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Kathmandu parent KMD Brands sees sales, net profit increase

Inside Retail

Outdoor apparel retailer KMD Brands has witnessed an increase in sales and net profit in FY23 on the back of improved performance across all its businesses – with the Rip Curl and Oboz brands achieving record sales. “Customers returned to shopping in stores, with retail store sales increasing 17.5 Sales grew 12.6 per cent to $1.01

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Kathmandu powers record first half for KMD Brands

Inside Retail

Outdoor apparel retailer KMD Brands has reported a “record” first half driven by strong sales recovery across all three of its brands. The outdoors brand also made its first deliveries to wholesale partners in Europe and Canada during the half and launched French, German and Canadian websites. per cent to NZ$547.9

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How Kathmandu plans to become the world’s most loved outdoor brand

Inside Retail

From switching its focus on hardcore sporting adventures to inspiring joy in the great outdoors, Kathmandu is changing things up as it primes itself for global ambitions. We’re about being more inclusive and making the outdoors more accessible to everybody. We’ll do online direct-to-consumer and have wholesale partners.

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Why the future of Australian retail lies in unified commerce

Inside Retail

The good news is that they’re also seeing customers returning to physical stores. Outdoor and camping gear wholesaler Darche taps into the same Shopify backend to sell to DTC and B2B customers. Successfully selling across multiple channels – including online, offline, and B2B – works best when retailers take a unified approach.

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Growth potential is not enough: Why Amer Sports’ IPO fell short

Inside Retail

“Essentially the prospective shareholders looked at [Amer Sports] and said its balance sheet wasn’t strong enough, in other words, its underlying capital to continue to reinvest and build a prevailing business with the level of return required wasn’t quite strong enough,” added Walker.

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Kathmandu Group rebounds in FY22 despite lockdown, supply chain impacts

Inside Retail

After a difficult start to the year, outdoor group Kathmandu ended FY21 with relatively strong sales growth of 15.1 A recent rebrand, however, has delivered some return to form according to the group. Rip Curl’s wholesale order books are now significantly above pre-Covid levels.”.

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Kathmandu Group rebounds in FY22 despite lockdown, supply chain impacts

Inside Retail

After a difficult start to the year, outdoor group Kathmandu ended FY21 with relatively strong sales growth of 15.1 A recent rebrand, however, has delivered some return to form according to the group. Rip Curl’s wholesale order books are now significantly above pre-Covid levels.”.