Item 1. Business
Item 1. Business
Our Company
Capri Holdings Limited (“Capri”) is a global fashion luxury group consisting of iconic, founder-led brands Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors. Our commitment to glamorous style and craftsmanship is at the heart of each of our luxury brands. We have built our reputation on designing exceptional, innovative products that cover the full spectrum of fashion luxury categories. Our strength lies in the unique DNA and heritage of each of our brands, the diversity and passion of our people and our dedication to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Brands
Versace
Our Versace brand has long been recognized as one of the world’s leading international fashion design houses and is synonymous with Italian glamour and style. Founded in 1978 in Milan, Versace is known for its iconic and unmistakable style and unparalleled craftsmanship. Over the past several decades, the House of Versace has grown globally from its roots in haute couture, expanding into the design, manufacturing, distribution and retailing of ready-to-wear, accessories, footwear, eyewear, watches, jewelry, fragrance and home furnishings. Versace’s design team is led by Donatella Versace, who has been the brand’s Artistic Director for over 20 years. Versace distributes its products through a worldwide distribution network, which includes boutiques in some of the world’s most fashionable cities, its e-commerce sites, as well as through the most prestigious department and specialty stores worldwide.
Jimmy Choo
Our Jimmy Choo brand offers a distinctive, glamorous and fashion-forward product range, enabling it to develop into a leading global luxury accessories brand, whose core product offering is women’s luxury shoes, complemented by accessories, including handbags, small leather goods, jewelry, scarves and belts, as well as men’s luxury shoes and accessories. In addition, certain categories, including fragrance and eyewear, are produced under licensing agreements. Jimmy Choo’s design team is led by Sandra Choi, who has been the Creative Director for the brand since its inception in 1996. Jimmy Choo products are unique, instinctively seductive and chic. The brand offers classic and timeless luxury products, alongside innovative collections that are intended to set and lead fashion trends. Jimmy Choo is represented through its global store network, its e-commerce sites, as well as through the most prestigious department and specialty stores worldwide.
Michael Kors
Our Michael Kors brand was launched over 40 years ago by Michael Kors, a world-renowned designer, whose vision has taken the Company from its beginnings as an American luxury sportswear house to a global accessories, ready-to-wear and footwear company with a global distribution network that has presence in over 100 countries through Company-operated retail stores and e-commerce sites, leading department stores, specialty stores and select licensing partners. Michael Kors is a highly recognized luxury fashion brand in the Americas and Europe with growing brand awareness in other international markets. Michael Kors features distinctive designs, materials and craftsmanship that combines stylish elegance and a sporty attitude. Michael Kors offers three primary collections: the Michael Kors Collection line, the MICHAEL Michael Kors line and the Michael Kors Mens line. The Michael Kors Collection establishes the aesthetic authority of the entire brand and is carried by select retail stores, our e-commerce sites, as well as in the finest luxury department stores in the world. MICHAEL Michael Kors has a strong focus on accessories, in addition to offering ready-to-wear and footwear. We have also been developing our men’s business in recognition of the significant opportunity afforded by the Michael Kors brand’s established fashion authority
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and the expanding men’s market. Taken together, our Michael Kors collections target a broad customer base while retaining our premium luxury image.
Our Segments
We operate in three reportable segments as follows:
• Versace — accounted for approximately 20% of our total revenue in Fiscal 2024 and includes worldwide sales of Versace products through 236 retail stores (including concessions) and e-commerce sites, through wholesale doors (including multi-brand stores), as well as through product and geographic licensing arrangements.
• Jimmy Choo — accounted for approximately 12% of our total revenue in Fiscal 2024 and includes worldwide sales of Jimmy Choo products through 234 retail stores (including concessions) and e-commerce sites, through wholesale doors (including multi-brand stores), as well as through product and geographic licensing arrangements.
• Michael Kors — accounted for approximately 68% of our total revenue in Fiscal 2024 and includes worldwide sales of Michael Kors products through 769 retail stores (including concessions) and e-commerce sites, through wholesale doors, as well as through product and geographic licensing arrangements.
In addition to these reportable segments, we have certain corporate costs that are not directly attributable to our brands and, therefore, are not allocated to its segments. Such costs primarily include certain administrative, corporate occupancy, shared service and information systems expenses, including enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system implementation costs and Capri transformation program costs. In addition, certain other costs are not allocated to segments, including Merger related costs, impairment charges, the impact of the war in Ukraine, restructuring and other expense and COVID-19 related expenses. The segment structure is consistent with how the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) plans and allocates resources, manages the business and assesses performance. All intercompany revenues are eliminated in consolidation and are not reviewed when evaluating segment performance. For additional financial information regarding our segments and corporate unallocated expenses, see Note 20 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Industry
We operate in the global personal luxury goods industry. In 2023, the global personal luxury goods market grew 8% at constant exchange rates, reaching an estimated $390 billion. The market is predicted to increase at a 6-7% compound annual growth rate between 2023 and 2030 to approximately $600 billion. Future growth will be driven by e-commerce, Chinese consumers and younger generations. By 2030, Bain* studies estimate that approximately 30% of personal luxury goods sales will occur online, Chinese consumers will represent approximately 35-40% of total global personal luxury goods sales and Gen Z and Alpha, combined, will make up approximately one-third of the market. As the personal luxury goods market continues to evolve, Capri is committed to designing exceptional, innovative products that cover the full spectrum of fashion luxury categories, increasing customer engagement initiatives across all three brands and tailoring merchandise to customer shopping and communication preferences as part of our growth strategy.
