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Article Thumbnail Merchandising Know-How: Have you heard?
Oct 1, 2007
There are a lot of insights on how customer behaviors and preferences influence their buying habits circulating around the web. Every so often, something pops up that is relevant to those of us in the outdoor industry.
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Article Thumbnail SNEWS® Cartoon Corner: Going HUGE for comfort...
Oct 1, 2007
The SNEWS® Cartoon Corner -- Going HUGE for comfort. By Jerry King.
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Article Thumbnail Did you hear?... Executives split on commonality of questionable accounting procedures
Sep 28, 2007
When it comes to hinky accounting procedures, the business world seems to be evenly split between pessimists and optimists. Half of senior executives and managers say questionable accounting practices are common in business today, while the other half say they are rare, according to results from a recently released survey from NFI Research.
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Article Thumbnail Outdoor financials: Timberland cuts '07 outlook, closing 40 stores, plus Johnson Outdoors, Eddie Bauer, Collective Brands, Forzani, Crocs
Sep 28, 2007
Timberland cut its '07 outlook and closed 40 stores, Johnson Outdoors received a $11.2 million military tent order, Moody's downgraded Eddie Bauer's ratings, Collective Brands said the Stride Rite acquisition would not add to 2008 earnings, Forzani improved sales for the back-to-school selling period, and Crocs' CEO exercised options and sold stock.
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Article Thumbnail SNEWS@ Live: Khumbu Climbing School trains Nepali Sherpas to be better climbers
Sep 26, 2007
Everest climber Conrad Anker chats with SNEWS® Live about his work training Nepali Sherpas in western style climbing techniques.
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Beware: Fair Guide scam just won’t go away
Sep 26, 2007
If your company has exhibited at an Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, SIA, Health & Fitness Business, Flyfishing Retailer or Interbike trade show in the last year, chances are you've received a solicitation from the Fair Guide (www.fairguide.com) now sporting a noticeable aqua green stripe across the header and foot of the letter.
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Article Thumbnail Massey's moving headquarters to downtown New Orleans
Sep 24, 2007
Mike Massey, owner of Massey's Professional Outfitters with three Louisiana-based stores (Baton Rouge, Covington and Metairie), told SNEWS® that he is opening up a new location and moving the company headquarters to New Orleans.
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Article Thumbnail FlyFishing Retailer reaches out to new demographics, keeps eye on core
Sep 24, 2007
The FlyFishing Retailer World Trade Expo at the Denver Convention Center, Sept. 16-18, felt subtly different than previous years. By its very nature, the fly-fishing industry does not shift quickly away from tradition, but at this show there were moves to make the sport, which has suffered over the past few years from fairly flat participation numbers, more accessible to younger and female demographics.
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Article Thumbnail Outdoor Retailer Summer Market '07 Trends: Backpacks
Sep 24, 2007
This year at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, we could hardly count the number of times we heard manufacturers' PR folk or representatives say that their company's new packs were designed to match "natural body movement." And indeed, from what we saw, it appeared you weren't "in" as a pack maker if you did not introduce some new suspensions and back panels with all manner of components to make products more flexible.
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Article Thumbnail Outdoor financials: Kellwood considers unsolicited acquisition offer by Sun Capital Securities, plus Sport Chalet, Big 5, Bausch & Lomb, Johnson Outdoors, Cabela's
Sep 21, 2007
Kellwood considers unsolicited acquisition offer by Sun Capital Securities, Sport Chalet Q2 same-store sales to drop, Analyst trims Q3 earnings forecast for Big 5 and shares fall, Bausch & Lomb shareholders OK buyout by Warburg Pincus, Johnson Outdoors declares dividend, and Cabela's senior VP of retail strategy resigns.
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Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Planning Guide is live, in full digital glory
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Family business still going strong nearly 30 years later
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