As you know, Jarden is a big, multi brand company that did $6 billion in its last complete year. They’ve got over 100 brands including Crock Pot, First Alert, Coleman, and Mr. Coffee. They also own K2, Ride, 5150, Planet Earth, and Volkl and that’s pretty much why we are interested in the company, though I think I’ve got a toaster oven one of their brands made. The brands we care about More…
Posts Tagged ‘K2’
Jarden’s September 30 Quarter And the K2 Rolling Stones’ Limited Edition Ski Collection
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011K2′s 2006 Annual Report
Monday, April 30th, 2007For the longest time, I thought about K2 as a ski and snowboard company. But that’s ancient history. They call themselves a “premier branded consumer products company” and divide their business into four segments: Marine and Outdoors ($407.6-million in 2006 sales), Action Sports ($421.4-million), Team Sports ($383.4-million), and Apparel and Footwear ($182.3-million). That’s a bit over $1.3-billion in total 2006 revenues. Snowboarding, obviously, is included in the action-sports segment. More…
Fat Lady Sings. K2 Buys Ride
Sunday, March 21st, 1999K2’s purchase of Ride, announced on July 22 and expected to close within 100 days, is as close as we’ll ever get to a capstone on consolidation. We all were intellectually aware of consolidation, but this makes you aware in your gut. Burton and K2 now control what I’d estimate to be 65 percent of the U. S. snowboard hard goods market. Add Salomon and Rossignol and the number jumps to north More…
