American Apparel Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results
On November 14, 2013, American Apparel Inc., a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor and retailer of branded fashion-basic apparel, announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2013.
Financial Performance Summary for the three and nine months ended September 2013
- For the three months ended September 30, 2013, net sales increased 1 percent to $164.5 million on a 2 percent increase in comparable store sales and a 2 percent increase in wholesale net sales.
- For the three months ended September 30, 2013, adjusted EBITDA was $3.8 million vs. $13.3 million in the 2012 third quarter.
- For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, net sales increased 5 percent to $464.8 million on a 5 percent increase in comparable store sales and 6 percent increase in wholesale net sales.
- For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, adjusted EBITDA was $11.0 million vs. $18.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2012.
- A substantial majority of the decrease in adjusted EBITDA for each period was a result of transition and start-up costs associated with the conversion to the company's new distribution center (see Company Outlook and EBITDA Guidance Reconciliation below).
According to John Luttrell, chief financial officer of American Apparel, Inc., "Our lower EBITDA performance was substantially impacted by events surrounding the transition to and opening of our new distribution center. However, we believe that these issues are now substantially behind us, and although there will be some remaining transition costs in the fourth quarter of 2013, we do not anticipate that these transition and start-up costs will negatively affect our financial performance in 2014.
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