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Wednesday, 09 December 2020 13:54

G-lll Apparel Group logs $63 million profit in Q3

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The manufacturer and retailer, parent to the DKNY and Donna Karan brands, GII Apparel Group fell short on both top and bottom lines in its third quarter results, but still managed to log a $63 million profit.

The company — which also includes Vilebrequin, Eliza J, Jessica Howard, Andrew Marc and Marc New York in the greater portfolio, in addition to fashion licenses under the Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, Kenneth Cole, Cole Haan, Guess, Vince Camuto, Levi’s and Dockers brands — reported total revenues of $826 million for the three-month period ending October 31. Its quarterly profits were more than $63 million, compared with $95 million a year ago — and a $15 million loss in the second quarter.

A part of the loss in revenues was from recent or planned store closures. In September, the company closed all 110 Wilsons Leather and 89 G.H. Bass stores by the end of fiscal year 2021. Net sales in the retail operations segment for the two brands in the most recent quarter were $38 million, compared with nearly $60 million from a year ago, as a result.

G-lll Apparel ended the quarter with more than $149 million in cash and cash equivalents and $508 million in long-term debt. The company is expecting net sales to decline by about 30 percent in the current quarter, compared with last year’s results. Goldfarb added on the call that the company is also on track to save roughly $28 million annually thanks to a headcount reduction of more than 500 employees globally.