Author: SGB Media

Johnson Outdoors’ Board of Directors has approved a definitive merger agreement with JO Acquisition Corp., a newly formed entity established by Helen P. Johnson-Leipold, Chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors, and members of the family of the late Samuel C.

Watermark made their pending move from Arcata, CA to Portland, OR official, shifting all corporate headquarters functions and the Landsports division north in early 2005, while leaving call center, credit collections, accounts receivable, IT, and HR funct

Columbia Sportswear continued to log double-digit gains in both net income and sales in the third quarter despite continued softness in the company’s U.S. Outerwear business. COLM said that consumers were shifting away from Outerwear and more toward their

Aaron Feuerstein, former owner and CEO of Malden Mills, has made another bid to buy the company back from creditors and its largest shareholder, GE Capital, but the board of directors at Malden has subsequently turned it down. The board’s response has be

White Sierra has been targeting specialty outdoor retail accounts with a series of service initiatives over the past few seasons and has seen over 40 new specialty dealers join its retail base nationwide. This is in addition to the over 70 that joined for

Big 5 Sporting Goods achieved a new milestone last week, opening their 300th store on their way to 309 stores by the end of the year. The new San Diego store joined three others in Q3 and one more since the start of the quarter. BGFV saw the additional

American Skiing Company boosted its fiscal fourth quarter revenue and income, mainly through real-estate deals at its eastern resorts. Total consolidated revenue was $17.0 million, up 6.9% compared with $15.9 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003.

Cascade Designs sent out a letter to retailers and media late last week announcing that the company will be delaying the delivery schedule for two of the stoves debuted in August at OR Summer Market. The new MSR two-burner stove and capillary technology s

Garmin saw increased demand for its GPS products in the third quarter of 2004 push sales up 43% to $193.6 million from $135.6 million last year. The company was actually having trouble keeping up its production levels and meeting the demand – which result