Teleconferência de Resultados do 2T26 da Baozun (BZUN): Receita Sobe 7%, Meta de Lucro para 2028 Elevada

Principais Destaques

• A receita líquida da Baozun no segundo trimestre de 2026 aumentou 7% na comparação anual, atingindo RMB 2,7 bilhões. A receita de e-commerce cresceu 5%, enquanto a receita de gestão de marcas subiu 22%.
• O lucro operacional não GAAP atingiu RMB 74 milhões, uma alta de 25% em relação à base recalculada de RMB 59 milhões do ano anterior, que exclui uma baixa contábil não recorrente.
• A Baozun E-Commerce, ou BEC, gerou RMB 107 milhões em lucro operacional ajustado não GAAP, seu maior nível para um segundo trimestre desde 2022. A receita de serviços aumentou 10%, com a empresa priorizando negócios de maior valor.
• A Baozun Brand Management, ou BBM, registrou crescimento de 22% na receita e reduziu seu prejuízo operacional não GAAP para RMB 33 milhões. A Gap apresentou crescimento de vendas no conceito mesmas lojas na faixa de 20%.
• A administração elevou sua meta de lucro operacional não GAAP para 2028 de RMB 550 milhões para RMB 700 milhões, citando o ritmo mais forte da BBM, ganhos de produtividade impulsionados por IA e sinergias mais profundas entre BEC e BBM.
• A administração espera que a receita da BBM cresça entre 20% e 25% no ano completo de 2026 e segue no caminho certo para abrir mais de 50 lojas ao longo do ano.

Principais Dados Financeiros

As despesas com vendas e marketing aumentaram RMB 239 milhões, alcançando RMB 1,2 bilhão, devido principalmente aos gastos da BEC com conteúdo criativo e iniciativas de marketing para Douyin e RedNote, além da expansão de lojas e marketing da BBM. Os custos de logística e processamento de pedidos caíram 9%, para RMB 549 milhões, as despesas com tecnologia e conteúdo recuaram 0,4%, para RMB 114 milhões, e as despesas gerais e administrativas diminuíram 22%, para RMB 175 milhões.

O giro do capital de giro melhorou de 148 dias para 107 dias. O giro de estoques reduziu de 134 dias para 112 dias, com melhorias tanto na BEC quanto na BBM.

Desempenho Operacional e dos Negócios

E-commerce

A BEC focou em fontes de receita de maior qualidade e expandiu sua presença nas categorias de luxo, esportes e outdoor. A criação de conteúdo, o marketing digital e as iniciativas no Douyin sustentaram o crescimento de 10% na receita de serviços. A Baozun também manteve a certificação Diamond Service Provider do Douyin no trimestre.

A receita de vendas de produtos caiu 10%, com a Baozun reduzindo a exposição a categorias que enfrentam concorrência acirrada de preços e margens mais baixas, incluindo Casa e Decoração, Beleza e Cosméticos, e Eletrodomésticos. As vendas de produtos no primeiro semestre somaram RMB 1 bilhão, alta de 3% e em linha com o plano da administração.

A empresa continua desenvolvendo capacidades de vendas de produtos de vestuário em gestão da cadeia de suprimentos, análise de dados e desenvolvimento de produtos. A administração acredita que esse negócio pode começar a contribuir para a receita e o lucro a partir de 2027.

Gestão de marcas

A Gap se manteve como o principal motor de crescimento da BBM. Seu prejuízo operacional não GAAP apresentou melhoria de mais de 40% na comparação anual, enquanto as vendas no conceito mesmas lojas cresceram na faixa de 20%. O crescimento foi sustentado por sortimentos localizados, precificação tática, melhor gestão da cadeia de suprimentos e campanhas integradas de marketing.

A Baozun abriu oito lojas durante o 2T26, elevando a rede para 167 pontos de venda. O giro de estoque da Gap foi de 128 dias. A administração afirmou que o ritmo em julho e agosto melhorou ainda mais, com um crescimento acumulado no conceito mesmas lojas mais forte no 3T26.

