Investor Group Takes Control of Nautilus Board

Nautilus, Inc. and Sherborne Investors LP reported Monday that the voting results from the December 18, 2007 special meeting of shareholders confirmed that all four Sherborne Investors nominees have been elected to the company's Board of Directors. T

Kokatat Hires Morley as Western Sales Rep

Sean Morley has accepted the position as Kokatat Sales Representative for the western territory. This territory includes California, Nevada and Arizona. Sean moved from the UK to California in 2006 and founded River and Ocean LLC, a Sales and Customer Ser

NSSF Ranks Economic Impact of Hunting and Fishing

A ranking of states in categories including total number of hunters and anglers, spending by sportsmen, jobs supported, taxes generated, number of days spent hunting and fishing and the most traveled to states by hunters and anglers has been released. Nat

Outdoor Retailer Launches Webinar Series

Outdoor Retailer will launch a series of webinars beginning Jan. 8, at 2:00 p.m. ET, with a 45-minute webcast co-sponsored by Cotton Incorporated called, “Cotton’s Environmental Impact: Debunking the Myths.” Featuring Kater Hake, vice president of agricu

Iconix Closes on Starter Acquisition

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. has completed its acquisition of the Starter brand from Nike's Exeter Brands Group for a purchase price of $60 million in cash. Iconix is forecasting 2008 royalty revenue from Starter of approximately $18 million worldwide…

DC Opens Flagship Store in L.A.

DC has opened its second flagship store at 8025 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. For the Southern California-based company, the Los Angeles store provides the ability to offer a total DC brand experience in its own backyard…

U.S. Forest Service Launches Conservation Strategy

U.S. Forest Service chief Abigail Kimbell announced a new Open Space Conservation Strategy for her government agency. The Open Space Conservation Strategy is the product of extensive public comment and collaboration, with over 22,000 comments received – n

Solstice Outdoor Appoints East Coast Reps

Solstice Outdoor, Inc. appointed a new team of sales representatives on the East Coast this November. Dan Eubank, Steve Robin and Jeffery Winnick will be the company’s key East Coast sales team…

Shoe Carnival Q3 Net Income Halved on Declining Comps

Shoe Carnival net sales for the third quarter decreased 8.0% to $173.9 million from sales of $189.1 million in the same quarter of 2006. Comparable store sales declined 5.0%. Net income was $4.2 million as compared with net income of $8.4 million in the t

Aldila’s Q3 Sales, Earnings Fall…

Aldila Inc. reported Q3 sales fell 19% to $13.2 million from $16.3 million. Net income fell 76% to $687,000, or 12 cents a share, from $2.9 million, or 51 cents, a year ago. Excluding a year-ago special credit, net income in the latest quarter was down 59

Deckers Looks to Become a $750 Million Company…

At the Deckers annual investor meeting held this month in Goleta, CA, the executive team and representatives from each of the company’s brands – UGG, Simple and Teva – gave an overview of the progress made in the past few years as well as future growth in