* Bain – Altagamma Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study, Fall 2023 (November 15, 2023). Bain Altagamma estimates market sizes in Euros which have been converted to US dollars. These studies were prepared by Bain & Company and Altagamma and can be obtained free of charge or at a nominal cost by contacting Bain & Company’s media contacts. While we believe that each of these studies and publications are reliable, we have not independently verified market and industry data from third-party sources.
Geographic Information
We generate revenue globally through our three reportable segments, as described above. We sell our Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors products through retail and wholesale channels in three principal geographic markets: the Americas (United States, Canada and Latin America), EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Asia (Asia and Oceania). We also have wholesale arrangements pursuant to which we sell products to geographic licensees. In addition, we have licensing agreements through which we license to third-parties the use of our Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors brand names and trademarks, certain production rights and sales and/or distribution rights with respect to our brands.
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The following table details our revenue by segment and geographic location (in millions):
Fiscal Years Ended
March 30,
2024 April 1,
2023 April 2,
2022
Versace - the Americas $ 338 $ 408 $ 408
Versace - EMEA 444 468 425
Versace - Asia 248 230 255
Total Versace revenue 1,030 1,106 1,088
Jimmy Choo - the Americas 176 196 175
Jimmy Choo - EMEA 266 255 229
Jimmy Choo - Asia 176 182 209
Total Jimmy Choo revenue 618 633 613
Michael Kors - the Americas 2,298 2,616 2,627
Michael Kors - EMEA 791 819 835
Michael Kors - Asia 433 445 491
Total Michael Kors revenue 3,522 3,880 3,953
Total - the Americas 2,812 3,220 3,210
Total - EMEA 1,501 1,542 1,489
Total - Asia 857 857 955
Total revenue $ 5,170 $ 5,619 $ 5,654
Competitive Strengths
We believe that the following strengths differentiate us from our competitors:
Global Fashion Luxury Group Led by a World-Class Management Team and Renowned Designers . We are a global fashion luxury group, consisting of three iconic brands defined by fashion luxury products with a reputation for world-class design and innovation. The design leadership of our founder-designers Donatella Versace, Sandra Choi and Michael Kors is a unique advantage that we possess. Our founder-led design teams are supported by our senior management team with extensive experience across a broad range of disciplines in the retail industry, including design, sales, marketing, public relations, merchandising, real estate, supply chain and finance. With an average of 26 years of experience in the retail industry, including at a number of public companies, and an average of 22 years of experience with our brands, our senior management team has strong creative and operational experience and a successful track record.
For over 20 years, Donatella Versace has been Versace’s Artistic Director, molding Versace’s iconic style. A true visionary with an intuition for how to blend fashion, design and culture, Donatella continues to honor the rich and storied Versace heritage founded in 1978, while constantly evolving and adapting the luxury house to ensure the brand’s continued relevance. Donatella’s most recent collections for Versace are a testament to her bold and fearless design vision that celebrate Versace’s Italian heritage and unapologetic glamour. Versace designs are often worn by the world’s most famous celebrities.
Jimmy Choo’s design team is led by Sandra Choi, who has been the Creative Director for the Jimmy Choo brand since its inception in 1996. Jimmy Choo products are glamourous and daring. The Jimmy Choo brand offers classic and timeless luxury products, alongside innovative collections that are intended to set and lead fashion trends. Jimmy Choo’s products have a strong red carpet presence and are often worn by global celebrities.
The Michael Kors brand was launched over 40 years ago by Michael Kors, a world-renowned designer, who is responsible for conceptualizing and directing the design of our Michael Kors brand products. We believe that the Michael Kors brand name has become synonymous with luxurious fashion that is timeless and elegant, expressed through the brand’s sophisticated accessories and ready-to-wear collections. Each of our Michael Kors brand collections exemplifies a glamorous lifestyle and features high quality designs, materials and craftsmanship. Michael Kors has received a number of awards, which
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recognize the contribution he and his team have made to the fashion industry and our Company. Some of the most widely recognized global trendsetters and celebrities wear our Michael Kors brand collections.
Expertise in the Accessories Category. We have strong group expertise in accessories. The strength of our Michael Kors Collection and our MICHAEL Michael Kors line have allowed us to expand our brand awareness and position Michael Kors as one of the leading global luxury brands in the accessories product categories. Capitalizing on the success of our accessories product category, we continue to further develop the accessories businesses for Jimmy Choo and Versace, bringing our accessories expertise, including our product category knowledge, our merchandising best practices and our substantial group buying power to these brands. Our goal is to increase Versace’s women’s and men’s accessories penetration from approximately 20% of revenues in Fiscal 2024 to 50% of Versace’s revenues over time and to increase Jimmy Choo’s women’s accessories penetration from approximately 20% of revenues in Fiscal 2024 to 30% of Jimmy Choo’s revenues over time.
