Diversity was a key focus of the second annual Snow Industry Summit held at Copper Mountain Ski Resort, and the organizers of the event brought together a talented and very motivated group of speakers to help address the issue. The issue of diversity in t
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Quiksilver Sees Both Softgoods and Hardgoods Upside in Rossignol Acquisition…
Quiksilver, Inc. has executed the anticipated stock purchase agreement with the Boix-Vives family, which holds a majority interest in the Rossignol Group. When the deal, which is said to be worth approximately $320 million in cash and stock, was initiall
Riddell Bell Holdings Note Exchange Offers More Visibility on Company…
Riddell Bell Holdings, parent company to Giro, last week filed an S-4 with the SEC to exchange existing 8.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 for new notes that are registered under federal securities laws. Basically this means that due to the registr
Spyder is Gearing Up to Triple Sales by 2010
Spyder Active Sports is preparing itself for strategic growth by adding key positions through a new hire and several promotions. The company has had 30-40% sales growth over the past few years and these new positions are designed to maintain that pace. Ja
Tachikara USA Purchases All Rights For Tachikara in North America
Tachikara announced the purchase of all rights, trademarks and patents for North America by Tachikara USA, Inc., headquartered in Sparks, Nevada. The deal was successfully completed between Tachikara Company, Ltd., based in Tokyo, Japan and Tachikara US
Nike Names Former Microsoft CFO to Board
John G. Connors, former senior vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer at Microsoft Corp., was appointed to the Nike, Inc. board of directors. Connors is the eleventh member of the board…
NRF Applauds House Vote on Bankruptcy
The National Retail Federation welcomed the House of Representatives' passage of long-awaited bankruptcy reform legislation. “It feels like we've been waiting as long to pass bankruptcy reform as Washington spent trying to get baseball back in t
NRF Wants Permanent Estate Tax Repeal
The National Retail Federation urged the House of Representatives to pass legislation that would make repeal of the federal estate tax permanent. NRF will count today's consideration of H.R. 8, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005, as a key vo
NRF Sees Sales Rise 6.8% Over Year-Ago For March
In spite of unseasonably cool temperatures, consumers were out buying Easter merchandise last month. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), retail industry sales for March (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) rose a healt
Sporting Goods Stores Top $2 Billion in Sales For January
The Monthly Retail Trade Survey, prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, reported sales in sporting goods stores of $2.01 billion (preliminary) for the most recent reporting month (January), up 2.8% from the $1.96 billion in January 2004. The increase follows
Mossimo Founder Wants to Take Company Private
Mossimo, Inc.'s founder Mossimo Giannulli announced that he is proposing to acquire the outstanding publicly held shares of the company for $4.00 per share in cash, a 20% premium to the closing price of the company's common stock on April 11, 20
Outdoor Research Hires Treeline Sales to Cover Pacific Northwest
Outdoor Research announced the hiring of Treeline Sales, LLC to represent the Exped brand in the Pacific Northwest Territory. The team of Tim Andis, Dana Sterling and Ray Thomas will represent the Swiss line of innovative and award winning tents, sleeping
B.O.S.S. Looks Ahead at Spring/Summer Apparel…
Outdoor apparel is changing. Just one stroll around OR Summer Market last year provided plenty of evidence, and this evolution continued at both OR Winter Market and SIA’05. Technical outerwear companies are producing pieces that would have been laughed o
The Any Mountain Saga Continues…
A local Marin County paper recently ran a story about the hurdles that Any Mountain, the regional outdoor retail chain based in Marin County, Calif. that filed for bankruptcy late last year, has had to overcome in recent years. In the article, Bud Hoffma
Icebreaker Looks to be Mulesing Free…
Last week BOSS reported on SmartWool’s actions to put a stop to the practice of mulesing on New Zealand Merino wool farms (see BOSS_0514). BOSS also noted that Icebreaker works closely with New Zealand’s Merino Farmers as well, but the company’s CEO, Jere
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