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De’Longhi recently reported €755.2 million (US $847.5 million) in 2025 Q1 revenue, up by 14.6% on the same period last year. Its acquisition of iconic brand La Marzocco was one of the main drivers of strong financial performance, according to CEO Fabio de’Longhi.
The home appliance manufacturer purchased a majority stake in La Marzocco, a cult specialty coffee brand, for US $374 million in December 2023. Along with its 2021 acquisition of the automatic coffee machine brand Eversys, De’Longhi is positioning itself as a full solutions global coffee equipment powerhouse.
Fabio de’Longhi added that La Marzocco boosted the expansion of the group’s luxury home products through its strong brand awareness and prestigious partnerships, such as the Porsche collaboration. More recently, La Marzocco launched a custom version of its Linea Micra home espresso machine with fashion brand Aimé Leon Dore, once described by the New York Times as the “future of menswear”.
The collaboration also includes limited-edition co-branded merchandise, offering accessible luxury clothing and expanding both brands’ reaches, and a professional custom machine that will be used at Café Leon Dore coffee shop concepts in New York City and London.
As luxury brands look beyond their niche clientele to grow their business, specialty coffee has emerged as one of the most effective avenues to scale. Aimé Leon Dore’s café concepts and partnerships with coffee equipment brands are a way to drive sales of the company’s more accessible products without losing its sense of luxury that initially attracts customers.
La Marzocco, meanwhile, is leveraging its brand power to draw in other equally “cool” brands, solidifying its exclusive, high-end appeal among coffee drinkers, while also attracting a wider pool of consumers with similar quality-driven mindsets.
Undoubtedly, La Marzocco has more partnerships on the horizon, and De’Longhi will continue to reap the rewards.
Photo credits: La Marzocco, La Marzocco Home, Aimé Leon Dore
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