The deal with New Zealand outdoor clothing group Kathmandu means Australia's three best-known surfwear brands - Billabong, Quiksilver and Rip Curl - will all be foreign labels.

KMD Brands posts grim figures two months on from Rip Curl boycott calls: 'Lack of connection with target consumers’ An investor presentation reveals that the famous surf brand experienced a ...

Surf brand Rip Curl snapped up by Kathmandu in £192m takeover The New Zealand-based group says netting the surfwear firm will expand its global presence and give it a "seasonal balance".

Iconic surf brand Rip Curl takes chill off Kathmandu’s winter woes Adventure clothing retailer Kathmandu is stoked by its purchase of iconic brand Rip Curl, saying more people took up surfing ...

Australians are calling for a national boycott of iconic surf brand Rip Curl for using a transgender woman in their social media accounts, as the brand backtracks in response.

KMD Brands, owner of retail chain Kathmandu and surfwear brand Rip Curl, has posted more than a billion dollars in sales for the first time as it enjoyed the first full year of trading ...

The owners of Rip Curl has suffered hefty a blow in the first half of the financial year, with recent calls for a boycott of the surfing brand set to hit finances even harder.