A Hunter contava com 16 lojas no final de junho, após abrir três lojas conceituais no primeiro semestre. A Baozun está expandindo a marca além das galochas para vestuário urbano e agasalhos. O vestuário representou mais de 30% das vendas em determinadas lojas da Hunter durante o 2T26.

Projeções da Administração

A administração elevou a meta de lucro operacional não GAAP da Baozun para 2028 de RMB 550 milhões para RMB 700 milhões. A meta revisada reflete as expectativas de um desempenho orgânico mais forte da BBM, ganhos de eficiência impulsionados por IA e maiores sinergias operacionais entre BEC e BBM.

A administração identificou a IA como um potencial contribuidor relevante para seu plano de médio prazo. A Baozun espera acelerar a implantação de IA e automação em todas as operações nos próximos 18 meses, com ênfase inicial em produtividade, análise de dados e redesign de fluxos de trabalho, em vez de focar diretamente no aumento de vendas.

Para 2026, a administração espera um crescimento de receita da BBM entre 20% e 25%, em comparação com a faixa de 15% a 20% discutida anteriormente. A empresa também planeja abrir mais de 50 lojas, principalmente em cidades de Nível 1 e Nível 2.

Potenciais novas transações da BBM com marcas internacionais não estão incluídas na meta atualizada para 2028. A administração declarou que sua prioridade continua sendo o aprimoramento dos negócios existentes das marcas Gap, Hunter e Sweaty Betty.

Riscos e Pontos de Atenção

• A administração reconheceu as condições fracas de consumo, embora tenha afirmado que as marcas parceiras não fizeram alterações significativas nos orçamentos globais de gastos.
• As alocações de marketing e estoques estão se deslocando para plataformas focadas em conteúdo e transmissões ao vivo (livestreaming), como o Douyin, afastando-se do e-commerce tradicional de prateleira.
• A intensa concorrência de preços e as margens baixas continuam sendo limitações nas categorias de vendas de produtos padronizados.
• A BBM continua investindo em marcas emergentes, o que pesou sobre a rentabilidade do segmento, mesmo com a redução de seu prejuízo operacional.
• Projetos-piloto de IA demonstraram potencial de produtividade, mas a administração afirmou que a tecnologia ainda não foi utilizada amplamente para gerar crescimento nas vendas.

Destaques da Sessão de Perguntas e Respostas com Analistas

A administração atribuiu a elevação da meta de lucro para 2028 principalmente à trajetória de melhora da BBM e ao potencial de implementar IA e automação na base de mais de 480 marcas parceiras da BEC. Também espera que a experiência operacional da BBM fortaleça o relacionamento com clientes existentes e apoie futuras oportunidades de gestão de marcas.

Sobre marcas internacionais que consideram alternativas estratégicas para suas operações na China, a administração disse que a Baozun está discutindo oportunidades ativamente com parceiros atuais e potenciais. No entanto, novos acordos não estão assumidos na meta para 2028.

A Baozun declarou não ter observado mudanças materiais nos orçamentos das marcas parceiras. Os gastos estão cada vez mais focados em conteúdo, transmissões ao vivo e aquisição de tráfego. A administração descreveu o e-commerce tradicional de prateleira como estável e as plataformas de livestreaming em contínuo crescimento, com força nas categorias de luxo premium, esportes e outdoor, moda, e saúde e cuidados pessoais.

Em relação à concorrência no segmento de IA, a administração argumentou que os investimentos em tecnologia de longo prazo da Baozun, sua escala operacional e seus sistemas existentes reforçam sua diferenciação em relação a outros provedores de serviços de e-commerce. O foco imediato continua sendo a automação e a eficiência operacional.

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Comentários da administração

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by for Baozun's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today's conference call is being recorded.

I will now turn the meeting over to your host for today's call, Ms. Wendy Sun, Senior Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations of Baozun.

