The warm winter shaved about $25 million off the turnover of Jarden Corporation’s outdoor business unit in the first quarter. This contributed to a sales decline of 1.1 percent to $670 million for the unit, which includes the K2, Coleman and Marmot brands. The company expects another hit of $25 million in the second half of the year for sales of winter sports products. On the other hand, the early spring lifted sales of camping and fishing equipment, and Marmot enjoyed double-digit growth for the quarter. Quarterly earnings for the outdoor unit jumped by 10.7 percent to $71.6 million. More in SGI Europe.
