All Rip Curl articles – Page 2

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    KMD Brands’ FY results dimmed by softer consumer sentiment in Q4

    2023-09-20T16:29:00Z

    Strong sales growth from all three of KMD Brands’ brands – Rip Curl, Kathmandu, and Oboz – was offset by weaker results in the year’s final period, which ended July 31. Annual Ebitda rose 11.2 percent to 200.1 New Zealand dollars (€117.1m), but net profit was essentially flat at NZ$36.6 ...

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    KMD’s CFO to resign

    2023-07-09T10:40:00Z

    KMD Brands Chief Financial Officer Chris Kinraid has announced his resignation, effective December 2023, after nine years with the group to take a position as Chief Executive Officer at Hallenstein Glasson Holdings, an Auckland, New Zealand-based men’s and women’s fashion retailer also listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange, with ...

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    KMD Brands sees sales growth across brands in Q3

    2023-05-19T15:00:00Z

    New Zealand-based company KMD Brands offered a trading update on its three brands for the period ended April 23, saying Rip Curl, Kathmandu, and Oboz each generated sales growth. With the group reporting Q3 consolidated, year-over-year sales growth of 15.6 percent, Oboz had the period’s largest sales increase at 120.3 ...

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    KMD Brand’s Kathmandu appoints new CEO

    2023-05-11T10:27:00Z

    KMD Brands has apointed Megan Welch, most recently SVP/GM for Crocs’ Asia/Pacific business based in Singapore, as the new CEO for its Kathmandu business unit starting on Aug. 7. She takes over and will report to Michael Daly, KMD’s group CEO and managing director, who added the Kathmandu responsibilities on ...

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    KMD Brands H1 sales grow as pandemic effects subside

    2023-03-22T07:30:00Z

    KMD Brands, the down-under parent of Rip Curl, Kathmandu, and Oboz, reported Ebit of NZ$31.4 million (€18.6m) for H1 ended Jan. 31. Total revenues rose by 34.5 percent to NZ$547.9 million (€323.8m) as gross margin came in flat at 58.7 percent. Ebitda was NZ$90.8 million (€53.7m) versus NZ$45.3 million. The ...

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    KMD Brands secures B Corp status for Rip Curl, Kathmandu, Oboz

    2023-03-15T08:38:00Z

    KMD Brands, the outdoor, lifestyle and sports company, sees all three of its brands – Kathmandu, Oboz and Rip Curl – become Certified B Corporations, becoming one of the first multinational firms in Australia and New Zealand to have all businesses individually certified. KMD Brands Group CEO Michael Daly ...

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    Rip Curl appoints new wholesale manager for Europe

    2022-11-21T05:22:00Z

    Rip Curl has promoted Pablo Gutiérrez to wholesale manager for Europe. Gutierrez has been with Rip Curl for nearly 30 years, first as a professional surfer and then in such posts as sales rep, country manager for Spain and country manager for Iberia. Iñigo Iraola, another former professional surfer for ...

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    KMD Brands reports strong Q1 performance

    2022-11-16T08:52:00Z

    KMD Brands, the former Kathmandu Holdings Ltd., achieved positive year-over-year sales growth for all brands in Q1 of its FY23 that ended on Nov. 6. Additionally, the group realized a NZ$30 million (€17.7m) year-over-year improvement in its operating profit for the period and said its gross margin is “holding up ...

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    KMD Brands sees sales momentum resuming

    2022-09-20T15:37:00Z

    After a challenging first half impacted by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, KMD Brands experienced rebounding sales in the final two quarters.

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    KMD Brands updates annual guidance

    2022-07-13T13:53:00Z

    KMD Brands, formerly Kathmandu Holdings, is now forecasting total annual sales of NZ$955 to NZ$965 million (€580.7m to €586.8m) for the 12 months ending July 31 after a record performance during a winter promotional period for its Kathmandu retail operation. FY22 Ebitda, excluding one-off, non-cash items, including government subsidies, is ...