Please proceed, Wendy.

Wendy Sun

Thank you, operator. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. Our second quarter 2026 earnings release was distributed earlier before this call and is available on our IR website at ir.baozun.com as well as on PR Newswire services. We have also posted a PowerPoint presentation that accompanies our comments to the same IR website, where they are available for your download.

On the call today from Baozun, we have Mr. Vincent Qiu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Ms. Catherine Zhu, Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Junhua Wu, Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Baozun Group; and Mr. Ken Huang, Chief Financial Officer of Baozun Brand Management. Ms. Zhu will first share our business strategy and company highlights. Ms. Zhu will then discuss our financials, followed by Mr. Wu and Mr. Huang, who will share more regarding our e-commerce and brand management segments, respectively. They will all be available to answer your questions during the Q&A session that follows.

Before we begin, I would like to remind you that this conference call contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 as amended, the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the company's control, which may cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.

Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and its announcement notice or other documents published on the website of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. All information provided in this call is as of the date hereof and is based on assumptions the company believes to be reasonable as of this date, and the company does not take any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required under applicable law.

Finally, please note that unless otherwise stated, all figures mentioned during this conference call are in RMB. In addition, we may elect to use adjusted in place of non-generally accepted accounting principles or non-GAAP in order to reduce overall confusion that may arise from our discussions about financial related to the Gap brand. You may now turn to Slide #2 for the executive highlights for the quarter.

It is now my pleasure to introduce our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Vincent Qiu.

Vincent, please go ahead.

Wenbin Qiu

Thank you, Wendy. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us. We delivered another solid second quarter with earnings quality continuing to improve. Group revenue grew 7% to RMB 2.7 billion, while non-GAAP operating income reached RMB 74 million, a year-over-year improvement of 25% compared with adjusted base of RMB 59 million in the same period of last year.

Both BBM and BEC have contributed solid results, demonstrating the strength and the resilience of our business in a competitive market. BEC achieved resilient 5% year-over-year revenue growth. More importantly, BEC improved its efficiency and profitability with expanded non-GAAP operating profit margin. Against a weak E-Commerce industry backdrop, we view this performance as a clear demonstration of BEC improving business quality.

Our deep brand know-how has been instrumental in understanding and anticipating market trends, consumer behaviors and brand needs. This expertise enables us to engage with our brand partners more strategically while keeping value creation at the heart of our approach.

BBM sustained strong brand momentum, delivering 22% year-over-year top line growth, double-digit same-store growth, solid gross margin expansion and further improvement in operating profitability. Gap remains the primary driver of this performance, supported by our effective MMC initiatives and increased consumer engagements from our seasonal brands ambassador program. At the same time, our emerging brands are progressing according to plan and are beginning to make more contribution to the top line as we start to invest in building their long-term presence.

We also are very excited to share our advancements in technology innovation and the AI empowerment. We recently began piloting AI and automation initiatives within our Gap e-commerce operations to streamline selected processes. The initial results have demonstrated substantial productivity gains, highlighting the potential to extend these capabilities across the broader BEC ecosystem.

We are glad that the success of our strategic transformation over the past 3 years have laid a strong foundation for a more flexible and scalable business model. Leveraging AI and our established technology infrastructure, BBM provides an environment where we can develop and prove new operating capabilities, while BEC provides a scale to deploy them across a broader portfolio of brands. With continued AI-driven empowerment and deeper synergies between our 2 business segments, we are raising our 2028 non-GAAP operating profit target from RMB 550 million to RMB 700 million, reflecting our increased confidence in long-term growth potential.

Now I will hand over the call to our team for a deeper dive into our financials and business performances.

Catherine Yanjie Zhu

Thanks, Vincent, and hello, everyone. Now let me provide a more detailed overview of financial results for the second quarter of 2026.

