Emerald Expositions announced that preliminary numbers indicate attendance at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2014 last month increased an estimated 7 percent compared with 2013. The number of store fronts represented at the show increased nearly…
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Investigation Clear Schumacher’s Ski and Helmet Manufacturers
Leaders of an investigation into the skiing accident that left legendary Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher in a coma seven weeks ago issued a report exonerating the manufacturer of Schumacher's helmet and skiing equipment of any blame, the Internat
Cascade Designs Names 2013 Sales Agency of the Year
Cascade Designs, Inc. awarded its 2013 Sales Agency of the Year award to West Bay Trading Company of Spring Lake, Michigan…
Petzl America Names New Rep for Midwest
Petzl America has hired Minneapolis-based Figure 8 Sales to represent its line of climbing and rescue products in the Midwestern United States…
Soybu Opening First Retail Store
Soybu, an active fashion woman’s performance and lifestyle apparel brand based in Denver, CO, will hold grand opening ceremonies Wedneasday at its first owned retail location. The company said its first store will open at…
Active Boarder Takes Over Remington Outdoor’s Bid for Altrec
Active Boarder Corp. of St. Paul, MN has stepped in to acquire substantially all of the assets of Altrec Inc., according to court documents filed Sunday in Altrec’s bankruptcy case. The new bid, approved Sunday by a U.S. Banruptcy Court judge, remov
Slide in TomTom’s Consumer Sales Slows by Half in 2013
TomTom reported the slide at its Consumer division, which powers Nike’s sports watches and launched its owned branded sports watches last year, slow by half in 2013…
Oboz to Enter Japanese Market this Fall with Former Keen Distributor
Oboz Footwear will enter the Japanese market this fall in partnership with Itochu Textile, which put Keen into 1,000 stores in the country in nine years…
American Rec Sells Isis to NYC Company That Acquired and Relaunched Gerry Outdoor
American Recreational Products has sold the women’s activewear brand Isis to the New York company that acquired and the Gerry Outdoor brand in 2010, sources at both companies have told the B.O.S.S. Report…
REI Closes Underperforming Store
REI closed its store in Brentwood, CA Feb. 7, citing poor sales, marking the first time the retailer has closed a store for underperforming since 2001…
Cabela’s Comps Head South as it Laps Post-Newtown Gun-and-Ammo Boom
Cabela's Inc. reported comparable-store sales fell 10.1 percent in the fourth quarter as ammo sales fell much sharper than expected and holiday sales disappointed. The Nebraska-based hook-and-bullet retailer said firearms and ammo sales comped down i
MANU Reports Merchandise Sales Managed by Nike Declined in FQ2
Manchester United reported sales of its apparel and other licensed products declined 4.4 percent from October to November as it was trying soliciting bids from sporting goods companies to manage the business…
Jos. A Bank Agrees to Pay 9.5 Times EBITDA for Eddie Bauer
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Eddie Bauer in a cash and stock deal that values the outdoor apparel and gear brand at $825 million, or approximately one times Eddie Bauer’s 2013E revenue and 9.5 times its estim
Jarden Attributes Q4 Miss at Outdoor Segment to Diminishing Headwinds
Jarden Corp.’s Outdoor Solutions (JOS) segment reported earnings dropped sharply in the fourth quarter and full year of 2013 as a weak Japanese yen and cold weather caused sales to flatline…
Jos. A Bank Bid Lifts Curtain on Eddie Bauer’s Finances
Eddie Bauer derived 43 percent of its revenue from women and grew its gross margin 600 basis points to 61.5 percent in 2013, according to information disclosed in Jos. A Bank Clothiers Inc.’s proposal to acquire the outdoor company for $825 million,
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