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Puma Shares Rise On PPR Takoever Rumours

Shares in Puma rose almost 10% on Thursday on market talk the French group, PPR could launch a bid for the German sportswear group. PPR reportedly has plenty of firepower to make medium or large acquisitions. At the end of 2006 PPR had roughly 1.5 billion

Peregrine Distribution Inks Deal with OTB

Peregrine Distribution Services has signed its newest client, OTB (Over the Beach) Boots, based in Scituate, MA, manufacturer’s of a new line of specialized boots for the outdoors. Peregrine will provide warehousing, order fulfillment and customer service

adidas to Consolidate Distribution in Spartanburg, SC

The adidas Group will consolidate the adidas brand’s apparel distribution center in Hebron, Ky., its footwear distribution center in Spartanburg, S.C., and the Reebok brand’s apparel distribution center in Memphis, Tenn., and its footwear distribution cen

Stride Rite Sees More Keds Weakness Fiscal Q1…

The Stride Rite Corporation saw continued weakness in the Keds business cut into gains elsewhere for the company’s fiscal first quarter ended March 2. Net income growth still outpaced sales growth by a wide margin for the quarter, due in large part to a

Outdoor Apparel Thrives Through Slow Winter…

Apparel has quickly become the driving force behind sales growth for most outdoor retailers, whether big box or specialty. The softgoods category speaks to consumers from nearly all disciplines and even the customer who has never spent a week hiking the A

Dynacraft Bikes Recall

The CPSC and Dynacraft BSC Inc., of American Canyon, Calif. are recalling about 32,000 Triax PK7 and Vertical PK7 Bicycles. The bicycles were manufactured by Shun Lu Bicycle Company of Guangdong, China…

Johnson Outdoors Receives $500,000 Grant

Johnson Outdoors has been awarded $500,000 by New York's Empire State Flood Recovery Grant Program after its Binghamton, NY tent manufacturing facility was damaged in June of 2006. The grant will be made in two payments: half upon approval of the app

Peter Devin Exits Role at Nielsen and Outdoor Retailer Show

Peter Devin, the outdoor group director for Nielsen in charge of the Outdoor Retailer and Fly Fishing Retailer trade shows, has decided to move on to pursue other opportunities “within and around” the outdoor industry. Devin spent five years working to cr