Please turn to Slide #3. Baozun Group's total net revenues for the second quarter of 2026 increased by 7% year-over-year to RMB 2.7 billion. Of this total, e-commerce revenue grew by 5% to RMB 2.3 billion, while brand management revenue grew by 22% to RMB 486 million. Breaking down e-commerce revenue by business model, services revenue increased 10% year-over-year to RMB 1.8 billion, while BEC product sales revenue decreased by 10% year-over-year to RMB 541 million as we prioritize business quality.

Please turn to Slide #4. From a profitability perspective, gross profit for product sales increased by 21.3% year-over-year to RMB 343 million for the quarter. Our group level blended gross margin for product sales was 33%, representing an expansion of 499 basis points year-over-year. Within this, gross margin for e-commerce product sales was 13% compared with 12.8% in the same period of last year. And the gross margin for BBM was 56.1% for the quarter compared with 52% in the same period of last year.

Now please turn to Slide #5 for a walk-through of our OpEx. Sales and marketing expenses increased by RMB 239 million to RMB 1.2 billion. This included an increase of RMB 188 million for BEC, which was mainly due to higher spending on creative content and marketing initiatives under Douyin and RedNote, consistent with the growth in digital marketing revenue.

BBM sales and marketing expenses increased by RMB 46 million, mainly driven by the expansion of offline stores and marketing activities in the quarter. Fulfillment costs for the quarter decreased by 9% to RMB 549 million. Technology and content expenses decreased by 0.4% to RMB 114 million. G&A expenses decreased by 22% to RMB 175 million. The reduction in these three OpEx items reflected our focus on cost control and operational efficiency.

Turning to bottom line items. Please refer to Slide #6. During the quarter, our non-GAAP income from operations was RMB 74 million compared to RMB 6 million in the same period of last year or RMB 59 million in the rebased same period of last year, if we exclude the onetime write-off costs. BEC's adjusted non-GAAP income from operations was RMB 107 million, a record level for the second quarter since 2022.

BBM reported a non-GAAP operating loss of RMB 33 million compared with a loss of RMB 35 million a year ago. For the second quarter of 2026, our working capital turnover improved to 107 days compared with 148 days a year ago. Within this, inventory turnover shortened to 112 days from 134 days a year ago. This improvement was driven by both BEC and BBM segments. As of June 30, 2026, our cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments totaled RMB 2.9 billion.

Let me now pass the call over to Junhua to update you on BEC, our e-commerce business.

Junhua Wu

Thanks, Catherine, and hello, everyone. For BEC, we have been focused on the quality of growth with greater emphasis on the business where we can deliver high-value results. We believe this approach better aligns an interest of our brand partners with our own, which will ultimately translate into improved productivity and a margin expansion for BEC.

During the second quarter, BEC's revenue grew by 5% year-over-year and non-GAAP operating income reached RMB 107 million, the highest second quarter level since 2022. This highlights the improvement in our financial performance and a successful execution of our strategy. Underlying these impressive results, we have taken a proactive approach to refining our service model. We expanded market share in key categories, including luxury, sports and outdoor, driving 10% year-over-year growth in service revenue. Enhanced consumer engagement through content creation, digital marketing and Douyin initiative has also helped strengthen consumer awareness.

For example, this June, we produced a large-scale live broadcast of a women night run for one of our own -- one of our sportswear brand partners, more than just a race. The event was designed to empower women and foster a sense of community. Our live broadcast enabled millions of viewers to join the excitement virtually, amplifying the brand's value while creating a memorable experience that resonate with its target audience. This event set a new benchmark for how we can leverage digital platforms to amplify business opportunities while driving both brand value and scales -- and sales.

We are proud to have once again been awarded Douyin e-commerce Diamond Service Provider certification for the second quarter. These achievements validate our strategy of prioritizing high-quality revenue streams and expanding margins. And reinforce our confidence in growth momentum of our service business.

We also made a strategic decision to scale back to our participation in certain product sales categories where intense price competition and lower margins limit their attractiveness, particularly during the 6/18 campaign. This was most evident in standardized categories such as Home and Furnishing, Beauty and Cosmetics and Appliances. As a result, product sales declined 10% year-over-year for the quarter. For the first half of the year, total product sales reached RMB 1 billion, up slightly by 3% year-over-year and in line with our plans.

