Article: Track 'n Trail buys Overland Trading.(Track 'n Trail adds 34 stores)

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. -- The biggest dealer of rugged outdoor footwear is even larger after a strategic acquisition.

Track'n Trail, based here, bought Westford, Mass.-based Overland Trading Co., for an undisclosed sum last week. By purchasing Overland's 34 stores, Track 'n Trail, with 94 units in 22 states, adds a substantial New England base to its matrix. It also gains much more clout in dealing with vendors and competing with the Foot Lockers of the world as a $85 million company rather than a $60 million retailer.

Although the financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, Track 'n Trail chairman Dave Suechting said Overland will become a subsidiary and will ...

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