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Jarden Acquires Camping Market Share Leader

Jarden Corporation, the company behind several consumer brands such as Bicycle playing cards and FoodSaver vacuum food storage devices, has acquired all of the assets and assumed all debt of Coleman’s parent company, American Household. The $745.6 million

Jarden Corp. Acquires Coleman Parent Company

Jarden Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held American Household, Inc. for $745.6 million in cash for the equity and the assumption or repayment of indebtedness. American Household is the parent of The Coleman Company, Inc

Nike Posts Solid Quarter to Start New Fiscal Year…

NIKE, Inc. moved their traditional quarterly earnings release date up a few days to accommodate the company’s annual meeting on Monday, a move a number of analysts applauded for its timing and content. Company management was again almost giddy with excit

Globe International Appoints Hill CEO

Globe International has appointed Matt Hill as chief executive officer of the company. Mike Sonand, Globe’s former chief executive officer, will be appointed as chief operating officer and will report to Hill. Matt is the younger brother of Globe founde

Wilderness Act Turns 40

As hundreds of wilderness activists converge on the
nation’s capital to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the landmark Wilderness Act, the Sierra Club is also pausing to celebrate the birthday of one of America’s legendary wilderness champions. Dr. Edgar

Ajay Sports to File Past 10-Q’s and K’s

Ajay Sports, Inc., which owns Pro Golf International, Inc., has announced plans to file all past due 10Qs and 10Ks required for years 2001, 2002, 2003 and YTD 2004. Management said they will focus on restructuring the company to improve the bottom line an

Warrior Lacrosse Expands Sales Organization

Warrior Lacrosse has expanded their national sales team with the recent hire of three sales associates, Jack Piatelli in New England, Chip Mayer in the Southeast, and Scott Hochstadt on the West Coast. Piatelli comes to Warrior from Brine Inc. where he s

Ibex Wins Guides Choice Award

IBEX Outdoor Clothing was awarded the American Alpine Institute (AAI) Guide's Choice Award. The award presentation took place on August 12, 2004 at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market tradeshow in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Outdoor Executives Gather in Oregon to Endorse Kerry

Senior executives from leading outdoor manufacturers, retailers and associations across the country gathered today to endorse Senator John Kerry for President and Senator John Edwards for Vice President. They announced their endorsement at a press confer

EMS Management in Buyout Deal…

Over the past few years, EMS has been described as “lacking oomph,” or “aimless” without a CEO or GMM, but the company still produced respectable results with an estimated $180 million in sales in 2003. Late last year, Will Manzer came on-board as the com

Manzer Leads EMS Management Team in Buyout…

For years Eastern Mountain Sports has been quietly doing business through its 84 stores in the Northeast and Colorado, in fact some would argue, almost too quietly. Over the past few years EMS has been described as “lacking oomph,” or “aimless” without a