Exceptional Retail Store Footprint. Versace operates in three primary retail formats: boutiques, outlet and e-commerce. We operated 236 Versace retail stores as of March 30, 2024 in some of the most fashionable cities and the most sought-after shopping destinations around the world. During Fiscal 2024, we completed renovations at approximately 75% of our Versace retail stores to incorporate our new store design and have continued with these renovations in Fiscal 2025. Versace’s products are distributed worldwide through a global network of highly specialized stores, which average approximately 2,900 gross square feet. In addition, we operate Versace e-commerce sites in the United States, Europe and China (covering 90 countries worldwide).
We operated 234 Jimmy Choo retail stores as of March 30, 2024, in some of the most premier locations worldwide. Jimmy Choo retail stores, comprised of full-price stores and outlets, average approximately 1,500 gross square feet. In addition, we operate Jimmy Choo e-commerce sites in the United States, certain parts of Europe, Japan, China, Australia and Korea.
We operated 769 Michael Kors stores as of March 30, 2024 with four primary retail formats: collection stores, lifestyle stores, outlet stores and e-commerce sites. Michael Kors collection stores are located in some of the world’s most prestigious shopping areas and average approximately 2,900 gross square feet in size. The Michael Kors lifestyle stores are located in some of the world’s most frequented metropolitan shopping locations and leading regional shopping centers, and average approximately 2,700 gross square feet in size. We also extend our reach to additional consumer groups through our outlet stores, which average approximately 4,500 gross square feet in size. In addition, we also operate Michael Kors e-commerce sites in North America, China, Japan, South Korea, certain parts of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Oceania.
World-class Omni and CRM Capabilities. We have omni-channel capabilities from best-in-class digital platforms to state-of-the-art distribution facilities globally, which we leverage across businesses. We will continue to implement omni-channel capabilities throughout our businesses, we have begun leveraging our distribution centers globally to serve multiple brands.
Strong Relationships with Premier Department Stores . We partner with leading wholesale customers, such as Bloomindale’s, Macy’s, Dillard’s and Saks Fifth Avenue in North America, as well as Galeries Lafayette, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Printemps and Selfridges in Europe. These relationships enable us to access large numbers of our key consumers in a targeted manner. Our “shop-in-shops” have specially trained staff, as well as customized fixtures, wall casings, decorative items, flooring and provide department store consumers with a more personalized shopping experience than traditional retail department store configurations. We have engaged with our wholesale customers on various initiatives and have continued to enter into supply chain partnerships designed to increase the speed at which our luxury fashion products reach the ultimate consumer. For Michael Kors, we continue to optimize deliveries with the intent to drive more full-price sell-through in the wholesale channel.
Business Strategy
Our goal is to continue to create long-term shareholder value by increasing our revenue and profits and strengthening our global brands. We also believe that sound environmental and social policies are both ethically correct and fiscally responsible. To that end, we are committed to improving the way we work in order to better the world in which we live. We plan to achieve our business strategy by focusing on the following strategic initiatives:
Leverage group expertise and capabilities. We will continue to leverage our group expertise in accessories and footwear to fuel growth across our portfolio of brands, implementing the best practices from our Michael Kors core accessories business to our Versace and Jimmy Choo brands. We will also continue to prioritize the development of our e-commerce platforms and omni-channel capabilities for our brands, leveraging our broad expertise and capabilities in this area. We see a number of opportunities to create long-term operational synergies as we combine our global competencies and footprint. These
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synergies will be primarily focused on opportunities in our supply chain, information systems, back office support and manufacturing.
Continue to increase our presence in Asia. We plan to continue to diversify our group’s global footprint with an emphasis on the Asia market, where we believe each of our three brands continue to have the potential to significantly grow market share in the region.
Continue to execute our strategies to grow Versace. We plan to grow the Versace business to at least $2 billion in revenues over time. To achieve this goal, we plan to build on Versace’s iconic brand codes - Barocco, La Medusa and La Greca. Additionally, we will capitalize on Versace’s high brand awareness through bold and engaging consumer communication. We also plan to expand and elevate Versace’s distribution by accelerating e-commerce and omni-channel capabilities, increasing our global retail footprint to 300 retail stores and continuing to renovate the remainder of the store fleet. Finally, we plan to leverage our group’s expertise to expand Versace’s women’s and men’s accessories to 50% of the brand’s revenues over time, while maintaining Versace’s authoritative presence in women’s and men’s ready-to-wear.
Continue to execute on our strategies to grow Jimmy Choo. We plan to continue to implement our growth strategies for Jimmy Choo with a goal of reaching $1 billion in revenues over time. Our overarching strategy is rooted in reinforcing the brand’s glamorous DNA through client experience and communications, as well as through product – from formal to casual, across accessories and footwear. Additionally, we plan to expand Jimmy Choo’s distribution by accelerating e-commerce and omni-channel developments and investing in our global retail footprint in the most fashionable shopping destinations around the world. We also have a significant opportunity to increase women’s accessories to approximately 30% of Jimmy Choo’s revenue over time by expanding the breadth of new collections. At the same time, we plan to continue to grow footwear sales by capitalizing on the success of glamour while expanding our fashion active and casual offerings.
