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SEGMENTS
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2026
SEGMENTS  
SEGMENTS

NOTE 10 – SEGMENTS

The Company’s reportable segments are business units that offer products through different channels of distribution. The Company has two reportable segments: wholesale operations and retail operations. The wholesale operations segment includes sales of products to retailers under owned, licensed and private label brands, as well as sales related to the Vilebrequin and Karl Lagerfeld businesses, including from retail stores operated by Vilebrequin and Karl Lagerfeld, other than sales of product under the Karl Lagerfeld Paris brand generated by the Company’s retail stores and digital platforms. Wholesale revenues also include revenues from license agreements related to trademarks associated with the Company’s owned brands. The retail operations segment consists primarily of direct sales to consumers through company operated stores, which consists primarily of DKNY and Karl Lagerfeld Paris stores, as well as the digital channels for DKNY,

Donna Karan, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, G.H. Bass and Wilsons Leather. Substantially all DKNY and Karl Lagerfeld Paris stores are operated as outlet stores in North America.

The Company determines its operating segments based on how the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) views and analyzes each segment’s operations and performance. The Company’s CODM is its Chief Executive Officer. The CODM utilizes operating profit or loss as the measure of segment profit or loss. The CODM uses operating profit or loss to determine resource allocation and operational decisions for matters including, but not limited to, compensation, advertising and facilities needs.

The following segment information is presented for the three month periods indicated below:

Three Months Ended April 30, 2026

  ​ ​ ​

Wholesale

  ​ ​ ​

Retail

  ​ ​ ​

Elimination (1)

  ​ ​ ​

Total

(In thousands)

Net sales

$

514,804

$

40,600

$

(19,442)

$

535,962

Cost of goods sold

186,557

(2)

21,101

(19,442)

188,216

Gross profit

328,247

19,499

347,746

Selling, general and administrative expenses:

Compensation

114,217

6,936

121,153

Facility fees

41,744

7,556

49,300

Advertising

32,113

3,157

35,270

Other segment items(3)

46,308

3,292

49,600

Total selling, general and administrative expenses

234,382

20,941

255,323

Depreciation and amortization

6,456

732

7,188

Operating profit (loss)

$

87,409

$

(2,174)

$

$

85,235

Three Months Ended April 30, 2025

  ​ ​ ​

Wholesale

  ​ ​ ​

Retail

  ​ ​ ​

Elimination (1)

  ​ ​ ​

Total

(In thousands)

Net sales

$

562,649

$

36,375

$

(15,415)

$

583,609

Cost of goods sold

335,565

16,915

(15,415)

337,065

Gross profit

227,084

19,460

246,544

Selling, general and administrative expenses:

Compensation

96,873

7,269

104,142

Facility fees

45,486

7,386

52,872

Advertising

28,172

3,433

31,605

Other segment items(3)

39,180

3,696

42,876

Total selling, general and administrative expenses

209,711

21,784

231,495

Depreciation and amortization

5,692

881

6,573

Operating profit (loss)

$

11,681

$

(3,205)

$

$

8,476

(1)Represents intersegment sales to the Company’s retail operations segment.
(2)The wholesale operations segment includes a $119.7 million reduction in cost of goods sold during the three months ended April 30, 2026 resulting from the tariff refund receivable. See Note 12 — Tariff Refund Receivable.
(3)Other segment items include design and product development costs, professional fees, office expenses, freight and packaging, allowance for doubtful account charges and other selling, general and administrative expenses.

The total net sales by licensed and proprietary product sales for each of the Company’s reportable segments are as follows:

Three Months Ended

  ​ ​ ​

April 30, 2026

  ​ ​ ​

April 30, 2025

(In thousands)

Licensed brands

$

162,960

$

199,060

Proprietary brands

351,844

363,589

Wholesale net sales

$

514,804

$

562,649

Proprietary brands

$

40,600

$

36,375

Retail net sales

$

40,600

$

36,375

The Company allocates overhead to its business segments on various bases, which include units shipped, space utilization, inventory levels and relative sales levels, among other factors. The method of allocation has been applied consistently on a period-to-period basis.

The total assets for each of the Company’s reportable segments, as well as assets not allocated to a segment, are as follows:

  ​ ​ ​

April 30, 2026

  ​ ​ ​

April 30, 2025

  ​ ​ ​

January 31, 2026

(In thousands)

Wholesale

$

1,485,217

$

1,489,257

$

1,549,760

Retail

93,710

94,998

87,769

Corporate

1,006,058

831,618

973,291

Total assets

$

2,584,985

$

2,415,873

$

2,610,820

Capital expenditures during the three months ended April 30, 2026 for the wholesale operations segment and retail operations segment were $7.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively. Capital expenditures during the three months ended April 30, 2025 for the wholesale operations segment and retail operations segment were $2.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively.