kmd asx kmd industry retail founded 1987 in christchurch new zealand ; 29 years ago founders jan cameron and john pawson headquarters christchurch new zealand area served new zealand australia united kingdom products outdoor and travel apparel gear and accessories website www.kathmandu.co.nz one of the flagship stores in auckland . kathmandu holdings limited is a transnational chain of retail stores selling travel and adventure outdoor apparel and equipment . kathmandu is a leading retailer of clothing and equipment for travel and adventure in new zealand australia and the uk . kathmandu was founded by john pawson 1 2 3 and jan cameron in 1987 following their sale of the alp sports clothing label . the company set up its first retail outlets in australia whilst manufacturing most of its original clothing range in new zealand . bernard wicht owner of alpine accoutrements had been the main manufacturer for alp sports but continued to manufacture for kathmandu and also partnered with penny hazard to set up the bivouac chain of stores in new zealand . in 1992 kathmandu having established a strong operation in australia with stores in sydney melbourne brisbane and canberra re entered the new zealand retail marketplace purchasing alps sports from its receivers and brought bernard wicht in as the third shareholder joining the two existing shareholders john pawson and jan cameron . kathmandu currently has 137 stores ; 45 in new zealand 87 in australia and 5 in the united kingdom as at the end of april 2013 . the company was in 2006 fully acquired by an australasian private equity company for nz 275 million after the reclusive founder had previously sold the other half of her business . bernard was the owner of both the fairydown and macpac brands until 2015 . 4 kathmandu was listed on the australian and new zealand stock exchanges in november 2009 . 5 references edit man killed on mountain co founder of kathmandu . the southland times . 29 november 2008 . haggart matthew 4 december 2008 . funeral for kathmandu founder . otago daily times . shepheard nicola 30 november 2008 . tragedy ends a great day . the new zealand herald . dann liam 15 september 2006 . kathmandu clothing founder quits business for 275m . the new zealand herald . retrieved 8 october 2011 . slade maria 11 november 2009 . aussies kathmandu kiwis kathmandon t . the new zealand herald . retrieved 8 october 2011 . external links edit media related to kathmandu company at wikimedia commons kathmandu new zealand website kathmandu au australia website kathmandu uk uk website kathmandu holdings investor website v t e nzx 50 companies of new zealand as of september 19 2016 a2 milk company air new zealand anz argosy property auckland international airport chorus coats contact energy ebos fisher & paykel healthcare fletcher building fonterra shareholders fund freightways genesis energy goodman property trust heartland bank infratil kathmandu kiwi property mainfreight mercury energy meridian energy metlifecare metro performance glass nuplex nzx new zealand refining orion health group port of tauranga precinct properties property for industry restaurant brands ryman healthcare scales skycity entertainment sky network television spark stride property summerset tower trade me trustpower vector vista vital healthcare property trust the warehouse westpac xero z energy former nzx 50 companies partial list affco amp apn news & media cavalier diligent corporation fisher & paykel appliances goodman fielder lion nathan michael hill oceanagold pacific edge pgg wrightson pike river coal pumpkin patch rakon skellerup steel & tube telstra tourism holdings retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kathmandu company & oldid 741192795 categories retail companies of australiacompanies of new zealandcompanies listed on the australian securities exchangecompanies listed on the new zealand stock exchangenew zealand brandsoutdoor clothing brandsfishing manufacturers and suppliershidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 00 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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