Continue to leverage the strength of Michael Kors, which remains the foundation for our fashion luxury group. Our goal is to continue to elevate Michael Kors to become a stronger and more profitable brand. We are capitalizing on high brand awareness and consumer engagement by embracing Michael Kors heritage through a modern lens. Reinforcing our highly recognizable brand codes including the MK monogram and MK hardware across all product categories remains a core growth strategy. In accessories, we continue to refresh and celebrate brand icons while evolving styles with newness. Additionally, we plan to grow our men’s business by leading with accessories and maximizing our brand codes. Our strategy to enhance customer experience by expanding our omni-channel capabilities also remains a key priority. Finally, we plan to double Michael Kors revenue in Asia over time.
Execute on our corporate social responsibility strategy. We strive to foster a future where both people and the planet are cared for, and we believe that ethical business practices and giving back are critical to our success. Our corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy focuses on four foundational pillars – Our Governance, Our World, Our Community and Our Philanthropy. We continue to take steps to advance our CSR strategy and to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Our key sustainability goals, our plans for getting there, and an update on the progress we have made can be found in our annual CSR report located at www.capriholdings.com/CSR. The content on this website and the content in our CSR reports are not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or in any other report or document we file with the SEC.
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Collections and Products
Our total revenue by major product category is as follows (in millions):
Fiscal Years Ended
March 30,
2024 % of
Total April 1,
2023 % of
Total April 2,
2022 % of
Total
Accessories $ 2,570 49.7% $ 2,826 50.3% $ 2,901 51.3%
Footwear 1,151 22.3% 1,217 21.7% 1,208 21.4%
Apparel 965 18.7% 1,107 19.7% 1,027 18.2%
Licensed product 230 4.4% 222 4.0% 241 4.3%
Licensing revenue 219 4.2% 211 3.8% 212 3.7%
Other 35 0.7% 36 0.5% 65 1.1%
Total revenue $ 5,170 $ 5,619 $ 5,654
Versace
Versace is one of the leading international fashion design houses, representing the brand’s creative vision through a wide range of products. From haute-couture to ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories and home decor, Versace delivers a unique lifestyle that welcomes customers in its elegant yet glamorous universe. Generally, Versace’s haute couture retails up to $250,000, ready-to-wear retails from $200 to $15,000, accessories retail from $100 to $4,000 and footwear retail from $350 to $3,000.
Certain product categories, such as Versace Jeans Couture, eyewear, fragrances, jewelry, watches and home furnishings, are produced under product licensing agreements. Swinger SA is the exclusive licensee for Versace Jeans Couture, Luxottica is the exclusive licensee for Versace eyewear, EuroItalia is the exclusive licensee for Versace fragrances, Vertime is the exclusive licensee for Versace watches and Poltrona Frau is the exclusive licensee for Versace home furnishings. Generally, Versace Jeans Couture retail from $75 to $1,300, Versace eyewear retails from $280 to $700, Versace fragrances retail from $50 to $330, Versace watches retail from $490 to $9,000 and Versace home furnishings, which include a variety of products, generally retail from $850 to $100,000.
Jimmy Choo
Jimmy Choo is a leading global luxury accessories brand offering a distinctive, glamorous and fashion-forward product range, whose core product offering is women’s luxury shoes, complemented by accessories, including handbags, small leather goods, jewelry, scarves and belts, as well as a men’s luxury shoes and accessories business. Generally, Jimmy Choo women’s and men’s luxury shoes retail from $400 to $6,000 and accessories retail from $200 to $6,000.
Certain product categories, including Jimmy Choo fragrance and eyewear, are produced under product licensing agreements. Interparfums SA is the exclusive licensee for Jimmy Choo fragrances and beauty and EssilorLuxottica SA is the exclusive licensee for Jimmy Choo eyewear. Generally, Jimmy Choo fragrances and beauty retail from $50 to $220 and Jimmy Choo eyewear retails from $300 to $600.
Michael Kors
Michael Kors has three primary collections that offer accessories, footwear and apparel: Michael Kors Collection, MICHAEL Michael Kors and Michael Kors Mens. The three primary collections and licensed products are offered through our own Michael Kors retail stores and e-commerce businesses, in department stores around the world and by our exclusive licensees to wholesale customers, in addition to select retailers. The Michael Kors Collection is a sophisticated designer collection for women based on a philosophy of essential luxury and pragmatic glamour and includes accessories, primarily handbags and small leather goods, ready-to-wear and footwear. Generally, the Michael Kors Collection women’s handbags and small leather goods retail from $900 to $4,000, footwear retails from $400 to $1,800 and ready-to-wear retails from $400 to $10,000. The MICHAEL Michael Kors collection offers women’s accessories, primarily handbags and small leather goods, as well as footwear and apparel and is carried in all of the Michael Kors lifestyle stores and leading department stores around the world. MICHAEL Michael Kors offers handbags designed to meet the fashion and functional requirements of our broad and diverse consumer base. Generally, MICHAEL Michael Kors handbags retail from $200 to $750, small leather goods retail from
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$50 to $250, footwear retails from $50 to $300 and apparel retails from $75 to $700. Michael Kors Mens is an innovative collection of men’s ready-to-wear, accessories and footwear with a modern American style. Michael Kors Mens apparel generally retails from $50 to $1,000, men’s accessories generally retail from $50 to $800 and men’s footwear generally retails from $150 to $400.
