Johnson Outdoors continues to add more brands to its Marine Electronics division, most recently with the acquisition of Cannon downriggers and Bottomline fishfinders. The brands and assets were acquired in a cash purchase from Computrol of Boise, Idaho, a
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Teresa Hartford
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Interbike: Opportunities Abound for Bike Apparel…
Last Week BOSS covered many of the hardgoods companies at Interbike, which for the most part are the main attraction. While softgoods still only account for roughly 15% of the average Independent Bicycle Dealer’s annual sales, there is a growing opportuni
Garmin Acquires MotionBased Technologies to Support Move into Fitness
Shortly after officially launching their new line of heart rate monitors at Interbike in Las Vegas, Garmin has taken a second big step into the bicycle, fitness, and outdoor markets with the acquisition of MotionBased Technologies.
MotionBased is a web-b
Vail Swings into the Black in Fiscal ‘05…
Vail Resorts managed to swing back to profitability for the fiscal 2005 year thanks to across the board increases in revenues and profitable fiscal years at all of Vail’s five mountain resorts. Total fiscal year revenues climbed 11.5% to $810.0 million. N
Conservation Alliance Sees Success with Funding and Fund-Raising…
For the most recent Conservation Alliance funding cycle, membership voted to fund eight new groups, including the Alaska Wilderness League, the Campaign for the Snake River Headwaters, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and the Alaska Conservation Fou
Recall: Yakima Racks
Yakima Products is voluntarily recalling its Mighty Joe 2 and Mighty Joe 3 bicycle racks due to the latches designed to support the load arms. The company stated that these latches may appear to be latched when they are not. In such a case, the bicycle l
Zumiez September Same-Store Sales Up in Double-Digits…
Zumiez Inc. continued to post strong results, posting a 26.8% increase in sales for the month to $19.5 million, compared to $15.4 million for the year-ago period. Comparable store sales increased 10.1% for the month on top of a 27.3% gain in September las
Black Label Hires Team and Promo Manager
Black Label announced the hiring of Salman Agah as the new team and promotions manager. Agah will bring with him marketing experience from launching his 'skaterade' brand sports drink and from launching 'icelounge.com,' not to mention
Grandoe Names New Director of Sales
The Grandoe Corporation has named Kurt Schumann as director of sales – independent specialty business, for the Winter Sports Division. In this newly created position, Schumann will report to Jeff Lee, vice president of sales…
Fischer Appoints New England Sales Assistant
Fischer announced the appointment of Dan Mitchell as sales assistant for New England. Mitchell will offer alpine field support to Fischer veteran, Jeff Moody…
adidas Reorganizes Russian and Area Emerging Markets Business
adidas Region Europe has reorganized its Russia/CIS and the so-called Area Emerging Markets businesses, to strengthen these markets and position the regions for further growth. Russia/CIS, composed of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Armenia, and
Pacific Sunwear Posts 5.3% Comps Increase for Sept.
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that net sales for the five weeks of fiscal September, ending October 1, 2005 were $113.7 million, an increase of 14.8% over total sales of $99.0 million during the same period last year. Total company comparab
DSW Sees 13% Sales Increase; Comps Up 1.1%
DSW Inc. reported net sales of $111.9 million for the five-week fiscal September, ended October 1, 2005, a 13.0% increase over last year's net sales of $99.1 million. September comparable store sales increased 1.1% over the same period last year…
BJ’s Posts 8.7% September Sales Gain
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. reported that September sales increased 8.7% to $735.9 million from $676.8 million in September 2004. On a comparable club basis, sales increased by 3.8% for the month of September, including a contribution from sales of gas
Federated Sept. Comps Up 1.3%
Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $2.580 billion for fiscal September, an increase of 89.6% when compared to total sales of $1.361 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's September sales were u
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