• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      My favorite weird one is Johnson Outdoors. If you do outdoor adventuring, they’re probably part of your life.

      Want to go scuba diving? They own ScubaPro, Sealife, Uwatec, and Subgear, and manufacture stuff for other brands like Cressi and Halcyon.

      Fishing? They own Minn Kota, Hummingbird, Ocean Kayak, and Old Town Canoes, and Cannon.

      Camping? They own Eureka (major tent manufacturer) and JetBoil.

      I teach underwater photography for a local university through a dive shop and used to manage the camping, fishing, and marine departments at a major outdoors chain. One of their reps said I might have been the only person in the country who sold all their products.