Certain product categories, including watches, jewelry, eyewear and fragrance, are produced under product licensing agreements. Fossil is our exclusive licensee for Michael Kors watches and jewelry. Luxottica is our exclusive licensee for Michael Kors distinctive eyewear inspired by our collections. The Company transitioned its fragrance business to EuroItalia during Fiscal 2023. Generally, Michael Kors watches retail from $200 to $600, Michael Kors jewelry retails from $50 to $500, Michael Kors eyewear retails from $100 to $350 and Michael Kors fragrance and related products generally retail from $30 to $150.
Advertising and Marketing
Our marketing and advertising programs are designed to build brand awareness for each of our luxury houses as well as highlight our product offerings. We use a 360-degree marketing strategy for each of our brands to deliver a consistent message across each brand’s advertising communications, social media, celebrity dressing, special events and direct marketing activities at a national, regional and local level. Our campaigns are increasingly being executed through digital and social media platforms to drive further engagement with younger consumers.
Our brands introduce their new collections with fashion shows and other fashion events. These fashion events, in addition to celebrity red carpet dressing moments, generate extensive domestic and international media and social media coverage. The Versace and Michael Kors semi-annual runway shows and Jimmy Choo celebrity placements generate extensive media coverage. Jimmy Choo is also the leading brand in editorial coverage for women’s luxury shoes globally.
We believe our renowned brand founders, as well as our high-profile brand ambassadors and well-known social media influencers across our marketing programs help expand brand awareness and drive cultural relevance.
In Fiscal 2024, we recognized approximately $412 million in advertising and marketing expenses globally. We engage in a wide range of integrated marketing programs across various marketing channels, including but not limited to email marketing, print advertising, outdoor advertising, digital marketing, social media, public relations outreach, visual merchandising and partnership marketing, in an effort to engage our existing and potential customer base and ultimately stimulate sales in a consumer-preferred shopping venue.
Our e-commerce businesses provide us with an opportunity to increase the size of our customer database and to communicate with our consumers to increase online and physical store sales, as well as to continue to build global brand awareness for our brands. We are continuously improving the functionalities and features on our e-commerce sites to create innovative ways to keep our brands at the forefront of consumers’ minds by offering a broad selection of products, including accessories, apparel and footwear. Since e-commerce growth is critical to our overall growth strategy, we plan to accelerate Versace’s and Jimmy Choo’s e-commerce and omni-channel development and we are also in the process of re-platforming our brands’ e-commerce sites to expand our global capabilities. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors” — “If we are unable to effectively execute our e-commerce business and provide a reliable digital experience for our customers, our reputation and operating results may be harmed.”
Manufacturing and Sourcing
We generally contract for the purchase of finished goods principally with independent third-party manufacturing contractors, whereby the manufacturing contractor is generally responsible for the entire manufacturing process, including the purchase of piece goods and trim for our Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors brands. For the Versace brand, some of the piece goods and trim are separately purchased by Versace and provided to the manufacturers, and some are sourced directly by the manufacturers, as further described below.
Versace has a centrally managed production model for the majority of its products, and buys raw materials and components for these products. All raw materials arrive in a central warehouse in Novara, Italy and are distributed to independent third-party manufacturing contractors after the quality control process is complete. The vast majority of Versace’s production is located in Italy. The remaining production occurs elsewhere in Europe and a small portion is produced in Asia or North Africa.
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Jimmy Choo products are manufactured by independent third-party manufacturing contractors as well as by our owned Italian atelier and shoe manufacturer. Most of Jimmy Choo’s products are produced by specialists in Italy, supported by other factories across Europe, with a small portion produced in Asia. Jimmy Choo has a product development facility in Florence. In addition to purchasing finished goods, Jimmy Choo also purchases raw materials for both product development and manufacturing purposes.
Michael Kors contracts for the purchase of finished goods principally with independent third-party manufacturing contractors that are generally responsible for the entire manufacturing process, including the purchase of piece goods and trim. Product manufacturing for the Michael Kors brand is allocated among third-party manufacturing contractors based on their capabilities, the availability of production capacity, pricing and delivery. For certain product categories, Michael Kors also has relationships with various agents who source finished goods with numerous manufacturing contractors on its behalf. This multi-supplier strategy provides specialized skills, scalability, flexibility and speed to market, as well as diversifies risk. In Fiscal 2024, one third-party buying agent sourced approximately 14% of Michael Kors finished goods purchases, based on dollar volume. Michael Kors’ largest manufacturing contractor, who produces its products in Asia and who Michael Kors has worked with for approximately 20 years, accounted for the production of approximately 12% of its finished products, based on dollar volume in Fiscal 2024. Nearly all of our Michael Kors products were produced in Asia in Fiscal 2024.
