Kathmandu lifts full-year profit 13.5%

Strong winter sales have helped adventure gear retailer Kathmandu has lifted full-year profit by 13.5 per cent.

Adventure gear retailer Kathmandu has lifted full-year profit by 13.5 per cent to $NZ38.04 million ($A34.8 million), helped by strong winter sales and improvements in promotions.

Revenue for the 12 months to July 31 was up 4.6 per cent to $NZ445.35 million, it said.

The company will pay a fully-franked final dividend of 9.0 NZ cents a share, up one cent from a year earlier.