Proclaiming its restructuring largely complete, BDE nearly broke even in the fourth quarter, narrowing its loss to $1,389,000 compared to a loss of $20,725,000 last year, as revenues were 6% lower at $41,399,000 vs. $44,076,000 but off just 2% constant currency.

He replaces Mike O’Connor who retired in December. For the past nine years, Sword was president of Oberalp North America which markets the Dynafit, Salewa, Wild Country and Pomoca brands.

He fills a position that has been vacant since John Walbrecht departed last fall, with COLM president Bryan Timm filling in on an interim basis.

National parks had 12,767,486 visitors in February, down 3% from last year, while year-to-date visits rose 8% to 27,241,777.