The manufacturing contractors for our brands operate under the close supervision of our global production team and buying agents located in North America, Europe and Asia. All products are produced according to our specifications. Production staff monitors manufacturing at supplier facilities in order to correct problems prior to shipment of the final product. Quality assurance is focused on as early as possible in the production process, allowing merchandise to be received at the distribution facilities and shipped to customers with minimal interruption. See “Import Restrictions and Other Governmental Regulations” and Item 1A. “Risk Factors” — “We primarily use foreign manufacturing contractors and independent third-party agents to source our finished goods, which poses legal, regulatory, political and economic risks to our business operations.”
Our future manufacturing and sourcing strategy includes purchasing luxury manufacturing facilities in Italy to support all of our brands, pursuing manufacturing synergies across brands and securing capacity and improving our expertise in development and delivery. While the fashion design process will remain independently managed by each of our brands, we believe that in-sourcing luxury manufacturing capacity will create synergies and support expansion for our global fashion luxury group.
Distribution
Versace owns a central warehouse in Novara, Italy, managed by a third-party, which acts as a global hub for Versace’s primary operations. Versace also has a leased warehouse near Novara operated by the same third-party, which serves as a distribution point for other Versace lines. From these warehouses, products are shipped to regional warehouses that are operated by third-parties in the United States, Hong Kong, South Korea, Mainland China and Japan, and supports the Versace retail and e-commerce businesses. E-commerce distribution for the United States market is conducted through third-party providers in New Jersey. Versace’s wholesale business is mainly serviced from three central warehouses located in Italy and the United States.
Jimmy Choo’s primary distribution facility is our Company-owned and operated distribution facility in the Netherlands. From there, products are shipped to regional warehouses in the United States, Canada, Mainland China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and United Arab Emirates, largely supporting the Jimmy Choo retail and e-commerce businesses. Shipments to wholesale customers globally are made from the Netherlands and the United States, with some further local fulfillment. All of the distribution facilities utilized by Jimmy Choo are operated by third-parties and are shared with other unaffiliated businesses with the exception of our distribution facility in the Netherlands. This flexible method reinforces the speed and efficiency of the supply chain and allows the business to deliver Jimmy Choo product and collections to market rapidly and in line with the industry’s fashion calendar.
Michael Kors’ primary distribution facility in the United States is a leased facility in Whittier, California, which is directly operated and services our Michael Kors retail stores, e-commerce site and wholesale operations in the United States. We also engage in omni-channel order fulfillment by filling online orders through our Michael Kors retail stores and through our click-and-collect service offerings. Our primary Michael Kors distribution facility in Europe is our Company-owned and operated distribution facility in the Netherlands, which supports our European operations for our Michael Kors brand, including our European e-commerce sites. We also have a regional Michael Kors distribution center in Canada, which is leased, as well as regional Michael Kors distribution centers in the United States, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, which are operated by third-parties.
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Intellectual Property
We own VERSACE, JIMMY CHOO and MICHAEL KORS trademarks, as well as other material trademarks, copyrights, design and patent rights related to the production, marketing and distribution of our products, both in the United States and in other countries in which our products are principally sold. We also have applications pending for a variety of related trademarks, copyrights, designs and patents in various countries throughout the world. As the worldwide usage of our material trademarks, copyrights, designs and patents continue to expand, we continue to strategically apply to register them in key countries where they are used. We expect that our material intellectual property will remain in full force and effect for as long as we continue to use and renew them.
We aggressively police our intellectual property and pursue infringers both domestically and internationally. In addition, we pursue counterfeiters in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and elsewhere in the world in both online and offline channels, working with a network of customs authorities, law enforcement, legal representatives and brand specialists around the world as well as involvement with industry associations and anti-counterfeiting organizations.
Information Systems
Each of our three brands currently operate using certain legacy systems for finance and accounting, supply chain, inventory control, point-of-sale transactions, store replenishment and other functions. Our long-term strategy includes consolidating certain systems across our brands over time to create operational efficiencies. We are currently undertaking a major, multi-year ERP implementation to upgrade our information technology platforms and systems worldwide. The implementation is occurring in phases over several years. We have launched the finance functionality of the ERP system in certain regions starting in Fiscal 2023. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors” — “A material delay or disruption in our information technology systems or e-commerce websites or our failure or inability to upgrade our information technology systems precisely and efficiently could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.”
Human Capital Management
At Capri, we strive to create workplaces where our employees and the workers across our supply chain thrive. Through our benefits and compensation packages, learning and development programs, focus on diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, wellness and safety programs and supply chain empowerment initiatives, we continue to make significant investments in our Capri community.
Governance and Oversight. Our Board of Directors has delegated oversight of matters relating to human capital management, including compensation, learning and development and diversity and inclusion to our Compensation and Talent Committee. Our Compensation and Talent Committee receives regular updates on our talent development strategies and other applicable areas of human capital management.
Employee Profile. At the end of Fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022, we had approximately 15,100, 15,500 and 14,600 total employees, respectively. As of March 30, 2024, we had approximately 10,200 full-time employees and approximately 4,900 part-time employees. Approximately 11,100 of our employees were engaged in retail selling and administrative positions and our remaining employees were engaged in other aspects of our business as of March 30, 2024. As of March 30, 2024, we have approximately 3,400 employees covered by collective bargaining agreements in certain European countries. We consider our relations with both our union and non-union employees to be good.
