The Canadian clothing provider Aritzia delivered a strong financial performance in the 2025 financial year, which reflects significant improvements in sales growth and profitability in both retail and e-commerce.
The company announced an increase in net sales in the fourth quarter of 31.3 percent to $ 895.1 million in Canadian dollars (572.2 million euros). Adjusted around the additional week in the fourth quarter of the 2024 financial year, this growth is 38 percent. Comparable sales rose by 26 percent. Aritzia generated sales of $ 2.67 billion for the entire financial year, which corresponds to an increase of 15 percent compared to the previous year.
“Our results for the fourth quarter and the entire financial year 2025 underline the strength of our business and the growing affinity for the Aritzia brand. Underpaying our range of beautiful products, the optimized warehouses and strategic marketing investments, we have fueled the accelerated dynamics in e-commerce and further implemented our expansion strategy in the real estate sector, including the opening of our iconic Flagship stores in the Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, ”said Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jennifer Wong.
Expansion in the United States drives sales growth
The company recorded strong performance in particular on the US market, whereby net sales rose by 48.5 percent to $ 548 million. The US market thus accounts for over 61 percent of the company’s total sales.
Retail sales rose by 24.2 percent to $ 517.1 million, while e-commerce sales rose by 42.4 percent to $ 378.1 million, which corresponds to 42.2 percent of total sales in the quarter.
The profitability indicators also showed a significant improvement. The company reported an increase in the adjusted result before interest, taxes and depreciation (EBITDA) by $ 121.8 percent to $ 160.9 million. The adjusted net profit rose by 156.5 percent to $ 98 million.
Aritzia strategically continued its expansion in the USA and opened twelve new boutiques and re-positioned three more, including a flagship store in the Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Confident outlook for the 2026 financial year despite macroeconomic challenges
Regardless of potential macroeconomic head winds, including changing customs policies, Aritzia remains optimistic about his short -term development. “We continue to see a strong dynamic in the first quarter of the 2026 financial year, which is fueled by a positive customer response to our spring/summer product and our optimized warehouse,” added Wong. “We have a healthy balance and are well positioned in order to master the developing macroeconomic conditions and at the same time consistently promote our most important growth levers.”
For the first quarter of the 2026 financial year, Aritzia expects net sales of 620 million Canadian dollars, which corresponds to growth of around 24 to 28 percent. The company expects the adjusted EBITDA to be around 14 percent as a percentage of net sales.
For the 2026 financial year, the company predicts net sales of 3.05 billion to 3.25 billion Canadian dollars, which corresponds to growth of around 11 to 19 percent including the contribution from retail expansion with at least twelve new boutiques and five boutique re-expositioning. Ten new boutiques and two repositioning are expected to take place in the United States, the rest in Canada. Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales is expected to be around 14 percent to 15 percent.
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