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Remington Arms Closes Plant

Remington Arms Co. announced plans to close its Gardner, NC, plant by the end of the year. About 200 employees will be impacted by the closure…

Honeywell To Buy Norcross Safety For $1.2 Billion

Honeywell International Inc. has agreed to buy Norcross Safety Products LLC, a privately held maker of protective equipment, for about $1.2 billion. Norcross owns several shoe brands in the work, hunting and outdoor space. These include Ranger, XTRATUF, S

Fleet Feet Restructures, Adds to Team

Fleet Feet, Incorporated has added three new members under a new corporate structure. Bryan Mills has been promoted to director of New Franchise Development. Brian Breedlove has joined the team to oversee the financial management, personnel and legal matt

Confluence Vendor of the Year at MC Sports

MC Sports has named Confluence Watersports as its 2008 Vendor of the Year. The Midwest retailer said Confluence's ability to segment the market with unique product and deliver boats with very little lead time was the driving force behind its record p

Canada’s Dorel To Stop Reporting to SEC

Dorel Industries Inc., which owns the Cannondale and Sugoi cycling brands, will no longer disclose financial information, including it annual report, with the Securities & Exchange Commission. As a TSX-listed reporting issuer, Dorel will continue to file

Outdoor Industry Association Ramps up its DC Efforts

Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is looking ahead to a new U.S. president and administration, and the opportunities they bring, by taking some big steps to expand its government affairs work in 2008…

Riding a New Wave

Confluence’s Sue Rechner discusses the state of the buinsess…

The Easy Life

Camping products offer all the comforts of home, wherever that may be…

ASICS America Announces New CEO

ASICS America Corporation has welcomed new CEO and chairman Nobuo Oda. Previously with ASICS Corporation in Kobe, Japan as a board member and general manager of the Sports Apparel Division, Oda took over his new duties April 1, 2008 at the U.S. headquarte

Capturing Market Share One Runner at a Time

During the 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament, New Balance launched a new advertising campaign. The multi-media initiative includes television, print, and online efforts to reach performance athletes with a primary media target of 18- to 29-year-olds…

Stand Out From the Crowd

According to management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, strong retail brands result in more frequent consumer visits, higher per-customer spending, and the ability to charge premium prices.
What makes a great brand? Great brands stand for something..

InGemie Honored by Snowsports Writers

The North American Snowsports Journalists Association has chosen long-time SnowSports Industries America (SIA) president David Ingemie as the winner of its Carson White-Golden Quill Award. The award, named after the group’s first president, honors an indi

Performance, Kids Drive Growth for ECCO in 2007…

Danish footwear maker ECCO Sko A/S broke the $100 million earnings barrier and nearly broke the $1 billion sales barrier in 2007 with strong leadership from its performance collection. The family-owned company said sales of the performance collection grew

Pelican Kicks off New Phase with Acquisition

Pelican Products, Inc. said it had acquired its Australian distributor and would begin acquiring more companies to supplement organic growth. It was the first acquisition for Pelican, which makes lighting systems and rigid cases made to protect cameras an