What is strategic, however, is our investment in infrastructure and capabilities needed to build on apparel product sales business. While this business requires a longer preparation period, we have made solid progress in supply chain management, and advanced data analytics and product development. We believe this model can leverage our deep brand know-how to build a differentiated and scalable product sales business, contributing to both the top line and the bottom line from 2027 onwards.

Turning to this profitability. We remain focused on driving greater operating leverage through disciplined cost management and structural efficiency improvements. This significant improvement in BEC's operating performance this quarter reflects the benefits of those efforts, while our increased use of automation provides an additional opportunity to improve productivity over time. As Vincent just highlighted, our trials of AI-enabled systems position us well to reengineer our operation process and unlock significant productivity gains.

Over the next 18 months, we expect to accelerate the development of these initiatives across our operations with a particular focus on optimizing resources and aligning them with streamlined workflows. Over time, we believe BEC can evolve into a leaner operation model, allowing us to improve margins while also increasing our capacity to serve a broader range of addressable markets.

Now I'll pass to Ken for an update on BBM.

Ken Huang

Thank you, Tim, and hello, everyone. Please turn to Slide #9 for BBM's performance in second quarter of 2026. BBM sustained its strong momentum into the second quarter with revenue growing 22% year-over-year and the non-GAAP operating loss further narrowing despite increased investment in emerging brands.

For the Gap brand alone, our non-GAAP operating loss improved by more than 40% year-over-year. Solid top line growth was driven by improvements across key operating metrics, including traffic, offline store productivity per square meter and the blended gross margin. Leveraging our omnichannel capabilities and agile integration, Gap delivered another same-store sales growth in the 20s. Our performance continues to validate the competitive advantage of our brand management model. By combining Baozun's local operating capabilities with Gap's global brand, we are able to develop products faster, localize assortments more effectively, execute the integrated marketing campaigns and respond more quickly to changing consumer demand. Overall, BBM gross margin expanded to 56.1%, an improvement of 383 basis points year-over-year.

Now let me share our key initiatives around the merchandising, marketing and the channel for Gap during the quarter. Merchandising remained a key strength during the quarter. By optimizing our product assortments and leveraging data-driven insights, we are better able to meet consumer demand and drive sales growth. We are pleased to have achieved the double-digit growth across all three categories of women, men and kids, and improved product mix, tactical pricing initiatives and better supply chain management drove healthy gross margin expansion.

Inventory also remained healthy with Gap inventory turnover days at 128, reflecting disciplined inventory management and healthy sell-through. Our marketing efforts focus on building strong brand equity and deepening customer loyalty. Our Chinese brand diversity campaign, together with the Victoria Beckham Collaboration and other global partnerships generated a strong consumer engagement during the second quarter. These campaigns, combined with strong execution around the spring break, Labor Day, 6/18 and the summer sales also drove excellent sales momentum.

Turning to our store network. We opened 8 new stores during the quarter, bringing our total network to 167 stores. We remained disciplined in our site selection, and we are glad that new store productivity has consistently outperformed, reinforcing our confidence in the strength of our expansion strategy and the long-term productivity opportunity across our store base. We remain on track to open more than 50 new stores in 2026 with a focus on expanding into Tier 1 to Tier 2 cities. This July and August, we are seeing further improvements in month-over-month momentum.

Our latest autumn launch and the Qixi campaign featuring our brand ambassador have reinforced the Gap China's marketing strength, giving us increased confidence in the brand's trajectory for the second half of the year. Now let me also elaborate our key efforts for Hunter brand in the first half of 2026. Following our MMC philosophy for brand management, we have stepped up our efforts to strengthen Hunter's brand equity. In the first half of 2026, we opened the 3 flagship stores in high-profile shopping malls, bringing Hunter's total store count to 16 by end of June. We also enriched Hunter's product offering. Beyond the brand's renowned rain boots, we introduced new lines of urban apparel and outerwear, enabling us to reach a broader consumer base and address diverse lifestyle needs.

