KMD - Kathmandu

CJ · 26-12-2011, 03:29 PM

I have noticed Macpac setting up their own stores recently. They also seem to have quit a few sales on - not as much as KMD but more than end of summer/winter sales.

I am not an investor but if I was, it would be interesting to know if KMD manly sold cloths or a good mixture of equipment. If the later, I would expect the lead in to Winter to be big for them as people buy warm/wet weather gear. If camping equipment was a big component, then a slow period into Christmas would be seen as a very bad sign.

Corporate · 26-12-2011, 05:35 PM

I've had a look around three KMD stores during the Christmas period and I must say they seem dead. I really expected to see more people buying!

Compare this to JBHifi. The Willis street store today was manic! The line to the counter was longer than the girls toilets at a festival. TV's were being carried out of the store like i'd never seen!

**ratkin** · 27-12-2011, 05:05 AM

Katmandu dont seem to sell much serious gear. The rea;l hardcore adventurer people would buy from elsewhere.

I suspect Katmandu rely more on good weather than a good xmas. They need all the masses to go camping. When they first started up people flocked to their massive sales thinking they were getting a bargain. However the public soon saw through it and realised that most the sales were misleading

Corporate · 27-12-2011, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by ratkin

Katmandu dont seem to sell much serious gear. The rea;l hardcore adventurer people would buy from elsewhere.

I suspect Katmandu rely more on good weather than a good xmas. They need all the masses to go camping. When they first started up people flocked to their massive sales thinking they were getting a bargain. However the public soon saw through it and realised that most the sales were misleading

Your right. I don't buy anything from KMD unless I'm getting 40-50% off. Which in reality is about 20% off..