R&D expense · 2016–2025

Lightinthebox Holding R&D expense

$10.3M−33.9% · FY2025

Lightinthebox Holding (LITB) reported $10.3M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −33.9% year on year.

$6.7M2016$5.2M2017$5.7M2018$17.9M2019$15.2M2020$20.3M2021$19.4M2022$19.1M2023$15.5M2024$10.3M2025
Lightinthebox Holding — R&D expense, 2016–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$10.3M−33.9%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$15.5M−18.7%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$19.1M−1.8%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$19.4M−4.4%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$20.3M+34.2%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$15.2M−15.2%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$17.9M+213.9%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$5.7M+9.4%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$5.2M−22.3%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$6.7M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2016–2025 compound annual growth +4.9%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Lightinthebox Holding R\&D expense}},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 20-F · 0001104659-26-038848 · April 2, 2026

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