These initiatives are positioning Hunter as an energetic lifestyle brand that resonates with fashion-forward consumers and supports its long-term goals. In summary, the second quarter reinforced the progress we have made throughout the 2026. Our differentiated brand management model continues to position our brands for outperformance through faster localization, stronger omnichannel execution and operational excellence. We remain confident in delivering on our full year objectives. That concludes our prepared remarks. Thank you.

Operator, we are now ready to begin the Q&A session.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] The first question today comes from Alicia Yap with Citigroup.

Perguntas e respostas

Alicis a Yap

Congrats on the solid results. Two questions from me. First is that regarding the revised 2028 annual non-GAAP operating income forecast, which obviously increased substantially from RMB 550 million to RMB 700 million. So I wonder what gives management the confidence to project this higher profitability? And what is the anticipated top line growth that underpins this revised forecast?

And then the second question, in light of the weak macro conditions and also muted consumption trends, have you observed any significant shift in the spending budget of your brand partners or their expectation for the China market in the future? And additionally, concerning the adoptions of the AI tools, is there any noticeable divergence in sales growth between brands that have embraced the AI-enhanced tool versus those that have been slower to adopt them? If you could share some examples.

Wenbin Qiu

Thank you, Alicia. Vincent here. Let me answer your -- this first question, and Junhua will answer the second one.

Yes, we are quite excited to announce this updated forward-looking results for the 2028. We carefully analyzed all the facts, all the aspects, we think can help us to achieve this one, this new goal. The first thing is that we think -- we are seeing a stronger trend for BBM. And in the past 2, 3 years, we keep strengthening BBM's positioning and also day-to-day operations, and we are seeing good results. So for a stronger trend for BBM, we are much more confident right now. This is the first consideration.

Secondly, recently, we did a lot of experiments and pioneer for the AI tools and also along with other infrastructural tools we developed along these years, and we see quite exciting results. So we think given that the scale of our BEC business base, our potential to be released from these tools and automation will be huge. So that is a quite important reason why we just raised that up. And also although despite the consumption is not very strong recently, but still, we think combine these two factors and also the potentials we can deploy these kind of tools and AI capabilities into our broad client base, we have quite big potential. And this gives us confidence for this new goal.

Junhua Wu

Okay. Thank you, Vincent. So for the second question, so first of all, so we have not seen any significant shifts in spending budgets of brand partners. But we still see they focus on making solid marketing allocation in terms of the traffic fees and they focus more on the content driven and they focus more on shifting allocations of inventory towards the live stream kind of platform like Douyin and the others from the original shelf-based e-commerce systems.

And the second part is the AI tools, just like Vincent mentioned, we're leveraging AI scenarios more focused on driving our operation efficiency rather than just driving the top line. So AI tools also can facilitate a lot of top line -- providing a lot of tools to facilitate our top line operator, more focused on digital analytics, more focused on how do we analyze all those sales results data. So for sales growth, we have not leveraged a lot in terms of AI, but also focus on automation-driven, efficiency driven, that kind of stuff. Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from Zhuoming Cao with Huatai Securities.

Zhuoming Cao

I have two questions. The first one is regarding the Nike, and we have observed some adjustments to its channel strategy and as Nike's core partner and have we observed any changes in consumer habits across channels recently? And how do we plan to capture the related opportunities going forward?

And my second question is about Hunter. And I have observed that Hunter has seen a significant increase in attention on some China social media recently. And have we noticed this trend? And could we introduce any additional details? Could we share or update any outlook for Hunter in more detail?

Junhua Wu

Okay. I'll answer the first question, and Vincent or Ken can answer the second one. So apologize to you that I will not mention a specific brand in terms of our strategy and their road map. So I'll give you a feedback in general. So Baozun is a very strong DTC partner of a lot of brand partners from -- since our founded back in the year 2007.

