Quicksilver on Friday announced operating results for the third quarter ended July 31, increased 7% to $564.9 million, from $528.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2007. Robert B. McKnight, Jr., President of Quiksilver, Inc., commented, “Our performance overall was <\/p>\n
in-line with our expectations and we are relatively pleased to deliver results in this range given the negative trends we’ve all witnessed during the quarter in the retail environment. <\/p>\n
Our gross margins benefited from a higher proportion of our revenues coming from Europe and from our retail stores than in the same quarter a year ago and we again achieved some improvements in sourcing margins. At the same time, this business mix drove our expense ratio higher, and a weaker performance at retail, together with conservative ordering by our wholesale customers, led to some deleveraging of expenses.” All segments have been adjusted to reflect the discontinued operations classification of our Rossignol wintersports equipment and apparel business. The Americas, Europe and Asia\/Pacific segments each include operations of our Quiksilver, Roxy, DC and other apparel brand businesses. Net revenues in Europe increased 25% during the third quarter of fiscal 2008 to $232.0 million from $185.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2007. <\/p>\n
Approximately $28.6 million of Europe’s increase was attributable to the positive effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Quiksilver is the world’s leading outdoor sports lifestyle company, and is sold in over 90 countries. The Company’s apparel and footwear brands represent a casual lifestyle for young-minded people that connect with its boardriding culture and heritage. The reputation of Quiksilver’s brands is based on different outdoor sports. The Company’s Quiksilver, Roxy, DC and Hawk brands are synonymous with the heritage and culture of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding, and its beach and water oriented swimwear brands include Raisins, Radio Fiji and Leilani. www.quicksilver.com<\/p>\n
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Quicksilver on Friday announced operating results for the third quarter ended July 31, increased 7% to $564.9 million, from $528.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2007. Robert B. McKnight, Jr., President of Quiksilver, Inc., commented, “Our performance overall was in-line with our expectations and we are relatively pleased to deliver results in this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}