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Save Our Wild Salmon, a nationwide coalition devoted to restoring the Pacific Northwest wild salmon population,
is just finishing up a Washington D.C. lobby trip this week, which included a number of outdoor industry members. Outdoor industry members Gare

Market watchers have been waiting patiently the last few weeks as the expected acquisition of AND 1 by Skechers USA dragged on without a firm deal in place. We now know what was happening behind the scenes after Jerry Turner, chairman of American Sportin

Warnaco reported that its Swimwear Group, which includes Speedo, Ocean Pacificm and a number of designer brands, held back total company consolidated growth for the first quarter as sales in the division rose just 1.4% for the period to $157.4 million, co

When Roger Talermo joined Amer Group ten years ago he had a very clear and ambitious goal in mind for the company. He wanted it to become the largest sports equipment manufacturer, period. Shortly before Mr. Talermo took the helm as chairman and CEO, the

Vail Resorts, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiary companies has entered into a contract to sell the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa for $62.0 million to DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership. The transaction price indicates a total value f

The predicted slow-down in military tent sales became a reality at Johnson Outdoors during their fiscal second quarter, but this was offset by sales growth in the Marine Electronics division, driven by the acquisition of Humminbird in May of last year. To

On May 12, the Lafuma group signed an agreement with Teahupoo, an investment funds subsidiary advised by Argos Soditic and acting on behalf of Oxbow's managers, to acquire the 63.55% stake in Oxbow held by the Teahuppo's key managers. The two p

Collegiate Pacific reported that sales for the fiscal third quarter ended March 31 grew 142% to $27.0 million, compared to $11.1 million in the year-ago period. Most of the gain came from the acquisitions made since fiscal Q3 last year. Gross margin dec

Cascade Designs recently conducted an investigation into possible defects in MSR SuperFuel cans and concluded that the batch of SuperFuel from Lot #502-167 contains an undetermined number of defective cans that may leak fuel from either a defective seam o

Victorinox has acquired its smaller competitor, Wenger SA. Although integrated in the Victorinox Group, Wenger will operate as an independent entity at its existing facility in Delémont in the Canton of Jura. Victorinox had sales of 169 million Swiss fra

Foot Locker sales for the 13-week period ended April 30, 2005 were $1.377 billion, versus $1.186 billion in the comparable period last year, an increase of 16.1%. Comparable store sales for the Company's 2005 first quarter increased 2.6%. Excluding t

Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. reported that net sales for the first quarter increased 41.6% to $26.4 million compared to $18.6 million for the first quarter of 2004. The company saw first quarter net income of $1.2 million, or 15 cents per diluted share, c