So in terms of the behave like a DTC partner, Baozun is definitely has a great advantage in just serving them, supporting them in DTC strategy based on their growth strategy. So if any brands, they are shifting their strategy back to DTC or focus on more -- investing more resources in driving DTC-based net GMV or growth. So Baozun is definitely going to be our top choice. That's my first answer.

Ken Huang

For Hunter, yes, we -- as we mentioned, we are continuing investing in our emerging brands, especially this year. And with Gap's, the improvement of Gap's P&L and also the accumulated experience in Gap's past experience. Now we are trying to strengthen our emerging markets. And the -- your observation of the continuous more voices and investment in the brand equity, especially in Xiaohongshu for Hunter is happening. And our strategy for Hunter during the second half of the year, firstly, we will continue to open Hunter stores in high-profile shopping malls. Especially MixC malls.

And the second, we are expanding our apparel category, as we mentioned. And we do see the sales contribution of apparels in certain stores have exceeded 30% during the second quarter. And the third, we are also doing a lot of collaborations with local -- both local and international brands for Hunter. And finally, as the IP owner, we are also actively looking for other category business opportunities to enhance the brand's equity and also the profit performance. Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from Frank Tao with CMB International.

Ye Tao

I'll add my congrats on a solid set of operating results as well. My question is regarding -- we have seen more international brands exploring strategic alternatives for their China operations, including divestments and other forms of capital restructuring. How does Baozun view this trend? And could it create a meaningful pipeline of opportunities for BBM? Will management become more aggressive in pursuing such opportunities? And what are Baozun's key competitive advantages in winning these deals and creating value after the transaction?

Wenbin Qiu

Thank you, Frank. This is Vincent. Happy to answer your question. Yes, we are seeing that in the market, there are more and more this kind of opportunity, which is just as we expected because that's why one of the reasons that we stepped into the brand management market. So we are talking to -- we kept talking to different brands for this. We are quite active in dealing with our portfolio brand partners or some other partners outside of our portfolio, trying to find new opportunities. That's the truth.

But talking about the -- our strategy and the link between our strategy with the new updated 2028 goals, we think there are 4 important aspects, which can make us to be more confident for the goal. The first one will be the AI efforts we have made. This can contribute the majority of the contribution in the midterm of our plan. And we mentioned this, and we counted this factor in.

Secondly, there will be a very strong synergy between BEC and BBM. BBM, along with its efforts will accumulate a lot of experiences and know-how for the whole group. We can utilize this in talking to potential brands and the existing portfolio brands, no matter acquiring new brands or deepening the relationship between the existing ones. So -- and also this can also deliver a very good contribution to us for the future growth.

Third one is about BBM itself. We call this BBM organic. BBM organically, including these 3 major brands, Gap, Hunter and Sweaty Betty, they are doing well. There is -- for example, Gap is doing extremely well. The others are following. So we believe this BBM organic is also a very important factor in the source of our confidence.

Number 4 is what you just talked about the BBM new opportunities, yes. We are talking to different brands, but our priority is to make the existing BBM brands better. And we are expecting there are some really, really good opportunities and then we can have this kind of BBM new organic growth opportunity. We also hope this can come true. This gives us more, how to say, possibility to deliver a better goal than before. But of course, this is not counted yet. Thanks for the question.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] The next question comes from Yin Jiawei with Citics.

Jiawei Yin

Congratulations on this quarter's strong performance. My question is, as AI develops rapidly, many service providers are building their own AI SaaS system. Does the company believe its differentiation versus other e-commerce agency service provider is widening or narrowing? And what impact is AI having on industry concentration at this stage?

Junhua Wu

Okay. Thank you for the question, Jiawei. This is Junhua. So if you have deeply tracking Baozun for a while, so you will know that from day one when Baozun was founded, so technology was the key to our success and our mission is leveraging technology to make our business results more and more successful. So during the past 19 years, so we've been investing a lot in our IT resources. So we still maintain the highest IT resources in terms of the IT payroll and different kind of the investment during technology.

