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After announcing that it would be closing its El Progreso, Honduras, sewing facility (see SEW_0430), Gildan Activewear has responded to the Fair Labor Association’s independent audit of the facility. The audit brought up several deficiencies, but did not

Dick's Sporting Goods completed its $362 million acquisition of Galyan's on Thursday via a deal structured as a merger. With the 48 Galyans doors, Dick’s now has 221 stores in 32 states which had combined sales of about $2.2 billion in the last

Rocky Shoes & Boots benefited not only from their latest military deal, but also from the company’s focused expansion of products in footwear, apparel and Gates gloves throughout the quarter. Overall, Rocky posted a 25.5% sales increase to $27.4 million i

In a deal that has been in the works for several months now, Apax Partners finalized its acquisition of Spyder Active Sports in a transaction valued at approximately $100 million, including assumption of debt. Apax is one of the largest private equity fu

Johnson Outdoors continued its reliance on Military and Marine Electronics through the third quarter, although some important new programs are being implemented to bring the rest of the company back to higher levels of performance. Total company net sales

Climb High, the U.S. distributor of the Mammut, Raichle, Ajungilak and ToKo brands, continued to see impressive growth for the Mammut brand in the second quarter. After posting a 36% increase in revenue for Mammut in the first quarter of 2004, CEO Bill S

Granite Gear has hired Clay Hundley as sales representative supporting the South Central U.S. region, including Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Hundley is the principal of New River Sales based in Houston, Texas…

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Galyan's Trading Company, Inc. by merger. Dick's had earlier announced the successful completion of its tender offer for all of the issued and outstanding shares of the common st