Benefits and Compensation. We maintain comprehensive benefits and compensation packages to attract, retain and recognize our employees. Our health and welfare benefit program is designed to provide a wide range of benefits to meet the health care, financial, work/life and mental wellbeing needs of eligible employees. Benefits include, among others, medical, dental and vision plans, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, retirement plans (with matching contributions where applicable), paid parental leave for all parents, gender reassignment coverage and fertility support benefits in the United States, and a wellness program focused employees’ physical, emotional, financial and social wellness, including several digital therapeutic programs to assist with therapy, anxiety and worry and sleep. We also offer employees paid time off, including time off to volunteer with eligible charitable organizations. Employees are also entitled to discounts on our merchandise.
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Learning and Development. We honor our employees through our dedication to development and believe that enabling opportunity means ensuring our teams have the skills they need to build fulfilling careers with us. We promote employee performance with personalized development plans and by providing individualized feedback at regular intervals throughout the year, and all employees participate in a formal performance review process annually. We continue to refresh our learning and development programming by offering targeted skill-building for employees at all stages of their careers. During Fiscal 2024, we continued to offer quality training touchpoints to employees throughout our global organization, including programs around compliance, ethics and integrity, promoting respect in the workplace, global cybersecurity practices, and supply chain transparency. We also have a mandatory diversity and inclusion (“D&I”) curriculum and a leadership development program focused on building and understanding emotional intelligence in our leaders.
Diversity and Inclusion. Diversity and inclusion are key values of our company. We foster an inclusive environment where employees, vendors and customers of diverse backgrounds are respected, valued and celebrated. We are proud of our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion, and will continue to advance these principles through meaningful short and long term actions across the globe.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is supported by three pillars:
Capri Culture - Our commitment to diversity extends beyond representation. We aim to build an inclusive space where all employees have the opportunity to realize their full potential and excel, while contributing to our success in a meaningful way.
Capri Talent - Differences in ideas and experiences allow our Company to thrive. We are attracting, advancing and advocating for a workforce that reflects the diversity of the world around us.
Capri Community - Through diversity and inclusion comes understanding and strength. Our responsibility to promote equality is not just to those who work with us, but to our industry, the customers we serve and the communities around us.
We have a number of employee resource groups (“ERGs”) to drive awareness of identity and intersectionality across our workforce, including APPLAUD @ Capri (Asian Pacific Partners, Leaders, and Unified Doers), BOLD@Capri (Black Organizers, Leaders, and Doers), EmpowerHER @ Capri, Latinos Unidos @ Capri, Parenthood @ Capri, and PRIDE @ Capri, and we utilize global D&I listening sessions, regular D&I newsletters and communications and keynote speakers to further embed inclusion in our workplace. We are committed to recruiting, developing and retaining passionate, skilled and diverse talent. During the fiscal year, we continued to roll out inclusive recruiting and debiased recruitment operating strategies, including new interview guides and team trainings and we expanded our mentorship program, which now has a reverse mentorship component, across the globe to encourage access, belonging and allyship. We are also a proud partner with a wide array of organizations and pledges in furtherance of driving equality and have a received a number of awards and accolades in the area of D&I.
Through The Capri Holdings Foundation for the Advancement in Diversity in Fashion, we are also driving diversity, inclusion and equality throughout the fashion industry by working collaboratively with educational institutions to create meaningful opportunities in fashion for historically underrepresented communities, including the Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) community. The Foundation has ongoing partnerships with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Howard University, Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design (PLC) and Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts London. These programs are not just designed to ease students’ financial pressures but are part of a larger effort to help remove systemic roadblocks and increase opportunities within the fashion industry including through scholarship support, mentorship and hands-on experiences with current industry professionals.
Employee Engagement. Enhancing our employee experience has always been an integral part of our strategy and checking in with one another is a key part of our employee engagement program. We are honored to have received recognitions of our inclusive culture and community throughout the fiscal year, including:certification in 2023 as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S.for the second consecutive year, also received for a second year in the UK by Michael Kors; being named to the Parity.Org 2023 Best Companies for Women to Advance and 2023 Best Companies for People of Color to Advance lists; inclusion in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index; receipt of HR Asia’s Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2023 award; and our D&I newsletter’s acknowledgment as the UK Company Culture Awards Best Internal Communications Campaign of the Year.
Workplace Safety . Everyone working on behalf of our Company is entitled to work in a safe environment while maintaining their health and well being. Our commitment to health and safety is founded on a number of guiding principles
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described in our Occupational Health and Safety Policy, which we published on our corporate website, and is bolstered by weekly safety informational newsletters for our distribution centers, monthly retail safety and security newsletters shared across our brands, and a robust health and safety training curriculum. Throughout the fiscal year, we also conducted health and safety audits, risk assessments and compliance mapping exercises, and continued to offer vital resources to our teams including medical and security assistance services for traveling employees.
Supply Chain Empowerment. Our community extends beyond our direct employees and our corporate social responsibility program drives us toward greater engagement with and support of supply chain workers in the global fashion industry. We are dedicated to conducting our operations throughout the world on principles of ethical business practice and recognition of the dignity of workers. Through our Code of Conduct for Business Partners and supply chain compliance program, we partner with our suppliers on important human rights, health and safety, environmental and compliance issues. In Fiscal 2023, we continued to support RISE: REimaginging Industry to Support Equality, a collaborative initiative to ensure women working in global supply chains experience greater dignity, equality, choice of opportunities and fulfillment of their rights. We also partnered with Empower Co., an organization working to build the first global voluntary market to measurably scale women’s empowerment.
