---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001865107-26-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AKA"
cik: "0001865107"
company_name: "A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:06:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:07:33.982933+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# a.k.a. Brands Q2 net sales $160.1M (-0.3% YoY); adj. EBITDA up 16% to $8.7M; reiterates FY outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $160.1M, down 0.3% YoY (down 5.3% constant currency); net loss improved to $0.2M from $3.6M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $8.7M, up 16% YoY; gross margin expanded to 61.1% from 57.5%.
- Reiterates full year 2026 outlook; QTD momentum accelerated with high-single-digit sales growth.
- Princess Polly targets at least 100 U.S. stores long term; four new stores by year end, up to ten more in 2027.
- Culture Kings signs Puerto Rico store lease, nears agreement on new store in major U.S. market.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001865107-26-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AKA
- cik: 0001865107
- company_name: A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:06:08+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865107/000186510726000043/0001865107-26-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865107/000186510726000043/aka-20260805.htm

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