So under the AI age, so I'll be very proud to say that Baozun is definitely taking the leadership among all other competitors during that sector. So we have definitely leveraged a lot of our resources to help our existing brand partner over 480 to successfully deliver a lot of their backbone system, different kind of DSL system, their auto system among all other kind of scenarios and categories. So under the AI age, as we have so many resources and foreseeing a lot of opportunities, so Baozun is definitely going to leverage a lot of AI-powered technology to increase our efficiency of operation, facilitate our sales growth in terms of the top line growth. So definitely among this period, so we're still strengthening and wider the distance between us and our competitors.

So as you can see that AI is really powered for a lot of industry. So we don't see there is many things we can compromise in the future foreseen. So we still focus on a lot of -- all the category basically, AI data-focused, automation increasing, AI knowledge-based and GO consumer behaviors, a lot of scenarios we can help. Thank you for the question.

Operator

The next question comes from Thomas Chong with Jefferies.

Thomas Chong

So my question is, as we see BBM top line 22% double-digit same-store growth rate, which is quite impressive compared to many peers in the retail industry. So how should we think about the latest trend for third quarter also when we have relative high base for the same period last year? And also, could management provide update on annual BBM top line growth guidance of 15% to 20%.

Ken Huang

This is Ken. Yes, Gap, BBM, especially Gap continues to deliver double-digit increase, especially same-stores in 20s for the second quarter. And even for the third quarter, quarter-to-date, we are seeing the trend of even stronger same-store increase. So I would say it will contribute to our MMC strategy.

So first is merchandising after several seasons product improvement, we are better understand our customers. When we launched our fall products in August, we see even better acceptance of the products from our consumers than before. And our merchandising operating capabilities also keep enhanced. We have our better category and assortment planning. We have better strategy pricing and discounting strategy. So all these experiences and the initiatives of our merchandising help us to improve the productivity of our performance.

And the second for marketing, we continue to deliver strong brand ambassador campaigns in the second quarter is April and in the third quarter is in August. Both of them are exceeding our expectation, the sales [indiscernible]. And we -- this year, we also benefit a lot from Gap's global brand assets. In the third quarter, we have the Hailey Bieber collaboration. And today, we also just announced the collaboration with Malbon, the golf brands -- fashion golf brands.

And the third, I think, is the channel. The channel, as we mentioned, we are going to deliver over 50 new stores in this year. And in the second quarter, we have opened many good stores, including Shanghai New Prisma, Beijing apm, Tianjin Teemall, we just opened in the third quarter and also Nanning MixC. And we are also going to open our first Macao store in Venetian next month. So I think with this merchandising, marketing and also channel strategy working well, we are very confident to have -- to keep the strong same-store growth and also the increase of the total scale. For the full year, we believe we will achieve a 20% to 25% increase. Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from Yin Jiawei with Citics.

Jiawei Yin

I have another question is that the NBS data in July 2026 points to subdued consumption. Does company observe any change in sales trends across different platforms and different categories?

Junhua Wu

Okay. Thank you for the question, Jiawei. This is Junhua again. So we haven't seen a big change in sales trends among different kind of platforms, but we can share something to you is the shelf-based e-commerce is becoming very stable, especially after the past 6/18, we can foresee also expect a very strong finish in the coming Double 11. And the live stream platform is still growing, for example, like Douyin and different kind of the live stream platform.

And for categories wise, so we're still seeing very strong growth in premium luxury sector, sports and outdoor sector, fashion sector and health and caring sector. Thank you.

Operator

This concludes our question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over for any closing remarks.

Wendy Sun

Thank you, operator. On behalf of the Baozun management team, we would like to thank you again for your participation in today's call. If you require any further information, feel free to reach out to us. Thank you for joining us today. This concludes the call.

Operator

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