Competition
We face intense competition in the product lines and markets in which we operate from both existing and new competitors. Our products compete with other branded products within their product category. In varying degrees, depending on the product category involved, we compete on the basis of style, price, customer service, quality, brand prestige and recognition, among others. In our wholesale business, we compete with numerous manufacturers, importers and distributors of products like ours for the limited space available for product display. Moreover, the general availability of manufacturing contractors allows new entrants easy access to the markets in which we compete, which may increase the number of our competitors and adversely affect our competitive position and our business. We believe, however, that we have significant competitive advantages because of the recognition of our brands and the acceptance of our brands by consumers. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors” — “The markets in which we operate are highly competitive, both within North America and internationally, and increased competition based on a number of factors could cause our profitability and/or gross margins to decline.”
Seasonality
We experience certain effects of seasonality with respect to our business. We generally experience greater sales during our third fiscal quarter, primarily driven by holiday season sales, and the lowest sales during our first fiscal quarter.
Import Restrictions and Other Governmental Regulations
Virtually all of our imported products are subject to duties which may impact the costs of such products. In addition, countries to which we ship our products may impose safeguard quotas to limit the quantity of products that may be imported. We utilize free trade agreements and other supply chain initiatives in order to maximize efficiencies and cost savings relating to product importation. Additionally, we are subject to government regulations relating to importation activities, including the United States Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) withhold release orders. The imposition of taxes, duties and quotas, the withdrawal from or material modification to trade agreements and/or if CBP detains shipments of our goods pursuant to a withhold release order could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. If additional tariffs or trade restrictions are implemented by the United States or other countries, the cost of our products could increase which could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. Additionally, we are subject to government regulations relating to product labeling, testing and safety. We maintain a global customs and product compliance organization to help manage our import and related regulatory activity.
Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”)
Our CSR strategy focuses on four foundational pillars:
• Our Governance – We believe responsible business practices start from the top, and we recognize the increasing importance of environmental, social and governance ("ESG") matters to our business and our stakeholders. Our sustainability governance model ensures our Board of Directors, executive team and brands are aligned on the most important sustainability risks and opportunities for Capri.
• Our World – We believe that the success of our Company is directly linked to the sustainability of the world around us. Our brands strive to create the highest quality luxury products with longevity and sustainability in mind. We
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endeavor to operate responsibly in order to lower our impact on the planet and to promote industry-wide environmental change.
• Our Community – We believe we have a responsibility to those who work with us. Our Company strives to create inclusive workplaces where all of our employees are empowered and respected. We are committed to creating meaningful opportunities for our diverse Capri community to grow.
• Our Philanthropy – Giving back is embedded in Capri’s culture. We remain steadfast in our commitment to support our philanthropic partners and to drive positive change in the communities where we live and work.
Within each of our four foundational pillars are key CSR focus areas that guide our work in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Board has delegated oversight of ESG activities to the Governance, Nominating and CSR Committee (the “Governance Committee”). On at least an annual basis, our sustainability goals and action plans are presented to the Governance Committee for review and approval, along with CSR progress updates which are generally presented quarterly. The full Board of Directors regularly receives ESG updates from the Governance Committee and reviews our annual CSR reporting. The Board’s Audit Committee also assesses ESG risks as part of its overall enterprise risk management review, and the Board’s Compensation and Talent Committee considers performance against individualized ESG goals in making executive compensation decisions. Our governance model embeds sustainability throughout our business and is supported by several
working groups focused on driving social and philanthropic causes, our Company and brand foundations, and ERGs.
We are committed to conducting regular materiality assessments to ensure that we are focusing on the ESG topics of greatest importance to our stakeholders. We carried out our most recent group-wide materiality assessment in 2022, the results of which helped to reinforce our CSR strategy and inform our reporting. Beyond our formal materiality assessment process, we periodically collect stakeholder input and feedback to better understand the ESG issues most relevant to our business.
Additional information can be found at www.capriholdings.com/CSR. The content on this website and the content in our CSR reports are not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or in any other report or document we file with the SEC.
Available Information
Our investor website can be accessed at www.capriholdings.com . The content of our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with or furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available free of charge on our website under the caption “Financials” and then “SEC Filings” promptly after we electronically file such materials with, or furnish such materials to, the SEC. No information contained on our website is intended to be included as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Information relating to corporate governance at our Company, including our Corporate Governance Guidelines, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for all directors, officers, and employees, and information concerning our directors, Committees of the Board, including Committee charters, and transactions in Company securities by directors and executive officers, is available at our website under the captions “Governance” and “Financials” and then “SEC Filings.” Paper copies of these filings and corporate governance documents are available to shareholders free of charge by written request to Investor Relations, Capri Holdings Limited, 90 Whitfield Street, 2nd Floor, London, United Kingdom, W1T 4EZ. Documents filed with the SEC are also available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov .
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