Dr. Martens plc

A look back on Pride at Dr. Martens: A Month of Visibility and Voice   Throughout June, our teams around the world came together to mark Pride. Not just as a celebration, but as a moment to reflect, learn, and connect.   We heard from Paul Jansen and Elise Colomer-Cheadle of Outright International, one of our Dr. Martens Foundation Partners, who gave a powerful, research-driven view of the global LGBTIQ+ movement; spotlighting hard-won victories, emerging threats, and the road ahead. We took a deep dive into the rich history of queer subcultures with Lisa der Weduwe and Yeliz Zaifoglu from the Museum of Youth Culture, exploring club culture, protest, fashion and resistance through the decades. And we were moved by an intimate fireside chat between Dr. David Johns and our own Kameelah Benjamin-Fuller, as they explored what it means to lead with purpose at the intersection of queer identity, education and civil rights.   Across our global community, we also spotlighted the lived experiences of our LGBTQIA+ colleagues through regional employee panels. Thank you to all who were involved in the powerful, personal conversations that reminded us of the importance of being seen and heard: Jessy Romero, Johnathan Hernandez, Antonio Castelli, Lee Revelle, Miri Schwarzer-Easton, Natalie Fuellgrabe CISM MBCS, Kenzi Love, Euphoria Scargill, Victor Delmotte, Guilia Palmeri   And our people across the globe took part in activities - from writing letters to our Dr. Martens Foundation Partners Micro Rainbow, to sharing stories and designs through our Pride sticker competition, virtual film club, and a global call for photos, we honoured Pride in ways that were creative and collective. Check out our photo competition winners Quan Nguyen Doan, Stroy Austin and Cornélia Schmitt in their drag persona Madame de Kurbis.   At Dr. Martens, we know Pride isn’t a one-month moment. It’s part of how we show up for each other all year round. #PrideAtDMs #LGBTQIA #DrMartens #MadeLikeNoOther #PrideMonth2025

Today we announced our AGM Trading Update. Trading since the start of this financial year has been in line with expectations and all guidance for FY26 remains unchanged. We’re focused on embedding our new consumer-first Levers for Growth strategy, which we outlined at our FY results on 5 June and which builds on the work undertaken in FY25 to stabilise the business. You can read our AGM Trading Update and watch our recent strategy presentation here- https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eh7MjCVG

 Celebrating Our People at Drapers 2025 A huge congratulations to the brilliant Samantha Gallon, winner of this year’s People and Progress award - a new category celebrating individuals driving cultural change in the footwear industry. Sam’s impact at Dr. Martens is felt far and wide, and we couldn’t be prouder to see her recognised on such a platform. 👏 We’re also buzzing to celebrate our very own Yasmin Dunnett and Bridie Husband, both nominated for Footwear Designer of the Year. True guardians of the Dr. Martens spirit; their creativity and craft continue to inspire. The Drapers Awards bring together the best of our industry, spotlighting the innovation, resilience and bold ideas that push footwear forward. We’re honoured to be among them. #DrMartens #DrapersAwards #FootwearIndustry #TeamDMs

Massive congratulations to our brilliant CEO Ije Nwokorie on being named in the Retail 100! #RERetail100

Today, we announced our results for the 2025 financial year and our plans for the future. Our single focus this year has been to stabilise the business, so that we have the foundation upon which we can grow.    Back in May 2024, we laid out four key objectives. We are pleased to announce that we delivered against all of them. 1.  We turned around our Americas Direct To Consumer performance – that’s our own stores and our websites - with Americas DTC back into growth in H2.   2.  We pivoted our marketing to relentlessly focus on product.    3.  We have reduced our operating cost base, taking £25m of annualised savings out of the business.  4.  We strengthened our balance sheet, with inventory and net debt both down, ahead of guidance, and we refinanced our debt facilities.  Today, we are also sharing our new strategy and our ambition of becoming the world’s most desired premium footwear brand. This ambition is grounded in our history and our strengths– our iconic global brand, our consumers who wear the brand with such pride, high quality products, world-class supply chain, modern technology systems, committed wholesale and distributor partners and our passionate and talented team. It also taps into exciting new markets and profit pools.  We are most excited about the new ways in which we will put our consumers at the heart of everything we do. Their love for the brand has sustained Dr. Martens over the years. That love, combined with the dedication of our employees and truly beautiful product, is what makes Dr. Martens so special. For much more on our results, please visit us at the link below. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eWX_sbBJ 

Today, we announced our results for the 2025 financial year and our plans for the future. Our single focus this year has been to stabilise the business, so that we have the foundation upon which we can grow.    Back in May 2024, we laid out four key objectives. We are pleased to announce that we delivered against all of them. 1.  We turned around our Americas Direct To Consumer performance – that’s our own stores and our websites - with Americas DTC back into growth in H2.   2.  We pivoted our marketing to relentlessly focus on product.    3.  We have reduced our operating cost base, taking £25m of annualised savings out of the business.  4.  We strengthened our balance sheet, with inventory and net debt both down, ahead of guidance, and we refinanced our debt facilities.  Today, we are also sharing our new strategy and our ambition of becoming the world’s most desired premium footwear brand. This ambition is grounded in our history and our strengths– our iconic global brand, our consumers who wear the brand with such pride, high quality products, world-class supply chain, modern technology systems, committed wholesale and distributor partners and our passionate and talented team. It also taps into exciting new markets and profit pools.  We are most excited about the new ways in which we will put our consumers at the heart of everything we do. Their love for the brand has sustained Dr. Martens over the years. That love, combined with the dedication of our employees and truly beautiful product, is what makes Dr. Martens so special. For much more on our results, please visit us at the link below. https://xmrrwallet.com/cmx.plnkd.in/eWX_sbBJ 

