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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 ...

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    Rip Curl to sponsor the World Surf League

    2021-03-02T17:04:00Z

    Rip Curl will be sponsoring the World Surf League (WSL) Finals for the next three years. The single-day, winner-take-all tournament – taking place at Lower Trestles, in San Clemente, California – pits against one another the top five surfers from the Championship Tour (CT) rankings, in male and female divisions. ...

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    Rip Curl continues to support Kathmandu’s performance

    2021-02-12T17:49:00Z

    The acquisition of Rip Curl in October 2019 was a good move for Kathmandu Holdings. In a preliminary trading update, the Australian group said that its revenues for the six months ended on Jan. 31, 2021, progressed by 12 percent from the year-ago period, as Rip Curl’s strong performance offset ...

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    Rip Curl extends sponsorship of Gabriel Medina

    2020-12-07T17:15:00Z

    Rip Curl has extended by another five years its sponsorship of Gabriel Medina, the two-time surfing world champion. Their arrangement has lasted 12 years so far. This year’s World Surfing Tour has been cancelled over Covid-19, but the Billabong Pipe Masters competition remains scheduled for Dec. 8. Medina will also ...

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    Kathmandu’s revenues keep surging thanks to Rip Curl

    2020-11-26T17:14:00Z

    After registering record sales for its financial year ended on July 31, boosted by the acquisition of Rip Curl in October 2019, Kathmandu Holdings kept the momentum going during the start of its new financial year. In a trading update, the company said that its revenues for the first fiscal ...

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    Kathmandu benefits from Rip Curl and online sales

    2020-10-23T15:38:00Z

    It was the acquisition of Rip Curl that helped Kathmandu Holdings to raise its total sales by 48.7 percent to 801.5 million New Zealand dollars in the “transformational” financial year ended on July 30, with the action sports brand contributing sales of NZ$ 315.7 million (€178.2m-$210.6m) in the first nine ...

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    Rip Curl saves Kathmandu saleswise, recovers strongly

    2020-09-25T13:56:00Z

    Kathmandu Holdings scored record sales for its financial year ended on July 31 2020, boosted by the acquisition of Rip Curl during the period. The group’s revenues soared by 48.7 percent to 801.5 million New Zealand dollars (€451.6m-$526.8m), with Rip Curl accounting for 40 percent of the total turnover, but ...

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    Online sales support Kathmandu and Rip Curl

    2020-07-08T13:23:00Z

    Kathmandu Holdings told investors that it expects a 30 percent drop in adjusted Ebitda for the current financial year, in spite of strong online sales during the recent corona-related retail lockdowns in Australia and double-digit sales increases overall after its stores reopened. While it is still more than half way ...

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    Kathmandu’s sales jump by 52% on Rip Curl’s acquisition

    2020-04-02T10:51:00Z

    Kathmandu Holdings had record sales and profit for the first half of its financial year, ended on Jan. 31 2020, boosted by the acquisition of Rip Curl during the period. Revenues were also driven by a good performance by its New Zealand business and robust sales at Oboz, the American ...