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After over a year of negotiations and analysis, shareholders have decided that Johnson Outdoors will remain a publicly traded company. JOUT last week held a vote at a special meeting of shareholders, looking for a two-thirds vote of the minority sharehol

K2 Inc. has made two appointments at its Earth Products, Inc. unit, appointing founder Chris Miller to Chief Creative Officer and Jeff Larsen to the position of President of Earth Products, Inc. The company, which is based in Carlsbad, Calif., markets pr

G-III Apparel Group dropped $40 million in revenue in its sports licensed end of their business in fiscal 2005, a decline that pushed total sales down 4.8% for the year to $214.3 million, compared to $225.1 million in the prior year. Excluding the elimin

George W. Schneider, LaCrosse Footwear's chairman of the board for 23 years, passed away on Friday, March 18, after a brief illness. He was 82 years old…

With two months remaining before the 41st Annual NSGA Management Conference & 7th Annual Team Dealer Summit, registrations continue to arrive at a record pace. As of March 17, nearly 390 persons had registered…

The National Golf Foundation recently elected officers and directors for 2005. The newly elected officers are Mark King, Jim Connor, and Stephen F. Mona; while the newly elected directors are Gerard Hinckley, Gary Schaal and Jim Thompson…

For the second year, New Balance will team up with O, The Oprah magazine in sponsoring the publication's “Live Your Best Life Tour.” The Tour enables New Balance to reach a core demographic of female walking shoe consumers and allows NB to ta

Prime Rate Investors has entered discussions with Comcast Corporation to establish RSN affiliate broadcast TV stations in Colorado. The state accounts for twenty percent of all U.S. skier days and boasts seven of the nation's ten most visited ski res

Cabela's is in negotiations to build one of its large-format destination retail stores in Reno, Nevada. Plans call for the 150,000-square-foot outdoor gear superstore to be open by late 2006 or early 2007. It will be similar in size to the Cabela&#03

Cherokee has signed an exclusive agreement with Roots Canada to represent the Roots brand in the United States. Under the terms of the agreement, Cherokee will engineer strategic retail direct licensing opportunities for Canada's leading athletic lif

Orange 21 has reportedly received a cease-and-desist letter from Oakley with respect to patent and trademark issues involving three of its product styles. In a press release, Orange 21 stated that upon review of the claims, the company believes them to b

Lotto Sport Italia reported last week that its previous licensing agreement with Lightening Star Corporation for China, Macau, and Hong Kong has terminated. A new trading company – a subsidiary of Lotto Sport Hong Kong – will control two companies that w

The retail environment seems to be quite healthy for many of the major outdoor specialty chains, although the competitive environment is heating up at the same time. Brick and mortar retailers who are successfully integrating the Internet and catalog sale

Russell Corporation has promoted Calvin Johnston to CEO of Russell Athletic. Johnston had been president of JERZEES Europe. He will relocate to Atlanta from Scotland and report to Jon Letzler, president and COO for the Corporation…

Brown Shoe Company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Boston-based Bennett Footwear Group for $205 million in cash. Bennett's owned and licensed footwear brands, which include Via Spiga, Franco Sarto, Etienne Aigner and Nickels Soft,