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Johnson Outdoors has been awarded a five-year contract for the Expanded Soldier Crew Tent (ESCT) by the U.S. military. The new government contract calls for annual orders of the seven-man all-weather tent, which provides billeting for combat vehicle crew

Great Trango Holdings Inc. and Flashed Climbing have created a strategic alliance that brings the mats, chalk and accessories of Flashed from Canada to the US. For its part, Flashed will distribute GTHI’s Stonewear Designs brand of climbing inspired women

A dramatic increase in gross margins for area ski shops
led to the best net operating profit in the past 10 years, while a decline of gross margins in non-area shops led to lower profits, according to the new Cost of Doing Business Survey being published

Swix Sport AS has acquired Elite Sport AS. Swix is fully owned by the Ferd group, is one of Norway’s leading privately owned businesses…

LEKI has hired Gottfried Kuermer as nordic walking program director. Kuermer is an original Master Trainer from the
International Nordic Walking Association‹one of only 42 worldwide. Kuermer will play a key role in training and certifying LEKI sales repre

There is a humorous story, believe it or not, about the auction proceedings for the assets of the former Just for Feet company a few years ago. When Footstar Inc. prevailed in the bidding process, someone asked Bob Tucker, founder and CEO of Shoe Show In

Expectations were a bit higher for Footstar’s Athletic division to post improved comp store sales results for Q4 due to increased allocations of Nike marquee product that drove such strong results at cross mall competitor The Finish Line. A resurgent Foo

After reporting large sales gains in the Winter Sports division in Q3, Head NV is saying that Q4 numbers are coming in even stronger. For the two months ending November 30th, Head saw total sales rise 15.6% to $115.5 million. According to the company, a m

Oakley launched an international expansion campaign starting with an O-Store in Santiago, Chile. The store was opened and is operated under a licensing agreement with Racing Ltda., Oakley’s exclusive distributor in Chile. Oakley management did not release

Precor expanded its reach into the strength category with the acquisition of Fitness Products International for $11.8 million. Further details and terms were not released by the company. FPI markets a range of products in the strength training category un

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) in Las Vegas, Nevada has brought charges against Wal-Mart, stating that the company has illegally intimidated, harassed, and retaliated against workers organizing under the union’s umbrella…