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    KMD Brands will look to regain growth footing in second half of the year

    2022-03-24T08:54:00Z

    KMD Brands, which rebranded itself from Kathmandu Holdings Ltd. earlier this month, reported an Ebit loss of NZ$5.5 million (€6.1m) for the six months ended Jan. 31. Total revenues declined by less than 1 percent to NZ$407.3 (€245.2m) as the gross profit margin slid to 57.7 percent from 59.0 percent ...

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    Kathmandu Holdings to change name to KMD Brands

    2022-03-03T08:09:00Z

    Kathmandu Holdings Limited from New Zealand announced on March 2 that it will change its name to KMD Brands Limited. The new name will take effect on March 16, 2022. The NZX and ASX ticker will remain KMD. An announcement on the launch of KMD Brands, its purpose and vision, ...

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    WSL expands partnership with Rip Curl

    2022-02-25T09:10:00Z

    The World Surf League (WSL) and Rip Curl announced an extended partnership, with the Australian surf brand coming on board as the presenting partner of the MEO Pro Portugal, the third stop on the 2022 Championship Tour (CT), along with the Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro and the Sydney Surf ...

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    Kathmandu climbing despite Covid, supply chain impacts

    2022-02-14T09:59:00Z

    Profits went up at Kathmandu Holding in its second quarter, ended Jan. 30, despite the global pandemic’s impact on its operations. In a preliminary trading update for its first half, the New Zealand-based parent of the Kathmandu, Oboz and Rip Curl brands said its results improved despite lower retail traffic, ...

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    Rip Curl rider launches a Masterclass for women

    2022-01-28T11:12:00Z

    Rip Curl has signed a new five-year partnership deal with Bethany Hamilton, a Hawaiian surfer who has been riding with the Australian brand for 23 years. As part of the deal, she will collaborate with the brand on video projects, surf trips, surfwear collections and other projects. She will also ...

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    Rip Curl helps Kathmandu’s sales to rise by 15%, but outlook is uncertain

    2021-09-22T15:51:00Z

    Kathmandu Holdings said in a preliminary annual report that its sales increase by 15.1 percent to 922.8 million New Zealand dollars (€551.4m-$646.6m) in the full year ended July 31, 2021, as its Rip Curl and Oboz brands benefitted from a boom in surfing and higher participation in hiking, respectively. Instead, ...

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    Brooke Farris becomes Rip Curl’s CEO

    2021-08-13T09:18:00Z

    Kathmandu Holdings has announced that Brooke Farris will assume the position of CEO of Rip Curl, effective Aug. 16, 2021. The appointment follows the previously announced promotion of Michael Daly, who has headed up Rip Curl for 19 years, to CEO and managing director of the whole group. In her ...

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    Kathmandu group issues a profit warning

    2021-07-07T16:39:05.540Z

    The new Covid-related retail lockdowns in Australia have negatively affected the profitability of Kathmandu Holdings, whose assets include Rip Curl. Its guidance for the financial year ending July 31 has been reduced to underlying Ebitda of 120 million New Zealand dollars (€71.3m-$84.1m) on revenues of NZ$ 930 million (€552m-$651m), which ...

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    Rip Curl CEO steps up to lead Kathmandu Group

    2021-05-19T10:26:00Z

    Kathmandu Holdings has appointed the CEO of the Rip Curl brand, Michael Daly, to head the whole group, which includes the Kathmandu, Rip Curl and Oboz brands. Daly replaces the former CEO and managing director, Xavier Simonet, who left the company on April 9 to take the helm at the ...

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    Rip Curl remains an engine of growth for Kathmandu

    2021-03-23T14:32:00Z

    Rip Curl continues to support the performance of Kathmandu Holdings. Acquired in October 2019, it allowed the Australian group to improve its revenues for the six months ended on Jan. 31, 2021, as it did before. The group’s total revenues progressed by 12.9 percent from the year-ago period to 410.7 ...