but on average on normal levels.
We had significant organic sales growth of 39.1% in the quarter. The growth was primarily driven by increased volumes compared to the quarter last year that was severely impacted by the pandemic. But it was also 16% above about second quarter 2019.
Also price development across all business areas more than compensated for cost settlings. Mix continue to develop favorably
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