This #PrideMonth, the Dr. Martens Foundation is shining a light on the creativity, courage, and stories of the LGBTQIA+ community — and the incredible charity partners they work with. At the heart of it all? The power of being unapologetically yourself.

Two joyful announcements in one week-#grateful. We are thrilled to welcome another bouncing soul to the Dr. Martens global leadership team. Carla Murphy will be joining Dr. Martens in July as our Chief Brand Officer. Carla will be responsible for driving our brand strategy, vision and creative direction, and will oversee our global product, marketing, and sustainability teams. She will report to our CEO Ije Nwokorie, who was previously CBO. Carla will lead a world-class team, recently strengthened with brilliant senior executives across creative direction, product design, category management and marketing. Carla is coming to Dr Martens from adidas AG, where she was Global Senior Vice President / General Manager for adidas Outdoor, based in adidas HQ. Carla led end-to-end strategy, management and execution globally for the outdoor category, which included adidas TERREX and FIVE TEN – the brand’s outdoor sports and technical footwear, apparel and accessories propositions. Carla reported directly to the CEO and was part of the adidas brand and executive leadership team. Carla has over 20 years of brand building and enterprise management experience, and she brings deep expertise from multiple industries, channels and categories across lifestyle and performance footwear and apparel. She was previously the Global Chief Brand & Product Officer for lifestyle merino brand icebreaker®, part of VF Corporation, and has held senior brand and product positions across brands within the Amer Sports group (Nikita, Salomon, Atomic, Arc’teryx etc.). Carla’s optimism, creativity, persistence, grit, commitment to excellence and teamwork have prepared her beautifully to lead Dr. Martens into the next chapter of our brand and product story.

We have a new member of the Dr. Martens team! We are so pleased to announce that Paul Zadoff will be joining us in June as President of the Americas to lead the next phase of growth for our company. Paul brings 30 years of leadership experience with iconic global brands spanning the footwear, sporting goods, fashion apparel, and accessories sectors. He has consistently guided teams through periods of growth and transformation throughout his career. During two decades at NIKE, he held a range of global and regional leadership roles in sales, product and brand, culminating as Managing Director of NIKE Pacific. His other previous roles have included President of fitness company TRX Training, Vice President of Global Sales at Patagonia and Senior Vice President Americas Commercial Operations at Levi Strauss & Co. Paul joins Dr. Martens from luxury eyewear brand Caddis. Paul will lead the experienced regional team in driving the performance, growth, and profitability of the Americas business. He will join Dr. Martens’ global leadership team and will report to CEO Ije Nwokorie. Paul started his career journey mopping ballet floors, which led to production management in the non-profit arts world with a stint as a union stagehand working shows from rock & roll to opera, which put him through university. He describes himself as someone who is inspired by mission-driven organizations, and this dedication to purpose as well as connection to culture creators means he’s so aligned with what makes Dr. Martens so unique. We are so excited to welcome our newest leader and colleague!

Earlier this month, our EMEA region came together to celebrate something truly special — the Bouncing Soles Awards. A moment to shine a spotlight on the drive, passion and #custodianship that define our people across the region in FY25.   Hosted at our HQ in Camden, with virtual cheers from teams across Europe, the ceremony gave us all a chance to recognise those who were nominated by their peers — and celebrated by us all.   These awards honour those who live and breathe our values: 👣 Be Yourself 💥 Act Courageously ❤️ Show You Care From 'Outstanding Debut' to 'Unsung Hero', 'Hell for Leather' to 'Team of the Year', every award was a tribute to what makes Dr. Martens so special — our people. A huge round of applause to all our colleagues who received nominations and an even bigger congratulations to those who made it to a spot on the podium as a Finalist or Winner. A special mention to our Icon of the Year — Camilla Margheritini, B2B Account Manager — a true role model of our values, every single day 👏 A big thank you to the EMEA team for Showing You Care and bringing this event to life with energy and heart. And here's to our winners, another year of bouncing soles, shared wins, and doing things The DM Way. 🥾✨ #DrMartens #LifeAtDrMartens #BouncingSolesAwards Be Yourself - Christie-Rose Roberts Show You Care - Hayley Reed Act Courageously - Rubi-Blue Collins Outstanding Debut - Kelsey Lenoch Unsung Hero - Emily N. Hell For Leather - Holly Ginolfi Best Foot Forward - Yasu Pola-Samuels Player's Player - Emillie Doyle Teams of the Year - DTC Merchandising, B2B Germany (DACH)