Author: Teresa Hartford

TheDeal.com reported last week that Swander Pace Capital has retained Wachovia Securities to help it sell Reef Holdings. The report indicated that Reef is generating more than $10 million in EBITDA on roughly $80 million in revenues, but other sources fa

Rocky Shoes and Boots capitalized on U.S. military sales to post a fourth quarter sales increase of 12.6% to $32.9 million compared to $29.2 million a year ago. Military sales made up 17.3%, or $5.7 million, of Rocky’s business for the quarter, compared t

With $50 million in cash received during its recent note placement burning a hole in his pocket, Collegiate Pacific CEO Michael Blumenfeld made another move late last week, signing a letter of intent to acquire team sports distributor Salkeld and Sons Inc

By all accounts this year’s ispo winter 05 trade fair proved to be the most successful trade and consumer sporting goods show in the world, with a strong U.S. retail and vendor contingency in attendance, a strong showing from Asia, and even greater partic

The Eastern Outdoor Reps Association and the Southern Winter Reps Association had some surprises in store for anyone who attended their regional trade show in Greenville, S.C. last week. Over 600 different brands were represented by 155 sales reps and si

Zumiez looks to be quickly exercising an exit strategy probably put in place when Brentwood Capital re-capped the business back in 2002, when they took a 41% stake in the action sports retailer and added needed fuel to get them to an IPO in less than thre

Cabela's Inc. was touting its multi-channel selling model last week as it reported fourth quarter and full-year results for 2004. The retailer, which has built a balanced business across its Direct, Retail, and Financial Services segments, posted $5

Rocky Shoes and Boots capitalized on U.S. military sales to post a fourth quarter sales increase of 12.6% to $32.9 million compared to $29.2 million a year ago. Military sales made up 17.3%, or $5.7 million, of Rocky’s business for the quarter, compared t

In September, Jarden Corporation acquired American Household, parent company to Coleman (See BOSS_0438). The deal closed on January 24 and Jarden recently held an investor conference call outlining fiscal 2004 performance and gave some insight on the inte

Mammoth Mountain Ski Area has engaged Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin as their exclusive financial advisor to explore “strategic alternatives” to enhance the value of the company's shares, including the possible sale of shares. The action was requested