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Jockey Q4 profit dip 20 per cent as margins come down

In the fourth quarter, Jockey’s profit declined 20.4 per cent. Margins have contracted by 4.4 per cent. The weak trend is expected to continue as the management has not yet seen a pick-up in the ongoing quarter. The extent of weakness in the company is high compared to peers despite the company increasing prices by five per cent across product...

Fashion

Jockey unveils Jockey Signature at Dillards

Underwear and apparel brand Jockey has launched Jockey Signature, a premium line of underwear and tops with elevated fabrics and refined styling which is available exclusively at Dillard's and Jockey.com. The Jockey Signature brand will first feature the Modern Mix collection for women and four distinct men's collections launching in mid-August....

Retail

Jockey on expansion mode, targets doubling

Innerwear brand Jockey India plans to double production capacity to 400 million pieces per annum in the next three years. As the brand expands in the country, it is looking to double production capacity from current 200 million pieces per annum to 400 million pieces by 2020, says Page Industries Managing Director Sunder Genomal. As price-points...

Retail

Jockey India looking to boost production and increase retail footprint

Jockey India is planning to double its manufacturing capacity to 400 million pieces annually by the year 2020. At present, the company manufactures around 200 million pieces at its 17 production facilities in Karnataka. Jockey India is the subsidiary of the US-based Jockey International a manufacturer and retailer of underwear, sleepwear for...

Retail

Jockey ropes in World Wide Open for digital media

World Wide Open (WWO) has bagged the digital media duties for innerwear brand Jockey through a multi-agency pitch. The agency will provide brand consulting solutions related to media planning, media buying and content creation. Creative mandate for the brand has been assigned to Pink Lemonade. Jockey is one of the most popular brands across 143...

Apparel

Jockey keeps its focus on briefs

Moving away from the trend of roping in celebs to endorse a men’s innerwear brand, Jockey from Page Apparels has been highlightingits product through ad campaigns. Focusing on its briefs, the company recently launched an integrated campaign by L&K Saatchi & Saatchi that continues to highlight its established positioning of 'Jockey or Nothing'....

Apparel

Cartica Capital buys 2.5 percent stake in Jockey innerwear

Cartica Capital has picked another 2.5 percent stake in Page Industries, the licensed manufacturer of Jockey brand of innerwear in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. The stake was picked up for Rs 168 crores (27.5 million dollars). Cartica Capital picked up 2.8 lakh at an average price of Rs 6,000 per share on NSE. Of the total, 69,723...

Apparel

Page Industries net sales increase to Rs 308.50 cr

Page Industries has clocked in a net sales/income from operations of Rs 308.50 crores for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 as against Rs 222.02 crores for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. The net profit/ (loss) was Rs 43.10 crores for the quarter under review. The company has reported an EPS of Rs 38.65 for the quarter as compared to Rs 29.37 for...

Apparel

Page Industries Q4 profits up 38.5 percent

For the fourth quarter of FY 2013, Page Industries reported a healthy set of numbers, in-line with estimates of Angel Broking firm. The company's top-line grew by 35.5 percent year-on-year to Rs 209 crores, against firm’s estimate of Rs 201 crores for the quarter. The EBITDA margin for the quarter expanded by 190 basic points year-on-year at...

Apparel

Page Industries net profit up 27.80 percent in Q3

Page Industries, the exclusive licensees of Jockey International (USA) in India, has posted net profits of Rs 254.208 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 as compared to Rs 198.912 million for same quarter last year, an increase of 27.80 percent. Total income was at Rs 2161.733 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 whereas...

Apparel

Jockey collection added to Yebhi.com

E-shopping portal Yebhi.com has added Jockey men’s underwear to their site. Jockey is known for its stylish and comfortable innerwear range made from fabrics like acrylic, elastane, cotton, flannel, rayon, silicone and polypropylene serves the purpose of satisfying human need for comfort and fashion. Commenting on the tie-up, Manmohan Agarwal,...

Apparel

Jockey hunts for new creative partner

Page Industries, the exclusive licensee of Jockey International Inc in India, is hunting for a new creative partner for the innerwear and leisurewear brand. By invitation only, pitch presentation to bag the prestigious account is currently on in Bangalore. Earlier in 2009, Mudra was given the task of creating an ad campaign for the brand and the...